Sage North America announced the appointments of Paul Bridgewater as CEO of Sage Payment Solutions, and Jim Emerick as executive vice president of customer support. Both will report to President and CEO Pascal Houillon. Paul joins Sage after most recently working for TSYS as the group executive and general manager of global product and innovation.

Jim joins Sage most recently from Bank of America where he led a 3,000-person global customer service function. During his 10-year career there, he also held senior-level operating roles in the consumer banking, small business and mortgage lending businesses, with up to 12,000 people reporting into his organization.