Brad Baird joined Excelsior as Director of Sales in 1999 and is responsible for the company's sales and customer support functions. In a prior sales management position at Sysco, Brad's territories grew 42 percent annually. Earlier, Brad was responsible for reseller channel and vertical market management for Earthweb, an Internet based start-up that reached $300 million in Nasdaq capitalization in less than three years.

Brad holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Northern Colorado with a double major in Finance and Management. He participated in the Universities Honors and Entrepreneurial Leadership Programs.

Anthony is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Industrial Arts. In 1993 he became a Technology Education and Computer Science teacher. At Olivet Community Schools, Anthony created the new position of Technology Coordinator. While there, he installed Olivet?s first network, utilizing a Beta version of Pinnacle to help familiarize teachers with their new network computers. His belief in and familiarity with the Pinnacle program led him to represent Excelsior Software in 1996, on a part-time basis.

In 1999 Anthony left Olivet Community Schools to represent Excelsior Software on a full-time basis through his consulting company T-N-T Educational Consulting, Inc. Today T-N-T Educational Consulting represents Excelsior Software in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin.

Anthony's expertise led to the development of the Pinnacle PDA Collection, and custom development of the Pinnacle Internet Viewer. In 2005, Anthony became Vice President of Development for Excelsior Software, leading the development team for the Pinnacle Web project.

Tony joined Excelsior Software in 2002 after serving 11 years as the Director of Information Technology for the Vandalia-Butler School District in Ohio. Tony was instrumental in managing several major technology initiatives and building projects during as well as managing the district’s instructional and administrative technology software.

A former user of Pinnacle and a Pinnacle Administrator Tony’s background in education and technology is beneficial to customers and Excelsior Software.

Rita first became associated with Excelsior Software, Inc. in 1991 as a customer when she worked for a school district in Indiana and did training in Excelsior products for her district, IBM, and the State of Indiana. When she and her family moved to Colorado in 1994, she became a sales representative for Excelsior in Colorado and continued to do training nationwide.

In July 2003, she became the Director of Training and now manages 15-18 trainers, maintains the training schedule, and develops the materials used in the training classes. Her degree is in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from the University of Texas, and her first career was as a computer programmer.

She and her husband live in Littleton, Colorado.