Brad has 30 years of consulting experience and senior total rewards positions, where he has built and rebuilt compensation and total rewards functions from the ground up. In doing so, he worked to maximize alignment with organizational culture and strategy while overseeing the development and implementation of many complex systems.

Brad led the total rewards functions for Kentucky Fried Chicken, Janus Capital and Level 3 Communications. At Level 3, Brad set up the company’s first total rewards function andstrategy. Brad also spent over a decade within PepsiCo/Yum! Brands, managing total rewards for Kentucky Fried Chicken and acting as Senior Director of Rewards and Recognition and Manager of Capital Accumulation Plans and Flexible Benefits and Systems.

Brad is an innovator in employee recognition and engagement. He played a founding role in establishing Yum! Brands’ world‐renowned recognition culture, which Ken Blanchard called “the best recognition culture we’ve ever seen” in his book, Customer Mania.

Brad focuses on integrating business strategy and aligning people, processes and culture with total rewards design and strategy to deliver organizational results effectively. As a consultant, he has guided total rewards and HR-related projects for companies across multiple industries ranging from CableLabs and Western Energy to Crocs, Otterbox, Connect for Health Colorado, and AURA.

As an entrepreneur, Brad co-founded three companies, most recently launching a technology company integrating recognition, employee ideas and pulse feedback with key organizational and culture drivers.

Brad earned an MBA from the State University of New York at Albany with a specialization in Organizational Analysis, HR.

With over 20 years of compensation experience, Dan is an internationally recognized expert on all forms of performance pay, start-up pay, and equity and ownership compensation for companies of all types, stages and sizes across various industries.

Dan is the author and co-author of several books, including Everything You Do in Compensation is Communication, The Decision-Maker’s Guide to Equity Compensation, and the ground-breaking Performance-Based Equity Issue Brief. He is a recognized Quora.com expert on employee stock options, pay for performance, start-up compensation, equity compensation, and restricted stock units. As a prolific writer, having written 200+ blog articles covering all compensation aspects, Dan values the importance of sharing information to help leaders and companies approach compensation opportunities more skillfully. 

Dan excels at building innovative total reward solutions that align with strategy and culture while driving company success. He believes compensation is a critical part of everything a company does and that well-designed pay solutions can be the difference between industry survival, success and domination. Dan spends much of his time focused on the communication aspect of compensation; he has a unique ability to help people understand the most complex and technical details in approachable, memorable ways.

Dan has served on the board of directors for the National Center for Employee Ownership and the advisory board for HR.com. He is also the founder of Equity Compensation Experts, the largest independent networking group for equity compensation professionals.

Dan holds a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University and is a certified Fellow of Global Equity (FGE) through Global Equity Organization. He is also a certified Equity Professional through Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business and a certified WorldatWork Executive Compensation Professional. Dan is an active member of WorldatWork, SHRM, and the Society for Certified Equity Professionals.

Dana is a strategic consultant with over 20 years of experience working with large enterprise consulting, technology and education clients. Dana helps leaders and teams solve complex problems that exist at the intersection of people and technology, with an approach that engages people at all organizational levels, inspiring innovation and empowering lasting behavioral change. Dana’s uses a process that is human-centered, inclusive, engaging, and sticky. 

Dana has worked directly with thousands of global leaders, holding roles like Chief Analytics Officer, Head of Learning Enablement, Go-to-Market Strategist, and Global Collaboration Advisor. Her clients include Cisco, Intuit, MasterClass, Adobe, Harley-Davidson, United Airlines and more. 

In 2020, Dana designed and implemented a world-class learning technology stack that won a Brandon Hall Gold Award for “Best Advance in Learning Tech Implementation.” She has also been a featured speaker at national conferences such as HR Tech and ATD International. She has also contributed to thought leadership articles for Entrepreneur Magazine and HR Executive. 

In short, Dana shows clients their power, possibility and potential. She lives in Denver and works from her tiny-home backyard “shed-quarters,” advising executives worldwide about digital transformation, employee experience and whole-self leadership.

Dana holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Conflict Resolution from Antioch University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Communication and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Colorado.

Donya has over 25 years of experience leading the design and implementation of systems and processes to ensure sales results align with top business priorities. She has also led projects in sales target setting, measurement and forecasting, technology-enabled selling, and sales incentive compensation plan design. Today, Donya focuses exclusively on sales compensation plan design and has designed hundreds of sales compensation plans since she made it her focus in 1999.

Before becoming a consultant on her own, Donya was Towers Perrin’s Sales Effectiveness Practice consultant. Before joining Towers Perrin, Donya worked for a global materials science company, managing numerous change initiatives. In addition, she served as IT Director for one of the company’s major sites. 

Donya’s passion is designing practical, value-creating compensation plans supported by thorough modeling, which anticipates the proposed plan’s effects on individuals and the company. Because clients generally remain engaged with Donya for many years, Donya has the chance to learn which consultant-recommended plan design elements are most likely to confuse employees or confound plan administrators. As a result, she focuses on simple, straightforward designs with direct links to strategically important business results.

Donya is a WorldatWork Certified Sales Compensation Professional (CSCP) and the sole consultant member of the WorldatWork Sales Compensation Expert Council, along with the heads of sales compensation from leading companies like Siemens, Dell and Cisco. Because of her respected thought leadership, Donya is an in-demand conference speaker and sought-after author.

Donya holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Davidson College and a Master of Science in Operations Research and Systems Analysis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Heather is an HR consultant who works to translate and simplify human resources protocol for emerging businesses and employees. 

Heather began her 21-year HR career as a Senior HR Generalist within a CIGNA.. From there, her journey has taken her to large and mid-sized companies, including Pepsi Bottling Group, The Walt Disney Company, Cushman & Wakefield, EarthLink and AECOM where she held various HR leadership roles Heather’s most recent role before becoming a consultant was Head of People at Octave. The breadth of her experience with these organizations centered around HR business partnerships.

Heather posits that adeptly executed HR management helps catalyze business growth. She also believes employees who understand the organizational role of HR management enjoy a greater sense of professional autonomy. As a seasoned principal corporate HR professional, Heather provides straightforward advice while offering practical tools for employers and team members.

Heather is a consummate coach and partner to business leaders who value employees as an investment and recognize how talent impacts business strategy and profitability. She is also the author of Work Like a Pro: Your Guide to Finding, Accepting & Starting a New Job.

Heather earned an undergraduate degree from Spelman College and a Master of Industrial & Labor Relations (MILR) from Cornell University. She currently lives in Atlanta and enjoys cooking, boating, watching independent films, and talking about work stuff.

Heather is an organizational development and training leader who has spent 20+ years helping organizations engage and invest in their talent. As an experienced facilitator and instructional designer, she has developed and facilitated domestic and international training programs for diverse global audiences.

Before moving into consulting, Heather served as the people development manager for Yum! Brands, where she trained global audiences across all levels — from senior executives to restaurant team members. Heather created engagement training to educate restaurant managers on assessing organizational culture and enhancing team member engagement. She also designed and delivered a global training program to teach restaurant operators human resource principles.

Through her broader work within Yum! Brands, Heather helped foster alignment and consensus among senior-level executives with differing agendas. 

In 2017, Heather joined David NovakLeadership as the Director of Instructional Design. In this role, she created and facilitated live and digital leadership courses and drove accountability through the design of workbooks, skill trackers and action plans. David Novak is the former CEO of YUM! Brands where he worked closely with Heather for years. Heather also partnered closely with C-level leaders to build course design and video script alignment. Managing large client projects from planning through roll-out, she ensured the timely completion of all milestones. 

Heather is passionate about helping organizations achieve their desired results. Throughout her career, she leveraged the power of survey data to drive informed decision-making and employed engagement strategies to help teams meet their goals. Today, Heather empowers leaders to implement these techniques in their organizations.     

Heather is dedicated to creating innovative, interactive training using a variety of audience engagement methods that make learning fun. She has also helped design culture transformation and employee engagement initiatives. Experienced in facilitating team transformation initiatives, she promotes organizational alignment while blending differing agendas and objectives.  

Heather holds a Master of Industrial & Organizational Psychology from Xavier University and a Bellarmine University Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with an HR emphasis.

Jillian has a passion for leveraging technology to enhance the talent experience for employees. With a background in Total Rewards, she has embraced the Workday ecosystem over thelast decade, seeing value in the ability to ‘connect the dots’ and turn systemsof record into systems of impact.

Most recently, she has served as the VP, Total Rewards and People Technology at Maxar Technologies, where she led a team of compensation, benefits and Workday professionals.  Over her tenure, she implemented multiple Workday modules, including a complete restructuring of the tenant following the combination of Digital Globe, Radiant Solutions, Space Systems Loral and MDA in 2018 to become “One Maxar”.  She has led the team to focus on utilizing technology in a way that is aligned to business.

Prior to joining Maxar, Jillian managed Compensation for Lands’ End, focusing specifically on Short and Long-Term incentive design.  Prior to that, she spent a decade at NICE Systems, leading Compensation and Benefits programs for the North American region.

With extensive experience in merger and acquisition integration, she understands how to design programs with foundations for scalability and growth.  NICE focused heavily on growth through strategic, rapid acquisition, which necessitated a playbook for quick integration of systems, benefits and compensation structures.  Over her time at Maxar, she has been integral in both acquisitions and divestitures, so is able to provide perspective on how to effectively create a system that can be flexible in both scenarios.

Jillian holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Labor and Employment Relations from Rutgers University.

Laurel Davies has 24 years of experience developing and implementing HR strategies that align the workforce, create a high-performance culture, facilitate transformational change, and maximize organizational effectiveness. She provides insight and expertise on a broad range of initiatives and is skilled at developing and communicating plans to support her clients’ business objectives. Her private and public sector experience spans successful business startups to Fortune 500 organizations.

She has held leadership positions in the home building, engineering, manufacturing and organic food industries. As Coleman Natural Foods Vice President of Human Resources, Laurel was responsible for the HR and safety operations of 2,300 coast-to-coast associates. She introduced new practices and programs contributing to company business growth and success. Following an acquisition by Perdue Farms, she collaborated with a cross-functional integration team to achieve cost synergies, benefit consolidation, policy harmonization, process improvements and acquisition objectives.

Laurel has worked with clients in industries as diverse as aerospace engineering, fintech, medical devices, healthcare analytics, oil and gas, telecommunications, manufacturing, craft brewing, climate advocacy, transportation, and energy analytics.

Laurel provides HR service delivery and interim HR leadership, often serving companies that need assistance with project management or highly sensitive matters. Working on-site or remotely, she offers a comprehensive range of services. In HR service delivery, Laurel specializes in HR audit and compliance, talent management, employee relations and workplace investigations, and performance management. She also provides strategic business consulting, including M&A due diligence/risk assessment, integration strategy and implementation, process and systems improvement, workforce planning, and culture transformation.  

Laurel is committed to the HR profession and is viewed as a community leader. She has volunteered on several non-profit boards, serving as President of the Rocky Mountain Paralegal Association and the Colorado Human Resources Association (now Mile High SHRM). She also served two terms as District Director for the Colorado SHRM State Council. In 2014, Governor Hickenlooper appointed Laurel as an HR voice to the Colorado Advisory Council for Persons with Disabilities. She currently serves as Secretary and member of the Board of Trustees for The Park People (Denver Digs).

Laurel is a Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR) and Senior Certified Professional with the Society for Human Resources Management (SPHR-SCP). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/Philosophy from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Linda is a senior talent acquisition leader with decades of experience designing, implementing, and running talent acquisition and HR operations organizations. With expertise across a wide range of industries, including global and U.S. retail, CPG, healthcare and hospitality, her career has included leadership roles in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, talent acquisition, and HR information systems. She has also been an HR partner for multiple corporate and field-based functions for over 20 years.

Before founding Acquire IQ, a talent-building consultancy, she was Wendy’s Senior Director of Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience. There, she led a team focused on acquiring quality talent and implementing best-in-class technology solutions to meet the company’s needs.

Linda has led HR Technology selection and implementation and built efficient and effective processes across talent acquisition and all other human resource areas. Her skills in organization design, recruiting and sourcing, talent marketing, HR analytics, and HR technology use have led to improved performance of talent acquisition and other HR teams.

Linda is a results-driven leader who creatively solves business problems and drives business success through innovative strategic solutions and maximization of team performance. She is a critical thinker with a penchant for problem-solving. Linda has successfully led TA transformation, improved hiring processes, and managed change — all while fostering inclusive, challenging and supportive organizational cultures. Through innovation and creativity, she helps organizations acquire, grow and retain top talent. 

Linda holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from George Mason University and a labor relations certification from Cornell University.

Marjan has spent her career partnering with early-stage to Fortune 20 C-suites, aligning talent with corporate strategy to drive long-term growth. With over 30 years in C-suite Human Resource leadership roles at leading global organizations, Marjan is adept at guiding companies through transformational change. Her leadership across companies such as Bristol-Myers Squibb, Citi, McCann Worldgroup, Owens Corning, and Publicis Groupe includes architecting three international HR organizations and co-directing eight business and HR transformations involving global workforces of up to 20,000 people.

Marjan has held executive HR and talent management roles in companies within advertising and professional services, financial services, and life science industries. She has also consulted in those areas, as well as the manufacturing, non-profit and education sectors. Her most recent corporate role was as McCann Group Worldwide’s Global Chief People Officer, reporting to the CEO.

Drawing upon a wealth of practical experience, Marjan brings a wide array of expertise to the consulting table. She leads strategic talent initiatives spanning compensation, talent management, talent acquisition, career mapping/job architecture, organizational development, and succession planning. She also leads business and HR transformations, ensuring that top talent is valued and retained. Her experience involves large-scale change management, including anticipated and unanticipated corporate events and M&A activity. In addition, Marjan’s leadership expertise extends to complex HRIS implementation projects, as well as compensation strategy and redesign. 

Marjan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral and Organizational Psychology from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Indiana University. She also is a graduate of Columbia University’s Executive Coaching Certificate Program.

Melissa brings over 18 years of experience in learning, organizational development and human capital consulting. She has extensive change management experience across industries and applications, including change management leadership to accompany compensation initiatives. 

With a background in human resources, Melissa applies her understanding of compensation principles and practices to translate for stakeholders effectively. She has consulted for and worked with many companies, including hrQ, Kärcher North America, Children's Hospital Colorado, and Hunter Douglass.

With an education in psychology, organizational communication and organizational leadership, Melissa designs change management experiences prioritizing strategic alignment, purpose and practice clarity, expectation transparency, capability building, and — most importantly — creating and maintaining people engagement. 

Melissa understands compensation strategy and administration as a trust exercise rooted in understanding unique organizational cultures, their change histories, personal motivations, and naturally existing resistance areas. Since Melissa asserts that “pay and titles are value statements,” her guided change management demonstrates a commitment to integrity, empathy and employee value.

Melissa is an MCAP Module Presenter for the Society for Human Resources Management. She holds a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Management and a certificate in Strategic Business Management from Regis University.

Mike is passionate about engaging employees and driving results by optimizing reward and incentive programs for purpose-driven companies. Mike uses his unique blend of legal, financial and consulting expertise to promote and build partnerships with C-Suite teams and boards of directors. His advice and analyses support sound decision-making, risk mitigation, and the creation of business expansion and HR transformation strategies.

A first-generation college graduate, Mike started his professional career in auditing and tax within Deloitte and KPMG, respectively, before breaking into HR as an executive compensation design consultant with Aon (formerly Hewitt Associates) and executive benefits consultant with Prudential Financial (formerly TBG Financial). 

Mike transitioned from consulting to corporate roles in technology, fast-moving consumer goods, home services, and healthcare. He was the Director of Equity Compensation for HP, VP of Total Rewards and HR Operations for Danone, and Senior Director of Total Rewards at Frontdoor before leading total rewards for two pre-IPO technology startups. 

During his corporate career, Mike proudly created new total rewards functions for employers on four occasions. Now, he is doing what he loves most once again: serving clients. 

Mike is known for successfully translating complex program elements into understandable communications to achieve desired outcomes. He works well with matrix organizations and across functions on enterprise-wide initiatives, interpreting detailed analyses to propose, guide and advocate for competitive business strategies. Mike is experienced in leading and navigating teams and organizational leaders during times of organic and inorganic growth, working to harmonize global and domestic HR programs, platforms and systems.

Michael has spoken at the Colorado Chapter of NACD, DisruptHR Denver, Rocky Mountain Total Rewards Association, and WorldatWork’s Total Rewards Conference, among others. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Binghamton University and a JD from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Reagan is an accomplished HR executive with over 23 years of experience developing people strategies that support organizational goals. Her corporate leadership experience ranges across several industries and global companies, including CH2M HILL, ECC, Comcast Cable, Sitel and ServiceSource. 

In her last role before moving into consulting, Reagan led global talent management for ServiceSource. Reagan’s broad knowledge of HR and business disciplines enabled her to develop unique people strategies that contribute to overall strategy and directly impact bottom-line results.

Reagan’s consulting passion and focus is on small businesses, including many non-profits and mission-based organizations. As a senior HR leader within large, complex organizations and mature HR functions, Reagan designed and delivered world-class HR programs, a foundation she now brings to her clients. 

Reagan focuses on HR strategy; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion planning; employee engagement; compliance and policy development and training; process evaluation and improvement; and refining employment structures to meet ongoing and evolving business needs.

Reagan is an HR consultant for the Boulder Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and serves on the Colorado SHRM State Council. She was the past President of the Boulder Area HR Association (BAHRA). Reagan earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Colorado Denver and is a certified SHRM-SCP.

Robin is a compensation and talent leader experienced in designing and delivering innovative compensation and talent programs that inspire engagement and drive organizational results. Robin has nearly 20 years of experience in designing and implementing successful talent development initiatives across all industries and organizational sizes. Her expertise spans job-evaluation and market analysis, best practice and industry benchmark analysis, career path and communication strategy development, performance management program review and design, and leadership development program design.

Robin began her career at Willis Towers Watson supporting both the Compensation and Organizational Effectiveness practices.  In her time there, she developed analysis and benchmarking of client positions, job evaluation, career path design and competency frameworks, and new compensation structures.  She moved from consulting to an in-house global total rewards leader at IHS where she designed and managed global reward programs for colleagues in more than 20 countries including:  job evaluation and benchmarking, survey identification and participation, and salary structure design/adjustment.  Most recently she was at Arrow Electronics where she led the design, delivery, and management of a large-scale global career framework project for 12 job functions, including over 1700 jobs and over 18,000 employees globally and led a team focused on delivering talent management programs at scale.

Robin partners with organizations to accelerate their talent development initiatives and create greater alignment with business objectives.  She leverages her experience in complex global organizations to guide leaders outside of their comfort zones while elevating their leadership capability. Having worked both within organizations and in external consulting roles throughout her career, Robin brings a unique perspective that enables clients to widen the lens of possibility.

Robin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Lewis and Clark University and a Master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Colorado.  She is also a certified Co-Active coach through the Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) and the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

With over 35 years of experience in communications, Tammy is a well-rounded, cross-trained team player with deep experience in employee and executive communications, corporate-to-field communications, compensation plan communications, culture building, change management, public affairs, event management, and video production.

Before consulting, Tammy worked at multiple subsidiaries in various CitiGroup communications roles. In her final and longest-held position as Citi Cards/Citi Retail Services Senior Vice President of Strategic Communications, she led the strategy and execution of communications for Citi’s private-label credit card portfolios. Her responsibilities included employee and executive communications, public affairs, community relations, meeting planning, and liaison to Citi’s Corporate Affairs on franchise-wide initiatives. 

Through her communications strategy, leadership, and execution, Tammy helped drive strategic initiatives and organizational changes, including job discontinuance and business divestiture, compensation and business development plan changes, and public affairs.

Tammy has an innate ability to mind-meld with executives, helping them craft communications about complex organizational initiatives and strategic changes into something clear, inspirational and human. She has written for many senior leaders, including a former football coach, one of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, Harvard MBAs, and up-from-their-bootstraps CEOs. 

Tammy works with a “get it done” mentality that lets her get the facts right while customizing every message to meet the audience’s needs. She also specializes in delivering messaging with sensitivity, accuracy and speed, building on her early foundations as a journalist and newspaper reporter. Tammy’s output is seasoned with common sense, the wisdom of experience, a bit of humor, and a lot of humanity. 

Tammy has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia and has earned multiple certifications and award recognitions throughout her career.

A proven expert and pioneer in the field of business agility, Tom has spent the past 20 years advising hundreds of client companies and thousands of leaders across diverse industries around the world. Until its sale in May 2022, Tom was co-owner of Agility Consulting & Training, globally recognized as one of the pre-eminent consulting practices and frameworks for building leadership, team, enterprise and strategic agility.

Tom’s diverse background includes senior executive roles in human resources, strategic planning and general management in the fast-paced apparel and consumer products industries. He has been VP/GM for a large consumer products division, developing and marketing products across all retail trade classes. This experience helped him develop keen insights into the keys to success in real-time, consumer-driven enterprises.

Tom has also been a trusted advisor to numerous business leaders and client organizations for 20 years, providing coaching or consulting in diverse organizations like Golden Corral, Republic Services, ARAMARK Higher Education, Land O’Frost, Securitas, the Social Security Administration, Sony PlayStation, Hanesbrands, The Fresh Market, VF Corporation, HAECO Aviation Services, and more.

Tom has a demonstrated record of success and utilizes his strong strategic and analytical skills to lead major business turnarounds for units gripped with operational complexity and suffering on most key financial performance measures. He has provided skillful direction and team-based solutions for complex issues and scenarios in the U.S. and abroad.

Tom is a Certified Management Consultant and former president of the Carolinas Chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants, the premier international professional association for management consulting. He has been a featured speaker at international conferences and industry trade associations and is an accomplished author of numerous articles. He is also the co-author of Focused, Fast & Flexible, along with his former partner, Dr. Nick Horney. 

Tom has a Master of Arts in Organizational Psychology from East Carolina University.