Board of Directors
B. Thomas Golisano, Chairman Of The Board
Tom Golisano founded Paychex in Rochester, NY in 1971 with the goal of serving the small business market as a provider of payroll and human resource solutions. After leading the industry as an Inc. 500 company several years in a row, in 1983 he took Paychex public on the NASDAQ exchange and has led the amazing growth of the company ever since. Today, the company has over 9,300 employees and serves approximately 500,000 clients, with fiscal 2003 sales of nearly $1.1 billion. In January 2004, Paychex was named one of the 26 best-managed companies in America by Forbes magazine. In February of the same year, Fortune magazine named Paychex one of the most admired companies in America, as well as being named to Fortune's annual list of "100 Best Companies To Work For" in America for the third straight year.
David Koretz, President & CEO / Board Member
David Koretz is a serial entrepreneur who has founded six companies by the age of 30. He is currently CEO of BlueTie and President & CEO of Mykonos Software. Under the leadership of Mr. Koretz, BlueTie has been a three-time recipient of Forbes Magazine "Best of the Web," the Ad-Tech Award for Best B2B Transaction Website, and winner of the AlwaysOn/KPMG Top 100 private companies.
Mr. Koretz currently serves on the board of directors of Earthlink, BlueTie, Adventive, and Mykonos Software. He also serves on several charitable boards including RIT President's Roundtable, the RIT School of Computing, and the Young Entrepreneur's Academy. Mr. Koretz was a recipient of the "40 Under 40 Award," and the "Rising Star Award," He has completed executive education at Harvard University and Stanford University.
In his free time, Mr. Koretz races cars and has completed the Cannonball Run - One Lap of America, a 5,000 mile race around America. He is a mountain climber that has climbed two of the Seven Summits, a world traveler to more than 50 countries, an award-winning documentary photographer, and a frequent speaker about entrepreneurship. He writes a monthly column for MediaPost.
Walter Turek, Board Member
Walter Turek is Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Paychex. He is responsible for over 800 sales people and 100 managers nationally as well as the National Sales Support organization employing 90 people and the National Accounts Marketing group which is a specialized group focused on national franchisees and association groups.
Gary Polisseni, Board Member
Gary Polisseni has a vast knowledge of the telecommunications industry. Mr. Polisseni founded RTI Telecom and led the organization to enormous growth before selling the successful company to Choice One Communications. Mr. Polisseni currently owns and operates GP Associates and the Polisseni Agency, specializing in business management and insurance respectively.
