Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

Tier Technologies Inc. / TIER

About Tier Technologies Inc.

10780 Parkridge Blvd., Fourth Floor, Reston, Va. 20191
www.tier.com | 571-382-1000 | Founded: 1991

Industry: Information Technology | Category: Top 100 Companies

Tier Technologies offers electronic payment processing, business process outsourcing, and packaged software and systems integration. Among other things, the company handles financial-transaction processing services, including child-support payments and electronic payment systems. Its subsidiary, Official Payments, processes credit and debit card payments and other transactions for the IRS, 25 states and the District, along with 2,500 counties and municipalities.

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 816 | Local employees: 105

Company Leadership

Charles Berger Director
Samuel Cabot Lead Director
John J. Delucca Director
Morgan Guenther Director
Ronald L. Rossetti Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
James R. Stone Independent Director

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Did You Know

IT'S BACK: After being delisted from the Nasdaq because of accounting and financial-reporting problems, Tier began trading again last year.

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