Computer Services, Inc. announced the appointment of three new voting members to its board of directors and details on its new chairman, Frank Martire, following the company's acquisition by private equity firms Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (Centerbridge) and Bridgeport Partners (Bridgeport). The newest voting members are Kristin Muhlner, a leader in technology growth, enterprise software and cloud strategies, Fred Terrell, a senior advisor to Centerbridge, and Tom Shen, a seasoned entrepreneur and banking technology board member—each of whom brings decades of expertise and a proven history of building and growing companies. The robust board will provide insight and resources to help CSI accelerate development and deployment of its solutions while prioritizing its long-standing commitment to customer service.

Muhlner joins the new board following a five-year position on CSI's previous board of directors. She is CEO and co-founder of Affect Therapeutics, an organization that employs mobile technology to revolutionize addiction recovery. With more than 20 years of experience leading high-growth technology organizations, Muhlner has provided strategic leadership in a variety of executive roles for companies such as Sprinklr, newBrandAnalytics, RollStream, webMethods, Deloitte Consulting and Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting).

The newest voting members are Kristin Muhlner, a leader in technology growth, enterprise software and cloud strategies, Fred Terrell, a senior advisor to Centerbridge, and Tom Shen, a seasoned entrepreneur and banking technology board member—each of whom brings decades of expertise and a proven history of building and growing companies. The robust board will provide insight and resources to help CSI accelerate development and deployment of its solutions while prioritizing its long-standing commitment to customer service. Centerbridge's Terrell joined that firm in 2020 and focuses on investments in the financial services and technology, media and telecommunications sectors.

Prior to Centerbridge, he was executive vice chairman with Credit Suisse, where he spent over 25 years advising some of the most prominent names in financial services and technology. Since 2001, Terrell has served as a board member of several major corporations and is currently director of BNY Mellon Corporation, Paramount Global and Mobility Capital Finance Inc. (MoCaFi), an early-stage fintech company focusing on the underbanked. In addition, he serves on the board and investment committee of the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and on the investment committee of the Rockefeller Foundation.

Shen, a long-time entrepreneur and banking technology board member, founded Software Dynamics Inc. in 1982, which offered a suite of banking products—including for tellers, platforms, call centers and CRMs—to more than 1,200 financial institutions worldwide, from multibillion multinationals to local community banks. Shen sold the company to publicly traded S1 Corporation in 2001, and since then has served on the executive team for Digital Insight. He also co-founded Malauzai Software Inc. in 2010, which was acquired by Finastra in 2018.

Martire, founder of Bridgeport Partners, immediately assumes the role of board chairman. Martire is an industry veteran who has held executive and C-level positions for more than 20 years. Martire currently serves as executive chairman of NCR Corporation, the world's enterprise technology leader for banks, retailers and restaurants.

Prior to NCR, Martire was executive chairman of FIS from 2015 to 2017 and president and CEO of FIS after its acquisition of Metavante from 2009 to 2015. Before its acquisition, Martire served as Metavante's CEO and president. He has also held the roles of president and chief operating officer of Call Solutions Inc. and president and chief operating officer at Fiserv.

Former Chairman Steve Powless has transitioned to a voting member along with Culbertson. John Williams, who founded CSI in 1965, will maintain his role of chairman emeritus. As previously announced, Centerbridge's Jared Hendricks and Ben Jaffe will also serve as voting members.