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WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY
Overlake Hospital Medical Center
Doug is a great resource, a solid and knowledgeable HR Consultant and a pleasure to work with. I have found him to be responsive, thorough and professional. He worked within the agreed upon scope and completed the project on time with a very good final product.
— Lisa Brock
VP, Human Resources
Client Engagement Examples

Representative client engagements 1999 - 2009:

Large Public Retailer (Seattle):
  • Assisted company to benchmark IT jobs and pay for their  large (over 500 person)  IT shop.
Privately-held medical device & software developer (Kirkland):
  • Developed sales compensation strategy and program.
  • Incentive and executive compensation consulting and analysis
Privately-held software developer (Bellevue):
  • Developed a comprehensive compensation strategy and program (base pay, short-term cash incentives, stock option allocations and communications program)
  • Executive compensation consulting and analysis
Privately-held telecommunications company (Seattle):
  • Built their first formal base pay compensation program
  • Sales compensation consulting.
Publicly-held E-commerce/Internet company (Seattle area):
  • Assisted in the development of the company's first base pay compensation program and compensation strategy.
  • Stock option consulting and analysis.
Publicly-held aerospace & electronics conglomerate (Seattle area):
  • Compensation consulting - merged compensation plans from multiple business units into one plan, while accommodating geographical and equity issues.
Non-profits (Seattle area):
  • Employee relations investigation.
  • Conduct a comprehensive compensation audit for a 1,000 employee organization
Technology manufacturer (Bothell):
  • Sales compensation consulting
Internet technology leader (Seattle):
  • Compensation consulting, developed their first base pay compensation program.
Technology manufacturer (Redmond):
  • Compensation consulting.
Privately-held major retailer (Seattle):
  • Executive compensation review.
Publicly-held software developer (Bellevue):
  • Compensation & stock option consulting.
  • Executive compensation consulting and analysis
Medical device manufacturer (Portland):
  • Executive compensation review.
Major content/image supplier (Seattle):
  • Sales compensation.
Major internet bandwidth provider (Seattle/Atlanta):
  • Sales compensation plan review and development.
  • Executive compensation review.
  • General HR consulting.
Leading Internet infrastructure provider (Bellevue):
  • Base pay plan development.
Financial software developer (Bellevue):
  • Performance management and appraisal; merit pay program and training.
IT outsourcer (Seattle):
  • Incentive plan development.
  • General HR consulting.
  • Compensation consulting.
Medical device developer (Bothell):
  • General HR consulting.
  • Initial employee handbook.
Internet content supplier (Seattle):
  • Stock option and compensation consulting.
Tele-communications equipment manufacturer (Redmond):
  • Compensation consulting.
Internet content hardware/software developer (Bellevue):
  • Base pay and stock options benchmarking.
  • Base pay plan development.
Internet portal developer (Bellevue):
  • Compensation consulting.
  • Sales compensation consulting.
Professional Business Association:
  • Executive incentive plan.
Major medical center (Bellevue):
  • HR Audit.
  • Recruiting/staffing and performance appraisal program development.
Plumbing and construction supplies (Seattle):
  • General HR consulting.
Revenue management company (Kent):
  • Compensation consulting.
Toy manufacturer (Lynnwood):
  • Incentive plan development.
  • General HR consulting.
Internet software developer (Kirkland):
  • Compensation consulting.
Local telecommunication provider (Whidbey Island):
  • General HR consulting.
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) plan conversion.
  • Sales compensation.
Electronics manufacturer (Issaquah):
  • Sales compensation consulting.