Post 200: Top D.C.-Area Businesses

TNS Inc. / TNS

TNS provides data communications services for transactions like credit card processing.

TNS provides data communications services for transactions like credit card processing. (Photo: Jacqueline Kazil - washingtonpost.com)

About TNS Inc.

11480 Commerce Park Dr., Suite 600, Reston, Va. 20191
www.tnsi.com | 703-453-8300 | Founded: 1991

Industry: Information Technology | Category: Top 100 Companies

Also known as Transaction Network Services, TNS operates a telecommunications network that connects banks and other financial institutions with ATMs and point-of-purchase debit or credit card transactions. It has 32 offices in 29 countries. In June, the company acquired Dialect Payment Technologies, a privately owned international payments processing technology company based in Australia, for $4.2 million.

2007 Financial Data

Total employees: 687 | Local employees: 258

Company Leadership

John B. Benton Director
Henry H. Graham Chief Executive Officer and Director
Stephen X. Graham Director
Jay E. Ricks Director
John V. Sponyoe Non-Executive Chairman
Henry H. Graham Jr. Chief Executive Officer
Raymond Low President

Source: Compensation data provided by Equilar, Inc..

Henry H. Graham Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
$4,090,200
Salary: $500,000
Raymond Low
President
$3,158,323
Salary: $425,000

Did You Know

VARIED INTERESTS: Chief executive Henry Graham graduated from the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina, and, early in his career, was an executive at Revlon Group, the cosmetics company.

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