Behrad Bayanpour

General Manager, Powerpay

Behrad Bayanpour is the General Manager of Powerpay, a leading payroll and HR platform serving Canadian small and medium-sized businesses. He leads growth, product, and operations for a business at the intersection of compliance, technology, and the future of work. His focus is on building mission-critical systems that businesses rely on with absolute trust — where accuracy, reliability, and compliance are non-negotiable. Under his leadership, Powerpay is focused on empowering the backbone of the Canadian economy by simplifying how SMBs pay and manage their people. Behrad brings a pragmatic operator's lens to the future of work, with a focus on how AI, automation, and evolving workforce dynamics are reshaping payroll, HR, and the SMB landscape.