Equity compensation is not simply putting a plan together and giving awards to your executives and employees. You need a roadmap to follow to create plans that are easily understood, clearly communicated, simple to administer and most importantly, effective.

Aligning employee interests with those of shareholders has never been more important. Effective equity compensation plans do more than provide another means of remunerating your workforce. They give employees a direct interest in the future of your company, a higher sense of involvement and incentive to assist in the long term growth and profitability of your company.

In the United States, companies are faced with the challenge of not just creating equity compensation plans that appeal to its employees, but need to do so in an environment where accounting, tax and other regulatory requirements can frequently trip up the unwary.

Solium Equity Consulting Services is dedicated to developing compensation plans that are not only attractive to employees and in-line with corporate goals but also practical and simple enough to be easily administrated.

Jim McBride

Managing Principal

Bringing over 20 years of experience in the financial industry to the leadership role of Solium Equity Consulting, Jim possesses detailed knowledge of all employee equity plan types and has extensive experience and expertise with the intricacies of establishing and running such plans. Prior to becoming Managing Principal of SEC, Jim was a senior executive of Solium Capital and was President of Allecon Stock Associates prior to its acquisition in 2007 by Solium Capital.

As President of Allecon, James became recognized as a credible and respected leader in the industry. His broad range of experience includes strategic planning, project management and a presidential role in a bank subsidiary. In his role as Executive Vice-President of Solium Capital LLC, Jim led Solium's growth and business initiatives in the United States.

Jim is Certified Equity Professional and serves on the advisory board of the Certified Equity Professionals Institute, part of the Levy School of Business at Santa Clara University. Jim is also a member of the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals and has served as Chapter President for the Southeast Michigan Chapter.

Other career experiences include seven years active duty in the U.S.A.F. as a pilot, three years with the Sales Operations Group of Ford Motor Company and thirteen years with Comerica, Inc., a regional bank holding company, in various management roles. Jim earned an MBA from Golden Gate University and Bachelor and Masters degrees in Economics from the University of Michigan and the United States Air Force Academy.