Charlie Franklin is the Co-founder & CEO of Compa, a VC-backed startup with the mission to make compensation fair and competitive for everyone. Compa delivers software for enterprise talent acquisition and total rewards teams in the era of pay transparency. 

Charlie has more than a decade of experience in HR roles, mostly focused on compensation. He started his career at Mercer where he advised on compensation strategy and people analytics to organizations ranging from Fortune 100 financial services companies to government agencies and technology startups. He subsequently led executive compensation and people strategy at Juniper Networks, and most recently led HR M&A and global mobility at Workday prior to founding Compa. 

Charlie resides in Newport Beach, California, where he enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter hiking, gardening, and bicycling by the ocean.

April Tofanelli leads the Customer Success Team at Compa where she helps ensure customers receive the care and support they need from initial product implementation through post-go live and beyond.

April has 20+ years of experience in both consulting and corporate organizations, leading complex global efforts ranging from defining total reward strategies, developing and implementing job leveling systems, assessing market competitiveness, to designing compensation tools and implementing compensation technology systems. 

April is a long-time resident of San Francisco, California. As a trained pastry chef, she bakes as much as possible and enjoys traveling, hiking, camping and yoga.

Bobby has led startup sales teams for over 10 years. He joined Compa after building his own consultancy, hiring and training sales teams at seed stage companies for 3 years. During that time, he also published his first book and created a community, both based on the idea of living with intention. He joined Compa in May 2022 because his strong connection with the founding team.

Zack has spent the last 8 years in the HR tech industry, specializing in sales. Prior to Compa, he honed his expertise working with enterprise clients at Indeed, where he helped companies attract, retain, and hire exceptional talent. As a founding member of the sales team at Compa, Zack brings his passion for revolutionizing compensation to the forefront, finding fulfillment in working at a startup.