Office Hours with Frank Wagner: Practical Guidance on Compensation

Overview

This session is designed as open office hours. There is no presentation and no prepared content. The discussion is driven by questions submitted by attendees.

Frank Wagner, who spent 17 years leading global compensation at Google and now serves as VP of Total Rewards at Cloudflare, will join Rani to answer practical, real-world questions about compensation strategy.Attendees are encouraged to submit questions when registering. Frank and Rani will spend the session responding directly to those questions live.

Topics will be based on attendee questions, including:

• Introducing pay ranges or pay-for-performance for the first time
• Handling exceptions without setting precedent
• Equity refresh decisions and timing
• Pay transparency and communication
• Balancing fairness with budget pressure
• Common challenges at different company stages
  

About the speaker

Frank Wagner

VP of Total Rewards, Cloudflare

Frank is the VP of Total Rewards at Cloudflare. He previously spent 17 years at Google, where he served as VP and Global Head of Compensation, leading the design of reward programs for one of the world’s largest global workforces.