PAYCHEX - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Senior Vice President
Bob Schrader is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Paychex, a role he assumed in October 2023 after more than 25 years of successful leadership experience in finance and corporate accounting. Since joining Paychex in 2014, he has held several leadership roles within corporate finance, including Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations, Vice President and Controller, and Head of Internal Audit.
Prior to joining Paychex, Schrader was the Chief Financial Officer for Unither Manufacturing, LLC, and held several finance leadership positions in his ten-year career with Bausch & Lomb, including Vice President of Finance and Controller of Global Quality and Operations. He is also a former Manager at PwC, LLP.
A certified public accountant (CPA), he earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Rochester Simon Business School and a bachelor's degree in accounting from the State University of New York at Brockport. He also serves on the board of directors for Junior Achievement of Central Upstate New York, a non-profit organization that fosters work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy skills in children grades K-12.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Security Officer
- Vice President
Bradley Schaufenbuel joined Paychex as vice president and chief information security officer in September 2019. In this role, his primary objective is to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the information assets that Paychex manages. Bradley is driven by the belief that a well-managed information security program can serve as both a business enabler and a driver of competitive differentiation in the marketplace.
Bradley has over two decades of experience in information security. Prior to joining Paychex, he served as vice president and chief information security officer at Paylocity Corporation. Before that, Bradley held security leadership positions at several banks, insurance companies, and professional services firms.
Bradley's academic accomplishments include earning Master of Laws and Juris Doctor degrees from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, a Master of Business Administration degree from DePaul University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a licensed attorney and a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar. Bradley is a certified chief information security officer and holds more than a dozen other information security certifications. He regularly speaks at cybersecurity conferences and has written numerous books and professional journal articles on topics related to information security management and IT governance.
Job Titles:
- Controller
- Treasurer
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Platform and Technology Services
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- Vice President and General Manager, Paychex Insurance Agency
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Risk Management, Compliance, and Data Analytics
- Vice President, Risk, Compliance, and Data Analytics
Frank Fiorille is the vice president of risk management, compliance, and data analytics at Paychex. Fiorille currently serves as one of the chief stewards of risk for the company, and he leads the implementation of all aspects of the risk function, including processes, tools, and systems to identify, assess, measure, manage, monitor, and report risks. In addition to his overall risk management responsibilities and heading the compliance and data science functions, he oversees the government relations and operating risk functions for Paychex.
Fiorille joined Paychex in 2002, bringing with him several years of experience from previous risk management leadership roles at Citigroup and PNC Bank. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Finance by Treasury & Risk magazine in 2008 and 2009, and he's credited with leading successful projects to build the first risk and retention models in both the educational lending and payroll outsourcing industries.
Fiorille holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School, as well as a certificate in advanced risk management from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently chair of the Enterprise Risk Management Committee for the Risk Management Society (RIMS), one of the world's largest risk management organizations, and a board member for the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO). Fiorille is a frequent speaker both domestically and internationally on the topic of risk management and is an adjunct professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Enterprise and HRO Service
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
- Assumed the Role of President and Chief Executive Officer
- Senior Vice President of Service
John B. Gibson, Jr. assumed the role of president and chief executive officer in October 2022. Under Gibson's leadership, Paychex has continued to innovate its technology and HR advisory solutions that deliver industry leading customer experiences. Paychex is a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for more than 740,000 businesses and supports millions of employees who work for those businesses. The company reported a record $5 billion in revenue at the close of fiscal year 2023.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Software Development
John J. Connors is vice president of software development at Paychex. In this role, he leads the design, development, testing, architecture, and automation of all Paychex applications. These applications support the company's internal, online, and mobile products for human capital management, payroll, 401(k) recordkeeping, health & benefits, time & attendance, applicant tracking, and tax. With a commitment to collaboration and values-based leadership, Connors has seen the software development team through the introduction of major innovations that have been a driving force for an improved experience for Paychex customers.
Connors has 37 years of experience in software development, 33 of which have been spent at Paychex after joining the company in 1990 as a programmer. Under his leadership, the software development team has grown into a team of nearly 1,500 employees, contractors, and consultants dedicated to ensuring world-class agile SDLC, architecture, automation, security, delivery, and quality. Connors focuses not only on what is built, but how it is designed, how it is tested, how it is secured, and how it is deployed.
Connors holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and a minor in accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He serves on the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) for the Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences at RIT.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Digital Sales
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- Senior Vice President, Operations and Customer Experience
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of Sales
Mark Bottini serves as the senior vice president of sales at Paychex, a position he's held since joining the company in October 2011. He is responsible for leading all payroll and human resource services sales. Under Bottini's leadership, Paychex has seen steady year-over-year growth and has been named one of the top 10 companies to sell for by Selling Power magazine. Bottini is driven to maintain a culture of growth for Paychex, and, to that end, he develops leaders who are committed to company growth, employee development, and bringing value to clients.
A senior executive with close to thirty years of experience, Bottini was most recently vice president of sales for Ricoh, North America and brings with him a strong record of sales success and demonstrated leadership. At Ricoh, Bottini was responsible for a sales organization of more than 3,500 members. In previous leadership roles with the company, Bottini had responsibility for service and operations as well as sales. He assumed his last position with Ricoh in 2008 when the company acquired IKON Office Solutions, Inc. During his nearly 20 years with IKON, Bottini served in a variety of sales leadership and field management roles.
Bottini attended Long Beach State University in Long Beach, Calif., where he majored in marketing.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Marketing
- Fortune 100 Marketing Executive
- Role of Vice President of Marketing
Maureen Lally assumed the role of vice president of marketing for Paychex in November 2017. In this position, she leads a group of marketing professionals working to drive customer understanding and improved go-to-market strategies with our sales teams, including developing consistent sales and marketing brand touchpoints.
Lally possesses a deep understanding of digital marketing, a key attribute as Paychex continues to focus on cutting-edge initiatives and meeting today's clients and prospects where they are - online. She and the team will build brand awareness and lead generation through new and innovative programs.
Lally is a Fortune 100 marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience building, launching, and leading marketing teams and go-to-market strategies throughout the U.S. and internationally. Most recently, she served as the vice president of marketing and communications for Johnson Controls/Tyco Integrated Solutions and Services (JCI/Tyco), a world leader in building products and technology, integrated solutions, and services. In that role, Lally identified new market opportunities, developed and executed a market share expansion strategy, and directed advertising, branding, and digital marketing and demand generation. Prior to her time at JCI/Tyco, she also held executive leadership positions at Danfoss, Ingersoll Rand, Trane Technologies, and AT&T.
Lally holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management from Syracuse University, as well as a Master of Business Administration degree from Northeastern University.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President of IT and Product Development
Mike Gioja is the Senior Vice President of IT and product development at Paychex. He leads the development of all Paychex applications including the company's full-scale human capital management (HCM) offering, Paychex Flex. Committed to delivering highly available, effective, and secure solutions to help clients and Paychex employees succeed, Gioja also oversees all internal corporate applications, IT projects, and security processes. Combining innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology, and a mobile-first design, with the strong culture of service at Paychex, Gioja looks to empower America's businesses with solutions that help them do what they want - when, where, and how they want.
Gioja has more than 35 years of experience in product management and strategy, as well as software and information technology. At Paychex, he's led his teams through the creation of product road maps and the launch of the cloud-based Paychex Flex, which offers a streamlined and integrated approach to HCM. Gioja and his team have also orchestrated an agile transformation to drive innovation and cultural change at Paychex. Throughout his career, Gioja has led the implementation of large-scale enterprise resource planning (ERP) platforms, as well as best-of-breed SaaS applications. Prior to Paychex, he held senior leadership positions with companies including IBM, American Express, Fidelity, SAP, and PeopleSoft.
Gioja was named a Top 100 HR Tech Influencer by HR Executive magazine in 2021 and 2022 and is a member of the board of directors for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the State University of NY at Oswego.
Job Titles:
- Vice President, HCM Solutions Sales - SMB and Mid - Market
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- Vice President, Human Resource Services Sales
Job Titles:
- Vice President, Chief Legal & Ethics Officer, and Secretary
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- Vice President, PEO and Insurance
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- Vice President, Strategy, Partnerships, and Business Development