Join Workday and Compa for an exclusive evening of dinner and peer networking with a curated group of CHROs and HR Executives from Fortune 50 companies and Southern California.
November 4, 2026
6:00 pm
PT

Charlie Franklin
CEO & Co-Founder | Compa
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What you can expect
An intimate, curated room of senior leaders — HR executives from leading enterprises. The guest list is small by design.
An exceptional dining experience at Nobu Newport Beach — the world-renowned Japanese restaurant set on the Newport harbor waterfront, with cocktails, dinner, and dessert all evening.
Genuine peer connection with the leaders shaping HR, People, and compensation strategy, brought together by Compa and Workday. No agenda. No presentations. Just an extraordinary dinner with extraordinary people.
About the speakers

Charlie Franklin
CEO & Co-Founder | Compa
Charlie Franklin is the Co-founder & CEO of Compa, a VC-backed startup with the mission to make compensation fair and competitive for everyone.
Charlie has over a decade HR experience, mostly focused in compensation. He started his career at Marsh, a leading global HR consulting firm, where he advised on compensation strategy for Fortune 500 companies in technology, financial services, life sciences, and energy. 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.
