Stock & Option Solutions Announces Aspirations 2011

July 7, 2011 - PRLog -- Stock & Option Solutions (SOS), a leading provider of stock plan administration, management, and consulting services, has announced Aspirations 2011, SOS’s inaugural equity compensation conference for emerging private companies.  The all-day conference for executives and stock plan staff from private companies targeting a liquidity event, such as an IPO, in the next year to three years, will be held on July 26th at the Santa Clara Marriott.  This pioneering conference features panels and general sessions bringing together national equity compensation thought leaders from legal, consulting, accounting, taxation, and domestic & international stock plan management practices.

Conference attendees will learn about the best practices, participant communications, , and transitioning strategies companies have used and are using to prepare their equity compensation programs for the post-IPO arena.  The conference will feature two general sessions and 11 break-out sessions.   Topics include stock plan vendor selection, equity plan design, international considerations, equity accounting practices, participant communications, stock plan tracking & data management, and an overview of the complete IPO process for company equity plans. There is also a lunch and networking/cocktail reception scheduled.

“We put together a fantastic lineup of the most knowledgeable experts with a wide variety of backgrounds to speak on topics critical to emerging private companies. The jammed-packed agenda will not only educate private company attendees, but will help get them answers to the questions they have now and as they move toward their IPO. With the number of timely sessions we are able to offer, we think attendees will have the toughest choice in deciding which ones to attend.”  Elizabeth Dodge, Vice President, Stock & Option Solutions.

With the IPO market heating up, an increasing number of private companies want to know what it would take to get their equity compensation programs ready a transition through an IPO. Since its founding in 1999, SOS has worked with a number of pre-IPO companies to that transition a successful one.  Having seen the daunting set of challenges these companies face, and the timeline they are up against, SOS believes that this type of conference is an idea whose time has come.

“In the past year we’ve seen a substantial increase in the number of new clients preparing their company, and their equity compensation plans, for an IPO.  There is so much you need to know to get ready for such a pivotal event and there are hardly any resources on which to draw.  A conference which can focus this much targeted knowledge towards that audience is priceless. “ Sean Lembree, President, Stock & Option Solutions

For more details, including scheduled speakers and sessions, please visit the Aspirations 2011 at http://www.sos-team.com/screens/SOS-Solutions/SOS-Aspirat...

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Stock & Option Solutions, Inc. (SOS) is a leading provider of stock plan administration, management and equity consulting services for companies offering equity compensation and benefit programs to its employees. For ten years, hundreds of organizations, from private start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, have relied on Stock & Option Solutions’ expertise for strategic planning, methodologies and skilled resources to build and support the most effective stock administration programs possible. The company offers its services through its People Solutions, Technology Solutions, and Strategic Solutions business groups. For more information about Stock & Option Solutions, please visit http://www.sos-team.com.