
Agenda
Compalluminati™ 2025 offers talks, panels, and workshops led by top comp leaders from across the industry.
Day 1
Wednesday, April 23
Start time: 10 am
End Time: 5:30 pm
Day 2
Thursday, April 24
Start time: 8 am
End time: 2:45 pm
Events
Day 1
Apr 23
Wednesday, April 23
Start time: 10 am
End Time: 5:30 pm
Day 2
Apr 24
Thursday, April 24
Start time: 8 am
End time: 2:45 pm
10:45 am
–
11:00 am
Welcome to Compalluminati
Speakers:

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa

Taylor Cone
Co-founder & CXO
,
Compa

Taylor Cone
Co-founder & CXO
,
Compa
Moderator:
11:00 am
–
11:30 am
Lessons from thousands of offers, hundreds of skills, and dozens of briefs
Speakers:

Jonathan Jebson
Director of Insights
,
Compa

Jonathan Jebson
Director of Insights
,
Compa
11:30 am
–
12:15 pm
How to build trust with finance, the C-Suite, and the board
Speakers:

Ben Carter
Senior Vice President of Business Partners and Rewards
,
Workday

Ben Carter
Senior Vice President of Business Partners and Rewards
,
Workday

Supriya Bahri
VP Total Rewards & People Operations
,
Roblox

Supriya Bahri
VP Total Rewards & People Operations
,
Roblox

Jennifer Pasqualini
Head of Total Rewards
,
Stripe

Jennifer Pasqualini
Head of Total Rewards
,
Stripe
Moderator:
1:15 pm
–
1:45 pm
What the C-suite wants from comp
Speakers:

Frank Wagner
Vice President of Total Rewards
,
Cloudflare

Frank Wagner
Vice President of Total Rewards
,
Cloudflare
1:45 pm
–
2:30 pm
Using skills-based comp data to advise engineering leaders
Speakers:

Saheb Singh
Director of Compensation
,
Shopify

Saheb Singh
Director of Compensation
,
Shopify

Allan Brown
Founder
,
CompAI LLC

Allan Brown
Founder
,
CompAI LLC

Emily Francis
Head of Executive & Equity Compensation
,
Databricks

Emily Francis
Head of Executive & Equity Compensation
,
Databricks

Colleen Burgess
Senior Director of Compensation
,
Okta

Colleen Burgess
Senior Director of Compensation
,
Okta
Moderator:
2:45 pm
–
3:30 pm
The blueprint for Skills
Speakers:

Joe Malandruccolo
Co-founder & CTO
,
Compa

Joe Malandruccolo
Co-founder & CTO
,
Compa

Morgan Tam
Senior Software Engineer
,
Compa

Morgan Tam
Senior Software Engineer
,
Compa

Taylor Poe
Director of Product
,
Compa

Taylor Poe
Director of Product
,
Compa
Moderator:
3:30 pm
–
4:15 pm
Skills-based comp: Skepticism and promise
Speakers:

Athar Siddiqee
Vice President of Total Rewards
,
Micron

Athar Siddiqee
Vice President of Total Rewards
,
Micron

Analee Bueras
Sr Manager, Compensation
,
T-Mobile

Analee Bueras
Sr Manager, Compensation
,
T-Mobile

Ken Wechsler
VP, Global Total Rewards
,
Akamai

Ken Wechsler
VP, Global Total Rewards
,
Akamai

Jessica Cheng
Senior Director of Compensation
,
Instacart

Jessica Cheng
Senior Director of Compensation
,
Instacart
Moderator:
4:15 pm
–
5:30 pm
Compalluminati happy hour
Speakers:

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa

Taylor Cone
Co-founder & CXO
,
Compa

Taylor Cone
Co-founder & CXO
,
Compa
9:00 am
–
9:45 am
Beyond skills: Unveiling what’s next at Compa
Speakers:

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa
9:45 am
–
10:30 am
10:30 am
–
11:00 am
Using skills to solve retail's trillion-dollar pay problem
Speakers:

JD Mahaffey
Group Director & Global Head of Executive Total Rewards
,
Walmart

JD Mahaffey
Group Director & Global Head of Executive Total Rewards
,
Walmart
Moderator:
11:15 am
–
12:00 pm
How DoorDash's comp team rebuilt new hire grants
Speakers:

Nick Klute
Director of Compensation Design & Delivery
,
DoorDash

Nick Klute
Director of Compensation Design & Delivery
,
DoorDash

Sarah Staples
Sr. Director of Compensation
,
DoorDash

Sarah Staples
Sr. Director of Compensation
,
DoorDash

Daniel Chui
Director of Finance and Strategy
,
DoorDash

Daniel Chui
Director of Finance and Strategy
,
DoorDash
1:00 pm
–
2:30 pm
Build your brief: Advising the business on AI/ML hiring in 2025 (Workshop)
Speakers:

Connor Parker
Compensation Programs and Strategy
,
Block

Connor Parker
Compensation Programs and Strategy
,
Block

Graham Duncan
Senior Compensation Lead
,
Netflix

Graham Duncan
Senior Compensation Lead
,
Netflix
2:30 pm
–
2:45 pm
Closing Remarks
Speakers:

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa

Charlie Franklin
Co-founder & CEO
,
Compa
Theme
Skills-based comp: Skepticism and promise
Join the Compalluminati as it reviews HR’s skills setbacks, contrasts today’s skills-based comp tech with yesterday’s skills consulting flops, and shares how top comp pros finally use this polarizing innovation.