David Wildhagen, CPP
Owner/President

Laurie Ames
Owner/President

1988 - David Wildhagen and Laurie Ames establish Payroll Masters, using software developed by Tucker-Harper Enterprises, in Fairfield, California. Later that same year, Payroll Masters™ buys an established payroll service with sixty clients located in St. Helena, California.

1993 - Payroll Masters™ purchases source code and sole development rights to software from Tucker-Harper Enterprises, creates PayMaster Payroll System, Inc. to market and sell software and services to payroll service bureaus.

Paul W. Hicks, CPP
Vice President

1995 - Paul W. Hicks joins Payroll Masters™ administering various areas within the company, including: marketing, sales, product development and deployment and creates the Human Resource Services Division that is later outsourced to one of several Payroll Masters™ Strategic Service Partners.

MasterLink Payroll and HRIS software is developed as a tool for clients who prefer in-house control of payroll input, information management and analysis.

1996 - Payroll Masters™ consolidates locations, moving to Napa, California.

1998 - Betsy Zamora-Loza joins the Payroll Masters™ organization and develops her role as Manager of Operations and Employee Training.

1999 - David Wildhagen and Paul W. Hicks receive recognition as Certified Payroll Professionals from the American Payroll Association.

2003 - During the Summer of 2003 Payroll Masters™ breaks ground for new headquarters complex in the Napa Valley Corporate Park.