The StrategicPay® Series is a series of hands on, "do it yourself" ("DIY") Toolkits designed to help HR and compensation professionals do work that is normally hired out to compensation consultants. We call it "compensation consulting at your fingertips."

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Authors

Doug Sayed, SPHR, CCP, GRP; Applied HR Strategies founder, StrategicPay® Series developer, author, and overall series editor.

Doug Sayed is founder and principal of Applied HR Strategies, Inc. a Seattle-area compensation consulting firm and the developer of the StrategicPay® Series.  Doug is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP), Global Remuneration Profesional (GRP), and has also earned Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.  Early in his HR/compensation career, Doug earned a Master's Degree in Human Resource Management from the Ohio State University, and now has over 25 years of experience in the field.  He is also an instructor, publications reviewer and occasionally-published author with WorldatWork, the leading association for compensation professionals in North America.

Prior to the development of the StrategicPay® Series, he was the developer and publisher of the leading northwest regional salary surveys covering the technology and biotechnology sectors (now part of the Culpepper and Associates family of surveys).

 

Jill Odegard, PHR, CCP, Base Pay Toolkit co-author and  co-product manager
Jill is Vice President and Sr. Consultant with Applied HR Strategies, and co-product manager for the StrategicPay® Series.  She has worked in the Human Resources field for over 10 years in various HR management capacities, and specializes in compensation and benefits.  She earned her Professional in Human Resources (PHR) designation as well as the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) certification via WorldatWork.  Jill is a graduate of Central Washington University with a BS in Business and a minor in Human Resources. Jill is an expert in the development of base pay and cash compensation programs.

 

Karen Cummings, PhD, PHR, CCP, StrategicPay® Series Base Pay Toolkit co-author and editor
Since earning her MS at Michigan State University and her PhD at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Karen has contributed over 18 years to the discipline of human resources management through serving on the faculty at Michigan State University and through holding compensation management practitioner roles with companies such as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Starbucks Corporation.  Karen has expertise in building base pay programs, performance management systems, pay communications and training programs, and modeling and administering incentive plan designs.

 

Peter Scontrino, Ph.D., StrategicPay® Series Performance Management Toolkit Author
Peter is a graduate of Seattle University and Michigan State University and holds a Ph.D. degree in industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology.  He is a licensed psychologist in the State of Washington.  He served on the faculties of the University of Washington and Seattle University prior to forming Scontrino-Powell in 1975.  He is a widely-recognized expert in the application of the principles of I/O psychology to people and organizations.  Dr. Scontrino has assisted his clients in projects ranging in scope from organization development to employee selection and performance management systems, to productivity incentive plans to employee involvement systems to management development programs to organization-wide change efforts.  He has published a number of articles, written a chapter on employee involvement, and has previously co-authored a text on performance management and appraisal.

 

Randy Maharaj - StrategicPay® Series Incentive Compensation Toolkit Author
Randy Maharaj is a seasoned Human Resources leader specializing in compensation, benefits and human resource information systems (HRIS).  He has a deep understanding in the design, development and delivery of compensation and benefits programs with an appreciation of total employee rewards in both US and global markets.  His effective systemic thinking, processes, and analytical skills coupled with a comprehensive understanding of the employee life-cycle, have been instrumental in driving innovative processes to assist organizations in evolving their reward practices.  Maharaj brings over 10 years of experience in the Human Resource field and has worked in senior roles at Coca-Cola, AT&T, Amazon.com and most recently at Washington Mutual Corporation.  Prior to working in Human Resources, he worked in a variety of business strategy and sales roles at BP (British Petroleum). He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Durban-Westville - South Africa.