Who We Are

Brook Schaaf

Brook Schaaf has been in the performance marketing industry since 2000. He has been the Affiliate Program Manager for multi-million dollar programs at Zappos.com, Shoes.com, and Edmunds.com, growing one from $25,000 to over $1,000,000 in monthly sales in less than two years. Brook has spoken at Commission Junction University, Affiliate Summit, Affiliate Convention, Google Affiliate Network Summit, ad:tech's Content Revenue Strategies, and eComXpo. In 2003 he was recognized with the Commission Junction Horizon Award for Communications. Brook serves on the board of the Performance Marketing Association.

Brook Schaaf holds a B.A. in German Studies from the University of California, Berkeley.

Stephanie Harris

Stephanie has an extensive background in affiliate marketing strategy, online media buying and selling, paid search campaigns, natural search optimization, and display advertising campaigns. She helped launch the Scholastic Store Online and Scholastic Teacher Store Online affiliate programs. In addition to affiliate management, Stephanie managed the online advertising needs of over 30 Scholastic business units, promoting their product lines on Scholastic.com and in media buys on other sites, driving one million dollars in sales for Scholastic.com. In 2005, she was the recipient of the Scholastic Exceptional Marketers Award; in 2007, she was a top three affiliate manager on ABestWeb; in 2008, she was a finalist for the Affiliate Summit Pinnacle Award for affiliate manager.

Stephanie Harris holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in English Rhetoric, as well as an adjunct in Business Administration from the State University of New York, Binghamton University.

Kevin Paine

Kevin Paine got his start in ecommerce directing the online storefront for ValSurf.com, a successful Los Angeles merchant of snow and sun sporting goods. Schaaf-PartnerCentric has been fortunate to be the beneficiary of his exceptional organizational and management skills in his roles as Project Coordinator, account manager, and analyst.

As the holder of a BFA degree from the Art Center College of Design and an exhibiting photographer, Kevin is by far the most culturally advanced member of the team.

Daniel Bryant

Daniel Bryant comes to Schaaf-PartnerCentric as a recent graduate of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, where he concentrated on Performance Management. He spent time with Merrill Lynch before moving to Schaaf-PartnerCentric as an analyst and voice on AffSpot.com. As for his hobbies, Daniel considers himself an avid, yet mediocre golfer.

Daniel holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Furman University, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Tom Rathbone

Tom Rathbone joined Schaaf-PartnerCentric in 2007 as an analyst, and had since specialized in reporting and number-crunching. Tom spends his free time homebrewing, acting, and following every move of the Washington Capitals.

Tom holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Furman University, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Forrest Schaaf

Forrest Schaaf has a decade of experience designing and programming web technologies - everything from back-end databases at Oracle, to custom middle-ware, to applications and web pages for desktops and smartphones. This gives him the expertise to analyze new affiliate-related technologies and networks, as well as implement relationship and data management tools, tools for affiliates includng datafeeds and websites, and offer technical support to non-technical affiliates (and affiliate managers). Generally, his hands are full simply keeping his brother Brook in line, a challenge for which he has thus far received no awards.

He holds an honor Bachelor's degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering from Harvard University.