Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Names Fonda S. Gestwicki as Eastern U.S. Sales Director

RALEIGH, NC and SALISBURY, UK--(Marketwire - May 21, 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 Fonda S. Gestwicki has joined the company as sales director for the eastern U.S. region. In this capacity, her primary responsibility will be generating new business sales for the rapidly growing global payroll provider. Reporting to Pat Goepel, Patersons' Group Chief Operating Officer, she will also be instrumental in handling alliances and developing strategic partnerships.

Gestwicki is a veteran sales and business development executive in the payroll and business process outsourcing field, with an accomplished sales track record. She joins Patersons from business process outsourcing solutions provider Aditya Birla Minacs, where she directed new business development in the practice areas of Business Process Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing and Customer Relationship Management services.

Before that, Gestwicki was Vice President, Customer Relations with Ceridian Employer Services, HRO. Earlier in her career at Ceridian, she was the Denver District Vice President, Sales and Services, where she was responsible for $13 million in annual revenue and over $3 million in annual sales in a territory spanning several western states. Prior to that, Gestwicki held Ceridian sales positions of increasing responsibility.

"We are pleased to again expand our sales organization with a highly experienced, top-ranking performer," said Goepel. "Fonda's proven negotiation skills and comprehensive knowledge of employee services will be a clear asset to Patersons as we work toward developing and expanding our U.S.-based client partnerships."

Trained in Miller Heiman Conceptual and Strategic Selling, Gestwicki is a Six Sigma White Belt. She is based in Patersons' Raleigh, N.C. offices.

About Patersons HR and Payroll

Headquartered in Salisbury, U.K. with offices in the U.S., central Europe and Asia, Patersons HR and Payroll 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 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.