ZPAY Payroll Systems, Inc. started in 1978 when Paul Mayer, the President created his first payroll program for the early Heathkit computers. He came up with the name ZPAY when Heathkit was bought by Zenith. ZPAY has been selling payroll software for over 25 years now and has won many awards for the best business software category as can be seen on our website. Paul Mayer, the President of ZPAY, was the forum manager of the Shareware Forum on the Microsoft Network On-line from when it started in 1995 through 2000 when they closed down. Paul is a Past President of the Association of Shareware Professionals and the President of a shareware company, ZPAY Payroll Systems, Inc. which markets its products through Shareware. Paul has been involved in shareware since the early days of the on-line services. Actually, Paul started in shareware before it was known as shareware. He was a computer hobbyist who built his first computer from a Heathkit H-8 computer kit