Executive Bio: M. Troy Woods

Troy Woods, president and chief operating officer of TSYS, has been a critical influence in the company’s strategic decisions for the past 16 years. In his most recent role as executive vice president, Woods was responsible for directing the company’s international expansion, strategic planning activities, negotiations with major clients, and the continual improvement of TS2, the company’s core payments engine.

TS2 was launched in 1996, and has since grown to service more than 230 million accounts, or more than 85 percent of all accounts on file at TSYS. Under Woods’ leadership, the company has expanded to Canada, Mexico, Europe and the Asia-Pacific.

Woods started his career at Columbus Bank and Trust Company (Columbus, Ga.) in 1970, working part-time in the bankcard department and eventually becoming a vice president. He left the company in 1977 to become a senior vice president for consumer lending with AmSouth Bank in Birmingham, Ala. He rejoined TSYS in 1987. Woods earned a bachelor’s degree from Columbus State University (Columbus, Ga.), and also graduated from the University of Virginia’s Graduate School of Retail Bank Management and Louisiana State University’s School of Banking of the South.