Our approach
Payformance Partners helps companies “Pay” for excellent per”formance” in order to achieve business goals and have the greatest return on its largest investment - people.
Our mission is to utilize our expertise to help companies optimize their largest investment, people operations, and co-create environments that lead to employees reaching their full potential. This ‘stone in the pond’ creates a ripple effect of successful business performance for the employer. We accomplish this mission using decades of experience in compensation, performance, talent strategy and technology implementations.
Marc R. Mullis, Founder/CEO
marc.mullis@payformancepartners.com
Marc is the Founder/CEO of Payformance Partners. He has over 20 years of compensation, performance, talent strategy design and HR/Comp Systems implementations, and is committed to co-creating environments that lead to employees reaching their full potential as employees and as human beings. Thus, increasing overall business performance.
As of a graduate of The College of Charleston with a B.S. in Psychology, Marc has always been interested in the art & science of motivation, as well as the statistical measures behind the motivating factors. He has the understanding that each client has a unique set of goals and objectives based on their business, and fully dives into each project assuring every piece of the project has been completed and our clients are fully satisfied with Payformance Partners.
Marc and his wife, Robyn, have 2 sons who are in college in South Carolina. He enjoys traveling with his family, concerts, and going for morning runs.
Compensation Community Roles:
Faculty Member: WorldatWork
Board Member: PayScale Customer Advisory Board
Certified Global Remuneration Professional
Claire McKain
claire.mckain@payformancepartners.com
Claire serves as the business operations and project management for Payformance Partners, bringing with her over 10 years of experience in sales, communications, and project management. She has a passion for helping projects and communications run as effectively as possible to ensure quality for our clients.
She graduated from Appalachian State University in 2010 with a degree in Communication Studies and held a number of roles within corporate life, including sales and marketing before joining Payformance Partners. Her dedication for helping people is what led her to Payformance Partners. Throughout her career, one thing remains the same: customer experience is the most important aspect of her work life!
Claire enjoys spending time with her husband, 3-year-old son, and 1 year old boy and girl twins. She also loves working out and being outside with her kids and family.
Katie Benfer
katie.benfer@payformancepartners.com
Katie is a Senior Compensation Consultant at Payformance Partners. She has a vast amount of experience in Compensation, Employee Engagement, and Employee Relations with over 15 years of experience. Katie’s goal with each of her clients is to help Leaders and Businesses create Compensation structures and plans that will drive their Employees to optimal performance while at the same time increasing overall Employee Engagement and the Performance of the Business.
In 2004, Katie graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with double majors in Management and Finance. After gaining a few years of experience in the corporate world as a Compensation Analyst, Katie decided to further her education and received a Master of Business Administration from Pfeiffer University. Katie and her husband have one daughter who is five years old. She enjoys being outside with her family and two dogs on warm and sunny days.
Katie is a Certified Compensation Professional and a Certified Professional in Human Resources.
Rebecca Burney
rebecca.burney@payformancepartners.com
Rebecca is the Director of Operations at Payformance Partners. Her love of processes and thinking differently has drawn her to solving big problems with innovative and efficient solutions. Her experience is predominantly in scaling start-ups and one of those problems she often faced was streamlining compensation. She has implemented compensation strategies across a number of companies first hand, and is now helping others do the same at Payformance Partners.
She graduated with her Juris Doctorate in 2018 from the University of Missouri-Kansas City with an emphasis in Intellectual Property where she served as the school president. Prior to that, she graduated from Colorado State University in 2015 with a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and a minor in French.
Rebecca sits on the alumni board of her law school and is also actively involved in the film community of Kansas City. When not working her magic in spreadsheets, she can often be found at the dog park with her dog, Obi.