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Global Payroll Titan Award 2021

Davida Lara, CPP, named this year's Global Payroll Titan
April 29, 2021

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Congratulations to Davida Lara, CPP, for being named the 2021 Global Payroll Titan. Davida is the Executive Vice President of Payroll Services at Entertainment Partners.

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With more than two decades of experience in the payroll industry, Davida has gained extensive expertise developing systems, process automation, and training personnel. She has led initiatives involving international assignment policies and global mobility. Davida was a keynote speaker at the Congress Xstream online conference in 2020 and has a quarterly column in the American Payroll Association's PAYTECH Magazine.

The Global Payroll Titan award program celebrates, empowers, and recognizes the outstanding professionals responsible for processing multi-country payrolls. A Global Payroll Titan is a professional who has a strong commitment to the global payroll industry, demonstrates innovative thinking, and has measurable positive effects for their organization.

Thank you to everyone that participated in GPMI's second annual Global Payroll Titan award program. GPMI received more than 30 nominations and more than 4,000 votes were cast in the "People's Choice" public voting portion of the award program

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