James Reda

Current

• Founder and Managing Director at James F. Reda & Associates, LLC

Past

• Principal at Buck Consultants, Inc.
• Senior Manager at Andersen LLP
• Lieutenant Commander at U.S. Coast Guard

• Consultant at Hewitt Associates
• Consultant at Buck Consultants, Inc.
• Vice President at The Bachelder Group (Sole Proprietorship)
• Consultant at Deloitte
• Sr. Product Manager at Honeywell
• Product Manager at Wang Laboratories
• Engineer at International Business Machines
• Petty Offices in US Navy Submarine R&D Program at US Navy

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Education

• Sloan School of Management, MIT
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• Brooklyn Technical High School

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Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Website

James Reda’s Summary

James F. Reda & Associates, LLC is located in Times Square in Manhattan. We are very experienced in working with Fortune-1000 companies in meeting their needs for executive compensation consulting services.

Our firm has extensive experience in the area of equity awards, compensation committee advisory services, incentive programs of all kinds and the performance evaluation and goal-setting process. We work with clients in the following industries: financial services, health-care, life-science, technology, retail and manufacturing. In addition, we have substantial experience with private companies.

James Reda’s Specialties:

Executive compensation consultant; corporate governance and board advisory

James Reda’s Experience

• Founder and Managing Director

  James F. Reda & Associates, LLC

  (Partnership; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  January 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

  Oversee professional consulting firm specializing in executive compensation.

• Principal

  Buck Consultants, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  October 2000 — January 2004 (3 years 4 months)

• Senior Manager

  Andersen LLP

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  March 1999 — September 2000 (1 year 7 months)

• Lieutenant Commander

  U.S. Coast Guard

  (Government Agency; Military industry)

  July 1978 — July 2000 (22 years 1 month)

  Coast Guard Reserve. Assistant to Comptroller of East Coast.

• Consultant

  Hewitt Associates

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  August 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 8 months)

• Consultant

  Buck Consultants, Inc.

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  June 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 2 months)

  Executive compensation consultant

• Vice President

  The Bachelder Group (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  July 1987 — June 1996 (9 years)

• Consultant

  Deloitte

  (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)

  1987 — 1988 (1 year)

• Sr. Product Manager

  Honeywell

  (Public Company; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  June 1986 — August 1987 (1 year 3 months)

  In charge of Internet related products

• Product Manager

  Wang Laboratories

  (Public Company; WANG; Computer Software industry)

  May 1983 — June 1986 (3 years 2 months)

  Supervised product development of full line of computer equipment for defense industry.

• Engineer

  International Business Machines

  (Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1981 — September 1981 (5 months)

  Industrial Engineer

• Petty Offices in US Navy Submarine R&D Program

  US Navy

  (Government Agency; USN; Military industry)

  December 1971 — December 1977 (6 years 1 month)

  Member of Trident submarine R&D program (Nuclear Navy)

James Reda’s Education

• Sloan School of Management, MIT

  SM , Accounting, Finance, MIS , September 1981 — May 1983

  Activities and Societies:

  Softball team, research assistant

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  BS , Industrial Engineering , 1978 — 1981

  Activities and Societies:

  Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu, President, IIIE (Student Chapter)

• Brooklyn Technical High School

  HS Diploma , Electronics , 1967 — 1970

Additional Information

James Reda’s Websites:

• My Website

James Reda’s Interests:

History, Business, Sports, Performing Arts

James Reda’s Groups:

National Association of Corporate Directors, National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, Society of Corporate Governance Professionals, World at Work, New York Society of Security Analysts, MIT Alumni Association, Columbia University Alumni Association, Compensation Group, Council of Institutional Investors, Council of Institutional Investors, The Conference Board, Linked Consultants, MIT Alumni Association

•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Columbia University in the City of New York
•    Atlanta Linking
•    Hewitt Associates
•    Brooklyn Technical High School
•    Columbia University Alumni Network
•    Sons of Italy (OSIA)
•    Alumni Andersen
•    Honeywell
•    Compensation Professionals Network
•    Equity Compensation Experts - ECE
•    MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni
•    MIT Sloan School of Management Alumni
•    ex-Wang Gang
•    MIT Sloan School Class of 1983
•    WorldatWork Association
•    Team Coast Guard
•    Alpha Pi Mu
•    Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
•    Human Resources Professionals: THE "Unofficial" forum for SHRM Members
•    Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals
•    National Association of Corporate Directors
•    Buck Consultants Alumni
•    Tri-State Total Rewards Forum (NY-metro area)

James Reda’s Honors:

Who’s Who in America, 1999-2006, Walter Rautenstrauch Award Winner, 1977 (Columbia University), First in Reserve Officers Candidate Class, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Mu

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