HR BioTech Connect Announces April 2014 Meeting to Discuss IPO Planning and Transitioning

WOBURN, Mass. - March 26, 2014 - PRLog -- All HR BioTech Connect members are invited to attend our next group meeting on April 17th, 2014! To RSVP for this event, please contact Jeanne Nicholson at JNicholson@CBGBenefits.com.

Date: Thursday, April 17^th, 2014

Time: Networking from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m.; Presentation from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Speakers: Edward J. Speidel and Robert Surdel of Radford

Theme: Lessons Learned: IPO Planning and Transitioning to Public Company Practices

RSVP: To register and to receive location information, please contact Jeanne Nicholson of CBG Benefits.

Description:
Over the course of the last 18 months, Radford has supported more than 25 IPOs in the Life Sciences sector. Each company brought with it a unique set of challenges and opportunities relating to timing, company constraints, compensation philosophy, equity planning, and pay actions considered headed into the IPO.

Radford will facilitate a panel of your peers sharing our collective experience by discussing the process; some of the "wins" and sticking points along the way (both internally and at the Comp Committee level); and the new set of challenges facing these newly public companies.

These challenges will include introducing more structure in broader employee cash and equity programs, developing policies for delegation of authority in equity granting practices, reinforcing good governance habits at the Compensation Committee level and managing employee communications in a public company environment.

RSVP: To reserve your seat for this exciting event, please email Jeanne Nicholson of CBG Benefits at JNicholson@CBGBenefits.com

For more information on HR BioTech Connect, please visit http://HRBioTechConnect.com.

About Our Speakers

Edward J. Speidel has over 20 years of experience in executive and equity compensation, corporate governance and employee benefits consulting. His clientele consists of companies of varying size and complexity, in a wide array of industries. He maintains a strong focus on the high technology communities, with emphasis in e-commerce, semiconductors, software, and life sciences firms.

Prior to joining Radford, Ed was principal and national executive compensation practice leader for Mellon Human Resources & Investor Solutions (formerly Buck Consultants). Before Mellon, Ed was managing director of the Northeast compensation practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ed earned a bachelor of arts in economics/government from University of Delaware, a master of business administration from Lehigh University, a juris doctorate from New England Law, and a master of laws in taxation from Boston University School of Law. In addition, he is a certified compensation; benefits; and equity professional, respectively. Ed writes and speaks frequently on executive and equity compensation issues. He is based in Boston.

Robert Surdel has nearly 15 years of compensation consulting experience on a broad range of human resources issues, including executive compensation, short- and long-term incentive design and sales effectiveness. In his current role, Rob consults with global organizations at various stages of development and maturity, with a focus on high technology and life sciences, as well as across general industry. Rob adds significant client value through his innovative quantitative analysis and extensive project management experience. He is also responsible for overseeing the east coast consulting operations for Radford.

Prior to joining Radford, Rob held consulting positions at Pearl Meyer & Partners, Buck Consultants and iQuantic.

Rob earned a bachelor of arts in economics and environment sciences from Bowdoin College, graduating cum laude, and a Master of Business Administration from the Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Rob holds the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) designations. He is periodically published in Directorship and Workspan magazine. Rob is based in Boston.