Jan Rogers Kniffen is a retail expert with decades of real world experience and knowledge that connects the dots between the past and future to help retailer Boards of Directors build the future with sound financial assumptions and executable operational structure.

Jan consults with investors in retail companies and is a regular CNBC contributor. Jan is self-described as the "country's leading expert on retailing." 

As a former retail finance and operations executive, Jan now provides his deep knowledge, experience and innovative thinking with the ever expanding retail eco-system. 

As the CEO of, J Rogers Kniffen WWE, he operates a successful consulting business with three areas of focus:

1. Consulting with institutional investors on publicly traded retail companies

2. Providing expertise to private equity firms making investments in retail

3. Consulting with retailers' Boards of Directors about improving their  business to match the changing paradigm shifts in retail