Kephanie Landess Joins Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions as Vice President of Sales for Americas

HR Outsourcing Thought Leader Chosen for Her Experience in HRO Sales, Solution Design, Implementation and Operations


RALEIGH, NC and SALISBURY, UK--(Marketwire - July 7, 2009) - Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries, today announced that HRO expert Kephanie Landess has joined the company as Vice President of Sales, Americas. In this capacity, she will be responsible for driving Patersons' direct sales activity throughout the Americas.

Landess comes to Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions from Ceridian, where she held several positions during her nine-year career with the company. Most recently, she was vice president, Human Resource Outsourcing Solutions, where she managed 11 solution consultants and exceeded her 2007 quota by 48 percent. Earlier in her career at Ceridian, she held positions as HRO Lead Solution Consultant, Systems Consultant and Implementation Consultant.

"Kephanie's strong leadership skills and impressive background as an HRO solutions expert and payroll practitioner make her a valuable addition to our management team," said Martin Stockton, Group Vice President, Global Business Development, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions. "In response to demand for our unique approach to global HR and payroll, we're rapidly growing our organization in key geographies, such as North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Kephanie will be instrumental in leading our sales success in the Americas market."

Landess agreed, "Patersons has a clear-cut advantage over other payroll vendors purporting to be global providers. What they aspire to, Patersons is already delivering on. Our innovative single contract, SaaS-based platform approach enables organizations to scale up or down as their needs dictate while also eliminating the headaches of managing multiple vendors around the globe."

Her other professional experience includes roles as an Implementation Consultant at Infinium Software and as the Retail Payroll Manager at Clayton Homes, Inc. where she managed a 29-state payroll in the mid-'90s. She earned a Bachelor in Business Administration in finance from the University of Tennessee and will be located in Patersons' Raleigh, N.C. offices.

About Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions

Headquartered in Salisbury, U.K. with offices in the U.S., central Europe and Asia, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions is a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries. The Company's secure Internet-based software as a service is multi-currency and multi-lingual (covering over 30 languages), features an easy-to-use interface, supports fast implementation times and facilitates integration with existing systems. Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions differentiates itself by: one contract, one software solution, one enterprise interface and one cohesive system approach. As a result, Patersons has proved the impossible by being able to run multi-jurisdictional payroll rules for multiple clients on one database and one instance of source code worldwide. More information and contact details can be accessed at www.patersons.net

Kephanie Landess, Vice President of Sales, Americas
Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions