Clinton Burgess
President & Chief Executive Officer
Clinton Burgess leads CoAdvantage as Chief Executive Officer with overall responsibility for sales, operations, product development, finance, risk management and human resources. His twenty years of experience in the PEO industry includes success in profit and loss management, corporate operations, revenue growth, change management leadership and new business expansion.
Most recently, Clinton served as Chief Executive Officer for Progressive Employer Management Company where he led the organization through a debt restructuring and skillfully improved the company’s operations and profit margins, surpassing the $1B mark in revenues. From 2001 until 2014, he was Executive Vice President and General Manager at CoAdvantage, leading the company through a buyout event and a reverse merger, as well as playing a pivotal role in multiple acquisitions over a three year span. Clinton has also held the position of Vice President of Operations at Trinet/Gevity HR, a $3 billion business outsourcing company, directing 40 locations for over seven years.