Kevin Traut
President/Chief Operating Officer
Embarrassing Personal Story - I was suspended in 6th grade for repeatedly leaving school property during lunch to buy candy and resell it to my fellow students.
Biggest Success outside of Work - International travel and seeing new experiences with my wife and 3 kids, 16 countries and counting….
Steve Traut
Senior Vice President of Sales
Favorite Quote - My favorite quotes are from Bob Traut; “If it’s to be, it’s up to me”, and “you can be the best thing that happened in that person’s day, so be that”.
Favorite Hobby - Favorite hobby is golf when I am shooting well, and snowboarding when I am not shooting well.
Jason Traut
Chief Financial Officer
Biggest Success outside of Work - Chaperoning a young adult ministry group to the Catholic World Youth Day Jubilee in Rome with Pope John Paul II. Congregating and celebrating with over a million other international faithful.
Embarrassing Personal Story - As a 130lb. high school freshman, I blindsided the varsity’s starting senior fullback with a cross-check in a gym hockey intermural bringing him to his knees. I sheepishly with head on a swivel, duck and dove, hid, to avoid this giant of a man for the next three weeks of class until he forgot about the incident. Thank goodness for hockey helmets and no yearbook picture as an incoming underclassman to conceal my identity.
Ty Bishop
VP of Implementations & Product Development
Favorite Quote - “Judge a man by his questions, not his answers.” - Voltaire
Favorite Quote - “In the absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” - Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988)
Ralph Musella
Vice President Sales and Marketing, Eastern Region
Favorite Quote - “I have never met a negative person who is successful” This ties into my feeling that having a positive attitude is so important to having a successful life.
Biggest Success outside of Work - Being inducted into my High School Sports Hall of Fame. An additional story is that my son, David, has also been inducted. There are only 10 Father-Son Inductees and we are one of them.
Patrick Smith
Director of Sales Remote Cash Capture
Biggest Success outside of Work - For the past 4 years I have been learning to play piano along with my daughter. I practice every day!
Favorite Hobby - I enjoy spending time with family, listening to music, going to concerts, eating great food, baking, an occasional Netflix binge, weekend adventures, working out, going to the beach, riding my bike, and drinking a cold IPA.
Jaclyn Paxton
Director of Change Management & Employee Learning
Favorite Quote - “Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.” – Bruce Lee
Favorite Charity Involvement - Working with Veterans. I work with various organizations and with Veterans directly to assist in resume writing and transitioning military skills into corporate language. As a US Marine Veteran it is important to continue serving my sisters and brothers.
Naja Hayward
Director of Marketing
Favorite Quote - “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us.” – Marianne Williamson
Biggest Success outside of Work - I started my own company, Naja Tea, which was sold in some of the top spas, boutiques, restaurants and gourmet grocery stores.
85+ years later since its humble beginnings, Superior Press enjoys relationships with hundreds of commercial and community banks and is a contracted partner with over 30% of the top 100 asset size banks in the United States.
