PATRIOT SOFTWARE - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer

Kyle Quinn Dreger "KQD" has been working at Patriot Software since 2014 and is currently the Chief Executive Officer (Engineering, PM, Design, IT, and Security). After graduating from the University of Mount Union with both Computer Science and English degrees, he met Michael Wheeler at a job fair and was hooked on the Patriot Software mission, people, and product. Initially joining as a Software Engineer, KQD then spent several years working across the entire stack from frontend design to backend APIs and infrastructure. Eventually KQD moved into leading our design teams, then product management, and finally all customer-focused product development before landing in his current role leading all of Patriot's product and technology.

Job Titles:

• Founder

Michael J. Kappel is the founder of Patriot Software. After earning an Engineering degree from Ohio University in 1980, Kappel worked in the Nuclear Equipment Division of Babcock & Wilcox. In 1986, Mr. Kappel saw unlimited potential in the relatively young software industry so he left the corporate world to start the first of his 5 successful Patriot Software companies. With more than 30 years of experience as a successful serial entrepreneur and business owner, Mr. Kappel is passionate about helping millions of American business owners simplify their mundane accounting and payroll tasks.

Job Titles:

• Chief Legal Officer
• President

Professionally, Michael (Mike) Wheeler, Esq., is the President & Chief Legal Officer at Patriot Software, where he's been for 17 years. Please don't hold it against Mike that he's technically an attorney, as really he's a businessman at heart. Now in his 18th year at Patriot, he's been part of helping run the companies and he has had the distinct honor of taking "the fundraising road less traveled," which has resulted in diverse M&A experience. His efforts have helped raise tens of millions via convertible notes to accredited investors, private placement offerings, spinoffs, sale of entities, Regulation D offerings, multiple pre-IPO confidential filings with the SEC, and a successful Series A investment with RZC Investments, the investment arm for the Walton Family, and much more. He's on the board of multiple companies and organizations including a local college and a publicly traded bank. He enjoys complex business and family planning to ensure the wealth of the righteous will be stored for the kingdom of heaven. Personally, Mike has volunteered extensively on multi-month missions trips, specifically working with orphanages, victims of human trafficking, and non-governmental organizations in Asia, Central America, Europe, and throughout Africa. He has worked to secure land rights and negotiate with tribal and local governments to secure clean drinking water, medical services, and free education with organizations such as Frontline Ministries International, Iris Ministries International, and Mother Teresa's Calcutta Center and the Sisters of Charity. He and his wife have 3 sons and enjoy living at Lake Cable, OH. Wheeler lives and breathes Patriot's mission to make payroll and accounting software easy and affordable for millions of American businesses and their Accountants, and loves being part of the complexities of the company.

Job Titles:

• Chief
• Technical Consultant

Paul Bailey serves as Chief Technical Consultant for Patriot Software. Paul has worked for Patriot since 1991. He began as an intern while earning his degree from Stark State College. Back in our early startup days, before the modern-day internet existed, Paul began working as a Software Developer writing software applications for desktop computers that could only be updated with 5 ¼-inch floppy disks. Over the years, Paul has continuously retooled himself and various teams to write web-based software that services tens-of-thousands of American businesses.