Board of Directors

Henry C. Duques has served as an independent member of our Board of Directors since November 2016. Mr. Duques was the chairman and chief executive officer of First Data Corporation, an electronic commerce and payment services company, from 1992 to 2002 and again from 2005 to 2007. Prior to joining First Data Corporation, he served as president and chief executive officer of the Database Services Group of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., the predecessor of First Data Corporation, from 1987 to 1992. Mr. Duques was with Automatic Data Processing, Inc. from 1973 to 1987, where he served as Group President Financial Services and as a member of the board of directors from 1984 to 1987. Mr. Duques also served on the boards of directors of Unisys Corporation from 1998 to 2014, including as the non-executive chairman from 2006 to 2008, SunGard Corp. from 2003 to 2005 and CheckFree Corporation from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Duques earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from The George Washington University in 1965 and an MBA from The George Washington University in 1969 and served on board of trustees of The George Washington University from 1998 to 2008. Mr. Duques was selected to serve on our Board of Directors based on his decades of experience in business operations and management, strategy and public company governance.

Frederick C. Peters II has served on our Board of Directors since March 2014 and as the lead independent director since 2016. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bluestone Financial Institutions Fund. Prior to joining Bluestone Financial Institutions Fund, Mr. Peters served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation (“BMTC”), a publicly traded company, and its principal subsidiary, The Bryn Mawr Trust Company. BMTC is listed on the Nasdaq stock market. Prior to joining BMTC in 2001, Mr. Peters started two community banks: National Bank of the Main Line in 1985 and First Main Line Bank in 1995. Mr. Peters began his banking career at Philadelphia National Bank in 1976 and held lending and executive positions at Hamilton Bank and Industrial Valley Bank prior to starting his first community bank. Mr. Peters has served on numerous nonprofit boards, including Main Line Health, where he served first as chairman of the audit committee and later as chairman of the finance committee. He currently serves on the board of directors of The Bryn Mawr Film Institute and The Foundation for Delaware County. In addition, Mr. Peters served on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia from 2009 through 2014. He served as the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s audit committee from Jan. 1, 2013, through Dec. 31, 2014, while also serving as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank’s Committee of Audit Chairs in Washington, D.C. Mr. Peters graduated from Amherst College with his bachelor’s degree in political science. Mr. Peters was selected to serve on our Board of Directors based on his financial and investment expertise and his experience as a member of the board of directors of a public company.

Chad Richison has served as Chief Executive Officer and President since he founded Paycom in 1998. He has also served as a member of our Board of Directors since 1998 and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors in August 2016. Mr. Richison began his career in sales with a national payroll and human resources company and a regional payroll company prior to founding Paycom. He received his bachelor’s degree in mass communications—journalism from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Sharen Jester Turney has served as an independent member of our Board of Directors since September 2021. Ms. Turney served as the Chief Executive Officer of denim brand Gloria Jeans from November 2018 until November 2019. She served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Victoria’s Secret, a division of L Brands, Inc., from July 2006 until February 2016 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Victoria’s Secret Direct from May 2000 until July 2006. Prior to that, Ms. Turney spent 10 years in various executive roles, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Neiman Marcus Direct, the direct commerce division of Neiman Marcus Group. Ms. Turney has also served as an advisor to several retailers and technology companies. Currently, Ms. Turney serves on the Board of Directors of Alliance Data Systems Corp. and on the Board of Directors of Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. Ms. Turney was selected to serve on our Board of Directors due to her e-commerce background, history of high growth and experience serving on other public company boards.

J.C. Watts, Jr. has served as an independent member of our Board of Directors since November 2016. Mr. Watts is the president and chief executive officer of Watts Partners, a boutique corporate and government affairs consulting firm he co-founded in 2003. Mr. Watts has served on the board of directors of Dillard’s, Inc. (“Dillard’s”) since August 2009 and previously served on the Dillard’s board of directors and as a member of its audit committee from 2003 to 2008. Mr. Watts also served on the boards of directors of CSX Corporation from March 2011 to May 2014 and ITC Holdings Corp. from August 2011 to February 2014. Mr. Watts was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1994 and served from January 1995 to January 2003. During his time in Congress, Mr. Watts was chairman of the Republican Conference from January 1999 to January 2003 and also served on the United States House Committees on Armed Services, Financial Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure. Mr. Watts earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Oklahoma in 1981. Mr. Watts was selected to serve on our Board of Directors due to his senior leadership experience in business and as a public servant, his experience serving on other public company boards and his understanding of regulatory issues.

Felicia Williams has served as an independent member of our Board of Directors since May 2022. Ms. Williams has over 30 years of audit and corporate financial leadership experience in the consumer goods and retail sectors. Ms. Williams currently serves at Macy’s, Inc. as senior vice president of finance and Fellow for CEO Action for Racial Equality. Ms. Williams served as interim chief financial officer at Macy’s from June 2020 to November 2020. Since joining Macy’s in 2004, Ms. Williams has served in various roles, including spearheading the company’s internal audit, controller, risk management, treasury and investor relations functions. Ms. Williams previously led international audit and capital markets organizations at Coca-Cola and Bristol Myers Squibb. A licensed CPA, Ms. Williams is a graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, where she earned her accounting degree. She has served on the board of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital for the past 14 years. Ms. Williams also serves on the board and as chair of the audit committee of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. and on the board and as chair of the audit committee of Realogy Holdings Corp. Ms. Williams was selected to serve on our board based on her public company leadership experience spanning audit, controller and risk management roles as well as her broad-based knowledge of the financial and operational issues affecting complex organizations.

Archana Vemulapalli has served as an independent member of our Board of Directors since July 2024. She currently serves as corporate vice president of Global Commercial Sales and leads Global System Integrator/System Integrator alliances at AMD. Prior to joining AMD, she held management roles at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she served as head of Product and Global Strategy for data and AI and as general manager and head of Solutions Architecture for North America. Prior to AWS, Vemulapalli was the general manager and global chief technology officer for IBM’s Infrastructure Services business with direct oversight of its global portfolio strategy, software product development and offerings portfolio. In her role, she transformed product strategy, investments and management to drive infrastructure services growth globally. Prior to IBM, she served as chief technology officer for the District of Columbia where she held a key cabinet position overseeing the central technology agency. Ms. Vemulapalli serves on the Trustees Council of Penn Women and is a member of the James Brister Society at the University of Pennsylvania and the board of advisors for the Global Good Fund. She has a master’s degree in leadership from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in telecommunications from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her undergraduate degree in engineering from the University of Madras. Ms. Vemulapalli was selected to serve on the Board based on her more than 23 years of technology expertise and vast experience helping global companies build teams, develop organizational structures and create value with AI and data services to transform their business.

Joe Binz has served as an independent member of our Board of Directors since December 2024. He currently serves as chief financial officer at Atlassian Corporation, where he is responsible for its global finance organization and oversees the company’s accounting, finance, internal audit, investor relations, tax, treasury and procurement teams. Prior to joining Atlassian, he held management roles at Microsoft, where he led several of the company’s finance functions and guided its business transformation to the cloud. Mr. Binz also spent eight years at Intel Corporation, where he held a variety of finance roles supporting manufacturing operations, product groups and Intel Capital. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Mr. Binz was selected to serve on our board based on his more than 30 years of financial leadership and experience working with high-growth SaaS and publicly traded technology companies.