From 2007-2024, Frank led the Google Compensation team, which is recognized for its leading compensation designs and approaches. He has driven the adoption and implementation of its compensation structure based on principles, competitive data, employee research, and conjoint studies. As a thought leader in the field, he has championed design changes inside the company as well as with his industry colleagues. 

Prior to Google, Frank was a partner at Hewitt Associates, and consulted with clients regarding compensation for all levels of employees up through executive leadership, working regularly with Board Compensation Committees. He developed compensation strategies for 50+ companies, including salary approaches, short- and long-term incentive designs, conducted competitive studies, and provided merger & acquisitions advice/support. 

Frank has a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, with Highest Honors, and a Master of Business Administration, Finance from the University of California, Berkeley.

He is a long-time member of the World at Work and is Certified Compensation Professional. He has been a member of The Conference Board’s Compensation Council since 2008.

Charlie Franklin is the Co-founder & CEO of Compa, a VC-backed startup with the mission to make compensation fair and competitive for everyone. Compa is compensation intelligence software for enterprise total rewards teams navigating era of pay transparency. 

Charlie has over a decade HR experience, mostly focused in compensation. He started his career at Mercer, a leading global HR consulting firm, where he advised on compensation strategy for Fortune 500 companies in technology, financial services, life sciences, and energy. He subsequently led executive compensation and people strategy at Juniper Networks, and most recently led HR M&A and global mobility at Workday prior to founding Compa. 

Charlie resides in Newport Beach, California, where he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughters hiking, gardening, and bicycling by the ocean.