Travis advises clients on a wide variety of executive compensation matters, with a particular emphasis on compensation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and spinoffs. He has extensive experience advising on the design and implementation of incentive compensation arrangements; the negotiation of executive employment, change in control and severance agreements; and compensation-related corporate governance, public company disclosure and section 16 matters. His practice ranges across a variety of industries, including biotech, technology, financial services, energy, consumer products and retail, and industrials.

Tara is an Associate Partner in the Equity Services team at Aon. She has over 25 years of experience in providing tax compliance and consulting services, as well as over 15 years in equity compliance and consulting. The range of services Tara provides to her clients includes domestic and international payroll, equity compensation, and global and domestic mobility policies. Having lived and worked and moved across the country and abroad, Tara has a global mindset and is a true partner for her clients and mentor among colleagues. Tara is known for seeing tax matters from various angles, including from the employer, employee, and the tax authorities.

Tara earned her Bachelor of Science, Economics from Rutgers University as well as her Master of Business Administration, Accounting Management. She is a California CPA, Fellow of Global Equity (FGE) and is a member of National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, Bay Area Mobility Management, and the Junior League San Francisco. Tara is also a member of Global Equity Organization, Board Member, and leader in the Northern California chapter which has consistently received GEO honors. And herself been a 2021 recipient of the GEO Star Award. Outside of the office and various speaking engagements, Tara enjoys traveling, cooking, live music, jogging, and yoga, in addition to spending time with family and friends.

Matt Connor, FGE, Director Global Equity Management, Lucid Motors - I am currently the head of the Global Equity Management team at Lucid Group, Inc. We went public via SPAC in July 2021. In 2020, I was also honored to be selected to part of the exclusive Global Equity Fellows. Before joining Lucid in September 2020, I was the head of global share plans at trivago NV. Trivago is a German issuer, registered in the Netherlands and trade ADS on the NASDAQ in the USA. I moved from USA to Germany December 2018 to take up this role at trivago. I was tasked with building the team, improve controls, review feasibility of global share purchase plan and education to our talents. Prior to trivago, I worked for Solium from December 2014 to December 2018 as Senior Relationship Manager on the Large Market team. I handled most of Solium’s top US client relationships. I managed some of the most complex and challenging share plans for issuers who use the Shareworks platform.

Prior to joining Solium, I worked at Morgan Stanley (formerly Smith Barney) for 14 years. At Morgan Stanley, I held various positions most recently as Vice President Senior Relationship Manager for top tier key clients. At Morgan Stanley I was trusted with the some of the most sensitive key relationships. Before my relationship management role, I was the International and Tax Product Manager coordinating the US and Non-US business platforms and providing best practices. I also had managed the Global Implementation Team. In that role, the team handled all new client implementations across all platforms for Stock Options, Restricted Stock and Stock Purchase. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, I worked for Towers Perrin as a Benefit Consultant on US Defined Contribution, Defined Benefit and Health and Welfare plans while graduating from Columbia University. 

Lamont presently serves as the Director of Equity Programs at Lyft Inc., where his strategic insights and guidance have proven instrumental in navigating the complexities of global equity considerations, particularly in the context of initial public offerings (IPOs), mergers & acquisitions, tender offers, stock purchase & sale, and other corporate actions. He also excels in managing intricate multi-state, multi-asset class, and international tax compliance issues related to compensation, equity, and deferred compensation. 

Lamont's commitment to excellence is underscored by his Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation, earned in 2008. He currently serves as a valuable member of the Certified Equity Professionals Institute Advisory Board, and is also an active member in various industry advisory boards demonstrating his commitment to fostering best practices and staying at the forefront of industry trends.
Educationally, Lamont holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, laying the foundation for his technical acumen. His pursuit of knowledge continued with a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, reflecting his commitment to combining technical expertise with leadership capabilities.

Robyn is a Partner at Infinite Equity, specializing in global equity compensation consulting for multinational employers. She has over 20 years of experience advising companies on all aspects of their equity compensation programs, including plan design and implementation, employee communications strategies, and administration efficiencies and optimization. 
 
Prior to joining Infinite Equity, Robyn held various leadership positions with Computershare, the Global Equity Organization (GEO), the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), and several San Diego based technology companies. 
 
Robyn is an active board member for the Certified Equity Professional Institute, a frequent speaker on equity compensation topics, and co-author of the book, “If I’d Only Known That.” Robyn has a Bachelor of Arts in English from San Diego State University, a Paralegal Certificate (with honors) from the ABA Paralegal Program at the University of San Diego, and is a Fellow of Global Equity (FGE) and a Certified Equity Professional (CEP). She is based in San Diego. 

Lori is Director, Equity Programs at Outset Medical, a medical technology company pioneering a first-of-its-kind technology to reduce the cost and complexity of dialysis.  At Outset, Lori manages all aspects of Equity compensation, including plan design, new plan rollout, and equity strategy. 

She has over 34 years of experience in the Equity field, having managed the global equity departments at various Silicon Valley corporations, most recently at Intuitive Surgical.   In 1993, Lori was one of the first 18 individuals to obtain a CEP designation from Santa Clara University and has since been a key member of eight IPOs, three stock splits, and numerous mergers and acquisitions.    She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and enjoys sharing her knowledge and experiences with her peers   

AmyLynn Flood is a Partner at Vialto Partners specializing in compensation and rewards. She primarily focuses on equity reward planning and implementation while also considering the financial accounting and corporate tax implications of such programs.  

AmyLynn has significant experience addressing the impact of corporate restructuring (mergers, spin-off, etc) on global equity-based compensation plans as well as cross-border equity reporting and payroll issues. Before joining Vialto, AmyLynn was a Partner in the Workforce Transformation practice at PwC and an auditor for a regional accounting firm.  

AmyLynn is a member of the Executive Advisory Committee of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, serves on the Advisory Board of the Certified Equity Professional Institute and is a member of the Leadership Team for the NYC Metro chapter of the Global Equity Organization. AmyLynn is a member of the Advisory Board for the Rutgers University Center for Employee Ownership. She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees for La Salle University and recently joined the Forum of Executive Women in Philadelphia.  

AmyLynn is a graduate of La Salle University and received her Masters of Science in Taxation at Drexel University 

Mary Anne Becking spent three and a half years as Vice President of Corporate Legal at Splunk Inc. ahead of its pending sale to Cisco Systems. Prior to Splunk, Mary Anne worked at Dropbox, where she led the company's corporate legal affairs as well as stock administration, and drove all legal aspects of the company’s 2018 IPO. Before joining Dropbox in 2015, Mary Anne spent four years at networking, cloud and connected security solutions firm Juniper Networks, where she served as vice president and deputy general counsel, business affairs and also oversaw stock administration. Mary Anne began her in-house career at Altera Corporation, a semiconductor manufacturer (now part of Intel), where she held legal roles in business and commercial affairs. Prior to Altera, Mary Anne practiced for seven years at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where she advised technology companies on a broad range of general corporate and complex transactional matters. Mary Anne is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings).

Christyl Lucille Murray is an Executive Director and the Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Officer for Corporate & Institutional Solutions (CIS) - a business division within Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, comprised of Morgan Stanley at Work; Virtual Client Advisor; Strategic Client Management; and Teaming, Partnering and Reinvestment Network.  Christyl Lucille has expertise Leveraging “Human Capital” to facilitate change management and strategically improve business results, with distinguished accomplishments in diversity and inclusion, talent development, communication, coaching and management consulting.  Christyl Lucille has successfully driven program impact by aligning the D&I vision and strategic plan to corporate objectives, ensuring coordination and consistency across business segments, while also accommodating specific workforce, culture and geographical considerations.

Christyl Lucille is an adjunct professor in Leadership and Human Capital Management at New York University (NYU.) She holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of California Berkeley, and a combined M.A. in International Studies from the Lauder Institute and an M.B.A. from The Wharton Business School, both at the University of Pennsylvania.  Christyl believes in continuous learning and recently completed an Executive Education program at Yale entitled Fostering Inclusion and Diversity. Christyl resides in Bergen County New Jersey with her two daughters.

Vanessa Renna has over 25 years equity compensation experience with private and public corporations in the biotech, life sciences, technology, financial and airline industries. As Senior Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Vanessa leads the global Stock Plan team handling all aspects of equity administration in over 50 countries, focusing on global mobility taxation and compliance, vendor system implementations, high impact process improvement/automation initiatives, employee communications and vendor relationship management.  In her previous role as Senior Manager at Amgen, she managed global equity compensation administration in over 50 countries, led the equity component of various mergers and acquisitions, managed multiple vendor and product implementations, and achieved a culture of process improvement and innovation.  In other roles, Vanessa managed equity administration at The Trade Desk, Countrywide Financial Corporation and Alaska Air Group.

Vanessa received her Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation from the CEP Institute at Santa Clara University and served on the CEP Institute’s Advisory Board for eight years.  She is a National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP) member and past president of the San Fernando Valley NASPP chapter. Prior to her career in equity plans, she worked in Human Resources management in the utility and financial industries. Vanessa holds a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Irvine, and a BS in Accounting from California Lutheran University.