Michael L.

I lead total rewards like an engineer. Ten-plus years of compensation work across health systems, a $1B+ global M&A integration, and a public global operator — now available for fractional and project-based consulting: • Job architecture at scale: unified 1,658 legacy job codes into 796 and a 25-grade global structure (2,500 employees, 7 countries); market structures covering 8,000+ employees with Mercer/WTW data • Pay equity: predictive models built for Colorado's Equal Pay Act — audits that surface problems before legal does, with defensible ranges and remediation plans • Merit & comp cycles: engineered a merit process that cut cycle administration from 40 hours to 8 (compa-ratio and range-penetration automation in Python/SQL) • Incentive design: multi-layer incentive programs across 250+ engagements, including an incentive shadow calculator built for SAP environments • Executive reporting: C-suite dashboards on labor cost, merit-pool spend, and flight risk I also build the tooling — Total Rewards Accelerator is my own comp-engineering platform — so clients get systems they keep, not just a deck. Good fits: salary structure builds or refreshes, pay-equity audits, market pricing studies, job leveling/architecture, merit-cycle support, incentive plan design, comp data cleanup and automation. Denver-based (Mountain Time), remote-first. CCP in progress (WorldatWork). Message me with your population size and what you're trying to fix — I'll tell you plainly whether I'm the right fit.