Jeff Ahola

As CEO, Jeff holds the primary responsibility for charting the strategic direction of the company his parents founded, while fulfilling its mission to help other family businesses succeed. Under Jeff’s leadership, since joining the family business in 1984, the company has secured its marketplace position as a top provider of family-focused payroll and human capital management systems.

Jeff began his career at Progressive Insurance Co., where he honed his computer, management and sales skills in various positions in Cleveland, Los Angeles and Atlanta. The rich learning experience during his five years at Progressive, a company under strong family leadership, helped nudge Jeff back to his roots at Ahola, where he and his siblings had cut their teeth as youngsters cleaning the office on weekends for their parents’ fledgling enterprise.