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Forty years. It’s hard to believe …
We’ve experienced so much together over the past four decades; we’ve stood together in tough times and in the best of times.
In terms of technological innovation, these are clearly the best of times!
2025 will stand out as one of the greatest years in PrismHR’s history.
Why? That’s easy—it’s because of all of you!
Your commitment to helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) compete with much larger organizations for talent is truly inspiring. You play an integral part in supporting businesses that make up the bedrock of our economy, and we couldn’t be prouder to play a role in that as your technology provider—and friend.
It’s a partnership that we never take for granted. We relish the trust you put in us to deliver the innovative solutions your clients need to automate their payroll and HR processes because we care deeply about you and them.
Every innovation that we release is designed to help your clients even the playing field for talent retention and acquisition while helping your business grow.
So how do you encapsulate 365 days of innovation and technological elevation in one blog post? By spotlighting 40 of our customer interactions from our magical 40th anniversary, of course. And while we look ahead to the next 40 years and beyond, in many ways it feels like the future is already here with the innovations coming at an unprecedented pace in the past few years.
These advancements would not be possible without all of you. You help us create the roadmap that drives the innovation that elevates your SMBs’ HR processes so they can focus on what they do best—running their businesses!
So happy holidays and a ginormous round of cheers to each and every one of you!
40 Customer Interactions to Celebrate 40 Years of Tech Innovation
1. ‘Next Level’: We started the year with a video from our Tandem HR friends Beth Hewitt and Jeff Wallichs. They discussed why the PrismHR Unified Employee Experience (UEX) is next level for their clients.
The UEX project launched in 2023, and has been turning heads since. Today, the PrismHR platform is more user friendly and intuitive than ever. The modern feel is designed to help you retain clients and attract new ones.
2. ‘Pushing the Envelope forward’: We caught up with Engage PEO’s Chris Alexander to discuss the true value of PrismHR ClientSpace and why they became an early adopter. As Chris said, Engage values being able to work with the PrismHR team to “continue to push the envelope forward in other key areas.”
And that “push” is a never-ending endeavor!
3. ‘Tremendous Growth’: We always love catching up with Trion Chief Technology Officer Pathik Mody. In this interview, we discuss the “tremendous growth” Trion has seen since moving over to PrismHR. After switching to PrismHR, Trion realized a 30% efficiency and 50% drop in client calls.
What achievements have you seen?
4. Feeling Empower-ed, Part 1: The PrismHR video crew traveled to Richardson, Texas, in January to learn about Empower Services’ operations and how they leverage PrismHR tech to help their clients make better business decisions.
Jump to No. 27 to see the finished video!
5. Straight to the Source: Earlier this year, PrismHR’s Matt Yuknis and Melissa Eversole met with OneSource PEO’s Dave Novitt and Savanah Closs in Georgia. OneSource prides themselves on helping small businesses thrive through payroll, HR and more.
As do we through technology!
6. Now That’s Service! Armhr’s Donata Ison recorded a video for us discussing why the Syracuse, New York-based Professional Employer Organization (PEO) decided to use PrismHR Managed Services for taxes. Armhr, which also has offices in Chicago and Miami, provides their clients comprehensive HR solutions tailored to business needs.
Giving you the ability to pick and choose the products, services and Marketplace partners you need to service your clients best is part of what we do best!
7. An Early Report: PrismHR held its first Report Center Workshop of the year in Woodlands, Texas, at Questco. PrismHR’s Ken Wright, Lee Moreau, among others, were on hand for the training. As you can see, the customer turnout was top notch and so was the Report Center questions and hands-on training!
If you couldn’t attend a workshop in 2025, we hope to see you in 2026!
8. An Amazing Nextep: To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we asked some of our customers to record videos. Here we have Nextep’s Nicole Boykins explaining why “PrismHR continues to be the payroll processing engine behind our business. We rely on PrismHR to keep up with the most advanced technology and partner with us as our business grows. This allows us to provide our clients with the white-glove service they deserve.”
At PrismHR, we take pride in helping our customers step by step, and they appreciate how easy it is to contact us when they need assistance. Tracy Anderson and her team of Customer Success Managers (CSMs) are always available to lend a helping hand!
9. See Them Saying ‘See You in Orlando’: You might recognize some familiar faces here when you watch our PrismHR LIVE promo video for this year’s conference in Orlando, Florida.
10. Elated to Visit Consolidated: Consolidated Human Resources, which is based in New Jersey, aims to help remove the HR burden from small and medium-sized (SMB) companies’ shoulders through advanced technology.
We are proud to be able to provide them with the advanced solutions they need.
11. Invested in Vested: We had a great time in sunny Florida visiting Vested HR Solutions. We are totally invested in our partnership with them—and you!
We don’t quite recognize those people standing in the back! Do you?
12. Standing ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ With Questco: Questco’s Brandon Hartsaw recorded a message for us as PrismHR celebrates our 40th anniversary.
As Brandon explains in this video: “PrismHR has stood shoulder to shoulder with us for the last decade through every twist and turn as we’ve evolved and grown this organization. We are very proud of the partnership with PrismHR because they focus on that systematic delivery of employee-related information.”
We’re in this together!
13. Marvel-ous: In this video, John Sharpe from PEO Marvel HR explains how technology improves the employee experience for their SMB customers.
We think our partnership is simply marvelous!
14. Take It From Tandem: In this video Beth Hewitt explains how tech helps Tandem HR obtain new clients.
There’s a reason why 200,000-plus companies work with PEOs, and why the industry is growing by leaps and bounds!
15. A Force in Fourth: In this video, Gene Cabrera from Fourth Enterprises discusses the changing PEO landscape and the importance of having an option that allows growing businesses to maintain continuity with a self-service option if they so choose.
Raise your 🤚 if you like options to increase efficiency!
16. Sequoia Shines: In this video, Marie Ellis, Sequoia One’s senior director of payroll services, explains how PrismHR’s innovations, including the SuperBatch functionality, help their clients.
Payroll is one of those things employers and employees take for granted unless there is a problem, so having a top solution that removes the worry for SMBs is absolutely essential!
17. Total Support: Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based Employer Support Services prides itself on offering accurate, reliable and complete payroll management and time-saving benefits administration, among other offerings.
Benefits are another area where tech innovation has really changed the game!
18. Mountainous, Momentous: Our second Report Center Workshop of 2025 took place in Salt Lake City. Thanks 1 Source Business Solutions and Harman Management Corp. for hosting! With Report Center, there’s always lots to talk about. Our customers and their clients benefit from unprecedented insight capability to make better business decisions.
19. A Cornerstone Moment: The cornerstone of a great partnership is working with great people. There’s none better than our friends at Cornerstone PEO.
And at PrismHR, we believe in leaving no stone unturned when it comes to seeking innovative way to help your clients automate their HR processes.
20. We 😍Catching Up With Customers at LIVE: There’s a reason why hundreds of people attend PrismHR LIVE every year. They come for the innovation and learnings, of course, but also to have a lot of fun!
We are so grateful to have so many customers return to PrismHR LIVE every year. Catching up with all of you is so easy to do because we wholeheartedly love what we do to help you and your clients succeed.
Whether you’ve never attended a PrismHR LIVE before or have never missed one, make sure to register for LIVE 2026 in Denver and score the best rate (through Jan. 31, 2026)!
21. And the Winners Are … At PrismHR LIVE 2025, we announced our first Prismatic Award winners: Trion Solutions for Partnership; Resourcing Edge for Retention; Engage PEO for Innovation; Pando for Sales Excellence; and Sequoia One for Support.
Congratulations, again, to all of these amazing customers!
Will you be a Prismatic winner in 2026? You’ll have to attend PrismHR LIVE 2026 in Denver (June 14-17) to be the first to know!
22. Living It Up at LIVE: PrismHR LIVE is all about connecting, and a great place to do that is during the networking events. Many of our customers mingled at the beautiful atrium at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Orlando, Florida, before heading to Universal Studios. Don’t let your FOMO get to you. Register for PrismHR LIVE 2026 so you can be part of all the fun!
23. The First Contestants Are … Landrum HR’s Ashlee Janin and Amanda Harper were our first customers to try their luck at “PrismHR 40th Anniversary Trivia!” Ashlee and Amanda had three chances to get a trivia question right as part of the game. Thank you for playing!
Did they win? You’ll have to watch to find out.
24. What a Great Source: Everyone knows you always go directly to the source, right? Especially when it’s 1 Source Business Solutions.
We love our partnership. And when we’re in Salt Lake City, we always know where the best Source is!
25. The Fourth Contestant: Rebecca Maglott of Fourth Enterprises was the next customer to try their luck at “PrismHR 40th Anniversary Trivia!”
Was the Fourth with her? Find out in this entertaining installment of our trivia contest!
26. Sequoia One Is 1 in a Million: Being partners with Sequoia One means one thing: An advanced focus on HRO innovation that benefits everyone. Thank you, Sequoia One. We are so thankful for our partnership!
27. Feeling Empower-ed, Part 2: PrismHR stopped by the Empower Services office earlier this year as we mentioned to learn more about how PrismHR innovation helps them power their business.
It was exciting to hear about all the data and analytic tools they use to help their clients make better business decisions.
Thank you for sharing your story with us!
And, if you’re curious, why not learn more about Report Center’s robust capabilities.
28. CoStaff Congeniality on Display: Susan Lineberger from CoStaff Services took some time during the PrismHR Marketplace reception to play a little trivia. We love how you play the game, but not as much as we love that smile!
Let’s find out how well Susan did, shall we?
29. Schoolmaster’s in Session: Payroll USA’s Justin Schoolmaster was the next trivia contestant. Being that it was his first PrismHR LIVE, he really had to think through some of the questions, but was he head of his class?
Watch to find out!
30. Season’s Greetings in July: Geremy Smith and Sheri Baker from July Business Services were the next contestants on “PrismHR 40th Anniversary Trivia!”
Does teamwork really make the dream work? Find out in this installment of “PrismHR 40th Anniversary Trivia!”
31. Audio and Video From Syndeo: Syndeo has been a longtime PrismHR customer for a reason.
Their clients want innovative tools and HR solutions to help them compete for and retain talent, and they trust PrismHR to give them the tech they need to do just that. As Jenna Marceau, Syndeo’s chief information officer, tells us: “The ability for our clients to have innovative products and tools at their hands now is offering them [clients] real-time access to the information when they need it and how they need it.”
32. Quick Responses: Domingo Aybar of Hiring Quick was the next contestant on “PrismHR 40th Anniversary Trivia!”
How far does Domingo go? Click the link to go and find out!
33. That’s Entertainment; That’s HRO Tech: Questco, a longtime PrismHR customer, understands the importance of technology to help their business grow.
And Chris Whitney, Questco Companies’ senior vice president of technology, has a unique perspective on the PEO industry coming from the entertainment space. One commonality is both fields focus on innovation, which is PrismHR’s main objective to help you and your clients succeed.
Hear from Chris about why he made the move to the PEO space in this new video, which was recorded earlier this year at his first PrismHR LIVE. Check it out.
34. A Top-Shelf Experience: Don Cahalan talks about why Armhr likes to “put on the Ritz” for their clients.
He also explains how PrismHR’s advanced technology and collaboration help them do just that. As Don says in the video, PrismHR “has a great system that you’ve certainly built over time, but you’re investing a tremendous amount of technology and dollars into it. So you’re thinking about not only today but you think about the future.”
Yep, that’s us—always thinking about the future.
35. Really Exciting Times: In this video, RealTime PEO’s Antonio Perez explains why they switched to the PrismHR platform.
Learn in this video why Tony says, “Coming from another system that lacked the functionality I needed, moving over to PrismHR was extremely exciting.”
Thinking about making a switch like RealTime did? We’ve got some ideas for you …
36. Last Workshop of the Year: PrismHR made our final Report Center Workshop stop of the year in Orlando, Florida, this past October.
Thank you to our friends at SideCar HR for hosting this unforgettable, data-driven event!
37. Long-Term Friendship: Nicole Boykins makes her second appearance in the 40th list with an in-person video that was shot at PrismHR LIVE 2025. There’s a reason Nextep has been a PrismHR customer for many years: It’s all about relationships. And, as Nicole tells us, she looks at PrismHR as not just a vendor but as a friend.
Learn more about the Nextep-PrismHR partnership, and find out why the HRO industry has trusted PrismHR technology to help power their business growth for decades.
38. Set to Automatic: In this video, CoStaff Services’ Danielle Hendzell explains how PrismHR’s automation helps their business. PrismHR “has really been a game-changer in helping us automate processes, streamline things and … creating a level of credibility,” she says. Watch the video and learn more about how PrismHR’s powerful HRO helps drive automation.
And boosting credibility is pretty good, too!
39. Growth Mode Activated: G&A Partners is in growth mode, and Christi Clawson, the HRO’s solution architect, explains just how important tech is to help their business grow in this video.
“Clients are always looking for the newest and latest technology,” Christi tells us. “Those really are things that our clients have asked for and that they need for the future of their business.”
There’s that future word again!
40. Modern Times: We caught up with Kyle Arnold and Lauren Jones from My HR Pros at PrismHR LIVE.
They discussed the long-term partnership with PrismHR and how the platform is more modern than ever and how much it helps their clients. Check it out!
Thank you for taking a stroll down memory lane with us in 2025 to celebrate our 40th anniversary. We can’t wait to show you what’s in store for 2026 and beyond; trust that there will be many more memorable experiences—and innovations—coming your way!
James Tehrani is PrismHR’s content marketing manager. He is an award-winning writer and editor based in the Chicago area.
