Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 11, 2004
MICHAEL ALTER is President of SurePayroll Inc., a national payroll
outsourcing firm headquartered in Skokie, Illinois. SurePayroll is
privately held. Its principal competitors include public companies ADP
and Paychex. Mr. Alter was a co-founder of SurePayroll and has driven
its growth from venture-backed startup to its current position as the
fifth largest payroll service in the nation and the largest online
payroll provider in the country. Previously, Mr. Alter served as a
consultant at McKinsey & Company and as a sales executive at IBM. Mr.
Alter holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Economics from Northwestern
University and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Profile
SurePayroll and a picture of things as they are now?
Mr. Alter: SurePayroll was founded in late 1999 by a group
