BACA Events Calendar

Ramy Taraboulsi, CEO and Founder of SyncBASE, Parent of OPTRACK will discuss: "What HR Professionals Need to Know About Stock-Based Compensation". Topics will include the following: * Introduction to Options * Types of Options * Why Companies Offer * Stock-based Compensation * Different Types of Stock-based Compensation * How Options Work * Expensing of Options * Employee Share Purchase Plans * Global Trends in Options * Option Pricing and Different Valuation Methods * Impact of Options on Financial Statements. Our Speaker, Ramy Taraboulsi, is the CEO and Founder of SyncBase - Parent of OPTRACK, a fully secure web-based solution that keeps track of all activities related to employee stock options and other types of equity instruments for public and private companies. OPTRACK handles option activities ranging from data entry to the full administration, valuation, expensing, reporting, tax, share dilution and the complete note disclosures. Mr. Taraboulsi also serves as director of various companies, is an Adjunct Professor with Tyndale University in Toronto, and is a published Author. Prior to founding SyncBASE, he held executive level positions with Mercer Consulting, Merrill Lunch, Fidelity Investments and Insurance Bureau of Canada. Mr. Taraboulsi also has significant concurrent academic experience. He writes and lectures extensively in the areas of: Option Valuation Methods and Strategies, Employee Stock Option Accounting Methods and Strategies, Strategic approaches to Market Traded Options, Business Ethics, Corporate Governance, Business Systems Analysis and Data Modeling. He has held the position of Professor of Ethics, Leadership and Corporate Governance at Seneca College and Adjunct Professor, Schulich School of Business at York University. In terms of his education, Mr. Taraboulsi holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, an M.Sc. in Computer Science, an MBA and he is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

The next Bay Area Compensation Association meeting will be on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Our topic will be "Current Trends in Compensation Practices" presented by Randy Ramirez, Partner at BDO in New York. Topics will include the following: An overview of the BDO 600 Board of Directors and CEO/CFO Compensation surveys: . Board of Directors compensation, trends, practices, and levels . CEO and CFO compensation, trends, practices, and levels . What to expect for this coming year An early look at the public company side of compensation: . How are early filers for proxy season 2013 looking? . Say on Pay, and where do we stand . How is pay for performance shaping up? Proxy Advisory Firms: . A quick background on the proxy advisory firms . What influence they have and trends . The final effects and how it's shaping for pay for performance Our Speaker, Randy Ramirez, Regional Practice Leader at BDO in New York has consulted for over 20 years in the areas of Executive Compensation and Human Capital Strategy. He consults in a variety of industries both domestically and globally.