WhatSheBuys Founders

Cathy A. Kamimura-Pallares - With 30 years of retail experience, Cathy A. Kamimura-Pallares has worked with many of the world's premier manufacturers and retailers. Prior to creating WhatSheBuys, Kamimura-Pallares founded Premier Product Sales, Inc., a company that was launched in 1993 to provide sales representation services in the Southwest to manufacturers of beauty, bath & body and gift products. Some of these manufacturers became the initial brands offered by WhatSheBuys. From 1991 to 1993, Kamimura-Pallares was an Account Executive at Muelhens, Inc., a U.S. distributor of premium fragrances and cosmetics, including Gucci and Payot. Kamimura-Pallares began her career as a Sales Executive for Tom Ney & Associates, a leading manufacturer's representation firm in Southern California. She attended the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising in Los Angeles, CA.

Raul J. Pallares - Prior to creating and launching the WhatSheBuys concept for Premier Product Sales, Inc. in April 2003, Pallares served as President of TradingMarkets.com, Inc., an informational Web site for stock, options and futures traders launched in 1999. He remains on the Board of Directors. Before the creation of TradingMarkets.com, Pallares was a Senior Vice President and Investment Officer of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. (formerly Equitable Real Estate), the largest real estate investment advisory firm in the U.S. Pallares spent 15 years at the company, and when he was appointed to his post of Senior Vice President in 1995, he had the honor of being one of the youngest to hold that position in the history of the company. Pallares was responsible for a team of asset managers and a $750 million portfolio of assets on behalf of public and corporate pension funds and international clients. Pallares graduated cum laude from Harvard University with a degree in Economics.