---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-065216"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PAYC"
cik: "0001590955"
company_name: "Paycom Software, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T07:02:49.794078+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Paycom appoints Chris Thomas as Senior EVP of Operations and principal operating officer

## Summary
- Chris Thomas appointed Senior EVP of Operations effective March 8, 2023; oversees client service, tax, HCM, implementations, and learning & development.
- Thomas will serve as principal operating officer; Justin Long named VP of Operations.
- Thomas has been at Paycom since 2018, most recently as VP of Operations since July 2022.
- Annual base salary of $400,000, eligible for Annual Incentive Plan and other executive compensation programs.
- Thomas holds a BBA from University of Oklahoma; previously senior manager at Love's Travel Stops.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-065216
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PAYC
- cik: 0001590955
- company_name: Paycom Software, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590955/000119312523065216/0001193125-23-065216-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590955/000119312523065216/d476315d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-065216
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-065216.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-065216.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Justin Long was appointed as Vice President of Operations at Paycom Software, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Vice President of Operations
  source text: Justin Long will serve as Vice President of Operations.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590955/000119312523065216/0001193125-23-065216-index.htm
- Executive change
  Chris Thomas was appointed as Senior Executive Vice President of Operations at Paycom Software, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President of Operations
  source text: announced the appointment of Chris Thomas as Senior Executive Vice President of Operations, effective March 8, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1590955/000119312523065216/0001193125-23-065216-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.