Melissa Forman
President and Executive Vice President
TriumphPay

Melissa Forman is driving change in the transportation sector in multiple ways. First, as president at TriumphPay, she is bringing the trucking industry into the modern era by spearheading the company’s open payments network. The system integrates both the payor and payee into the same network and frees back-office professionals from repetitive processes so they can effectively grow their businesses. The platform has been a success already, eclipsing $23 billion in annualized payments volume along with $1 billion in network volume through January, exactly one year after completing its first transaction.

Forman is perfectly suited to lead TriumphPay, as she has held numerous leadership roles in the transportation sector — where fewer than 15% of executive leaders are women — and in finance, including nearly a decade leading sales and strategic partnerships for eCapital and several years with ACS Expedited Services, where she oversaw multiple software-as-a-service programs servicing thousands of trucks. Her business acumen gives her great foresight and the ability to predict many different outcomes for TriumphPay, which is vital in an industry with so many variables and shifting parts.

At TriumphPay, Forman is creating a culture of passion, excitement and collaboration. She motivates her team by reminding them of their purpose-driven mission to improve the lives of truck drivers, who work long hours, spend weeks away from family and face elevated costs of fuel and long wait times to get paid. Passionate, knowledgeable and able to work in nearly any situation, Forman has helped grow TriumphPay’s staff to include 422 members, up from 143 at the beginning of 2022, while grooming and mentoring leaders within the company and in prior roles.