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Todd Ritterbusch serves as President, Payments and Banking. He is responsible for providing overall leadership in setting and executing the strategic plan for the payments and banking segments of Triumph. Ritterbusch joined TBK Bank in 2019 as Chief Lending Officer with over 20 years of banking experience. He was named president of the bank in 2022 and was named to his current role in 2025.

Todd served in various leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase across the commercial banking and business banking lines of business. Before joining TBK Bank, Ritterbusch was managing director and market executive in JPMorgan Chase’s commercial bank, where he led a team of commercial bankers serving middle market clients in Fort Worth, Arlington, and several cities in West Texas.

Ritterbusch earned a Bachelor of Science with distinction in interdisciplinary engineering from Purdue University. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management and a Master of Engineering Management from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. Ritterbusch served on the boards of Cook Children’s Healthcare Foundation, Cook Children’s Health Plan and Leadership ISD.

Michael Niessner is the Chief Technology Officer for TriumphPay, where he leads the development and dissemination of advanced technologies that improve and increase business for our customers and TriumphPay. Before this role, Michael served as Principal Engineer at TriumphPay, overseeing the research, development, and design of engineering projects.

Prior to TriumphPay, Michael was the Principal Engineer at HubTran (acquired by TriumphPay in 2021) and was responsible for designing and building key elements of Hubtran’s technical stack, along with helping the engineering team grow by a factor of 10. Before joining the HubTran team, Michael worked as a software consultant and helped launch several software companies as a partner and software developer for Elevated Code.

Michael is fluent in numerous programming languages and received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

John Bender is the Senior Vice President, Broker/Factor Sales Leader at TriumphPay. He is responsible for overseeing the factor and broker verticals for TriumphPay, and managing the sales teams for both lines of business.   

Before TriumphPay, Bender held successive leadership roles at RCG Global Services. He most recently served as their Senior Vice President and Managing Partner, where he led all aspects of business including sales, marketing and delivery of information technology consulting and outsourcing services to Global Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to RCG Global Services, Bender managed P&L and led sales teams for IT and manufacturing and supply chain solutions companies. He has over 30 years of sales experience. 

Rick Jackson is the Senior Vice President, Shipper Sales Leader at TriumphPay, where he is responsible for leading the growth and development of the shipper vertical and collaborates with management to help evaluate new opportunities.  

Jackson brings over 30 years of sales leadership and entrepreneur experience from companies such as Yahoo!, McAfee, Intel and most recently at ForgeRock. His teams focused on Global 1000 companies in various industries including retail/wholesale, financial services, information technology, and distribution.  

Haley Evans is the Senior Vice President of Payor Strategic Initiatives at TriumphPay. She is at the forefront of spearheading initiatives that enhance the capabilities of the TriumphPay Payments Network for brokers and shippers. 

Most recently, Haley served as Senior Vice President, Broker Vertical Leader, collaborating with cross-functional teams across the organization to advance the growth and innovation of the broker vertical for TriumphPay. Prior to that, she served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing, managing a sales team that increased the platform’s annual payment volume from $2B to over $51 billion. Haley’s strategic approach also fostered valuable industry partnerships and channel marketing, contributing to overall business expansion. 

Haley started as a Product Manager at TriumphPay, crafting product roadmaps for web and mobile applications and aligning development with business goals. She held a similar role at Quiltt. Her diverse background, spanning risk management and reinsurance brokerage at organizations like Parkland Hospital and EWI Re, Inc., highlights her multifaceted expertise. 

Haley holds an MBA from the Texas McCombs School of Business and a Bachelor’s in Risk Management and Insurance from SMU Cox School of Business. 

Nate Gilmore is the Senior Vice President of Network Integrations and Innovations at TriumphPay. He oversees our partner ecosystem’s strategic development and growth, aligning technical, commercial, and service level commitments to drive maximum value for all payments network constituents. Formerly Vice President of Integrations and Client Services, Nate led technology implementation and services, ensuring seamless integration of clients’ systems with the TriumphPay network. 

With experience spanning startups to Fortune 100 companies, Nate excels in directing technology implementation processes, predominantly in the trucking and logistics sector. His focus is on adding value through scalable system and process integrations and team development of high-functioning teams. Before TriumphPay, Nate held leadership roles at The Refinery, Pegasus TransTech, and Affiliated Computer Services, enhancing client operational efficiencies. Additionally, he serves as a Colorado Air National Guardsman, leading munitions specialists. 

Nate studied Business Administration and Management at The University of Colorado at Denver and Colorado Christian University.