Compensation Consulting Services for Enhanced Business Performance
Enhancing business performance and stakeholder value through effective employee compensation, executive compensation, and sales compensation strategies.
About Jack Connell Consulting
Our Vision
At Jack Connell Compensation Consulting, we believe in empowering businesses to achieve optimal performance through effective employee compensation strategies. Our goal is to enhance shareholder value while aligning executive compensation and incentives with long-term business success, including tailored sales compensation plans.
Representative Client List
High Technology companies like Avid Technology and Color Kinetics have made significant strides in employee compensation structures, reflecting their competitive nature. Notably, Carbonite (IPO) and Demandware have also focused on enhancing executive compensation to attract top talent. Companies such as Intelsat and iRobot (both of which took IPOs) are increasingly aware of the importance of sales compensation in driving performance. NVIDIA, which had a successful IPO, along with Newfold Digitali and Peoplefluent, are examples of organizations that prioritize comprehensive compensation packages. Other notable firms like Projerct44 and Rapid7 have implemented innovative compensation strategies, while Rational Software and RF Microdevices (RFMD, now Quorvo) understand that competitive employee compensation is essential for retaining skilled workers. Starent Networks, which took IPO, and Truelytics also recognize the role of executive compensation in maintaining a motivated workforce. Organizations like Ultimate Kronos Group (UKG) and VistaPrint (now Cimpress after their IPO) continue to refine their sales compensation approaches to meet industry standards. In the Life Sciences sector, companies such as Abiomed and Actelion (both with IPOs) emphasize the need for equitable employee compensation. Beckman-Coulter and BG Medicine have also taken steps to align their compensation strategies with industry expectations, ensuring that they attract and retain the best talent. Cynosure, Hologic, and Life Technology are further examples of firms focused on developing competitive compensation packages. Perseptive Biosystems, PerkinElmer, Phase Forward (which took IPO), and Thermo Fisher are all committed to enhancing both employee and executive compensation to foster a high-performance culture.
Representative Client List (Continued)
Manufacturing companies such as Analog Technologies, Avnet, and Axcelis Technologies often focus on competitive employee compensation packages to attract top talent. In the realm of analogic technologies, firms like Bose and Haemonetics prioritize executive compensation to retain their leadership teams. Additionally, companies like Quaker Chemical, Reebok, and New Balance emphasize sales compensation strategies to drive performance among their sales teams. Other notable organizations include Stratus Technologies, Teradyne, A123 Battery (which took IPO), Amica, Boston Children’s Hospital, Fallon Clinic, Goldman Sachs, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, U.S.A.A., and Ultralife Batteries, along with UMass Memorial Medical Center, all of which recognize the importance of aligning compensation structures with their business goals.
Jack Connell Bio
Present Responsibilities
Jack Connell works with high technology, life science, and other human capital-intensive companies to improve the link between employee compensation, executive compensation, sales compensation, and performance. As Managing Partner, he collaborates with clients to enhance the relationship between pay and performance, driving increases in stakeholder return.
Experience
His high-technology and life science clients have included Texas Instruments, Skyworks, Life Technologies, Hologic, Thermo-Fisher, Actelion, Hewlett-Packard, Broadsoft, 3Com, RFMD (now Quorvo), iRobot, VistaPrint, and Starent Networks. Many of his clients have achieved some of the most successful exits in industry history, and Jack has taken two of the five most valuable companies in the world public (Amazon.com and NVIDIA). Jack began his business career in corporate compensation and benefits roles at Data General, Digital Equipment Corporation, Stratus Computer, and Avid Technology, before moving into consulting focused on executive, sales, and employee compensation at iQuantic and Pearl Meyer and Partners. He ran his own firm, Connell & Partners, before founding JCCC. Jack also held the VP of Total Rewards role at GoDaddy and the SVP of Human Resources role at Geac Computer.
Education
Jack has a B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Corporate Strategy and Human Resources, both from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
About Jack Connell Compensation Consulting
Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation
We develop peer groups for both public and private companies to ensure the market data we pull for you is highly relevant to employee compensation. We then match jobs to either proxy statement or survey roles and gather base, short-term, and long-term incentive data for these roles. Our executive compensation services also include Board o
We develop peer groups for both public and private companies to ensure the market data we pull for you is highly relevant to employee compensation. We then match jobs to either proxy statement or survey roles and gather base, short-term, and long-term incentive data for these roles. Our executive compensation services also include Board of Director compensation and the design of short and long-term incentive plans, ensuring all aspects of sales compensation are covered.
Sales Compensation
Executive Compensation
Executive Compensation
We first construct a peer group for your sales force to ensure that the market data related to employee compensation is highly relevant. We then source appropriate surveys that cover your market, focusing on both sales compensation and executive compensation. We match your job to these surveys and pull data on base salary, target commissi
We first construct a peer group for your sales force to ensure that the market data related to employee compensation is highly relevant. We then source appropriate surveys that cover your market, focusing on both sales compensation and executive compensation. We match your job to these surveys and pull data on base salary, target commission, and total target cash compensation. Additionally, we can design new plans or revise existing employee compensation strategies to enhance performance and improve financial results.
Employee Compensation
Executive Compensation
Employee Compensation
We develop tailored peer groups for your employee workforce, which may include multiple categories such as technical and non-technical teams. Next, we identify the most relevant survey sources that align with your company's size, industry, and stage of life to gather data on employee compensation, including base salary, target short-term
We develop tailored peer groups for your employee workforce, which may include multiple categories such as technical and non-technical teams. Next, we identify the most relevant survey sources that align with your company's size, industry, and stage of life to gather data on employee compensation, including base salary, target short-term incentive, and long-term incentive. This data allows us to compare your compensation packages to the market effectively. If your workforce is geographically dispersed, we can establish local labor market structures that cater to both employee and executive compensation needs.
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