President & CEO

Bob Cartwright, a certified Senior Professional of
Human Resources (SPHR) through the National Society for
Human Resources Management, is CEO and founder of
Intelligent Compensation LLC, a compensation and human
resources consulting firm located in the greater Austin, Texas
area. Since 1996, Mr. Cartwright has managed numerous
assignments for a wide variety of clients in all areas of
compensation, including the development of total compensation
strategies, wage and salary plans, executive compensation
strategies, stock plans, customized surveys, performance-based
sales, balanced score-cards, incentive and team-based compensation plans, and performance management systems. In addition, he has provided human resource management, strategic planning and employment relation’s advisory services for an array of companies in Texas. He has 20+ years of diversified experience in compensation and human resource management.

Mr. Cartwright’s professional affiliations include the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) National Total Rewards, Compensation, and Benefits Expertise Panel, Board Director – Collaborative Industry Alliances (CIA) Co Director - SHRM Texas State Council, World-At-Work (Formally the American Compensation Association), Austin Human Resources Management Association (Past Steering Committee Co-chair for the Austin Area Pay and Benefits Survey), Williamson County Human Resource Management Association (Charter Member & Past President), San Antonio Human Resource Management Association, Central Texas Compensation and Benefits Association, San Antonio Compensation Association and the Employment Relations Committee of the Texas Association of Business.

For over 20 years, Mr. Cartwright has been an active community leader and has served on various boards, committees, and task forces, including the Board of the SHRM Texas State Council, the Texas Supreme Court’s Jury System Reform Task Force and Jury Compensation Subcommittee, Texas State Technical College’s Performance Management Review Task Force, Texas State Comptroller’s Task Force on Welfare Reform/Welfare To Work, Austin Software Council – HR SEG Co-Chair, and the Board of Directors of the Texas Association of Business and the Austin Chamber of Commerce. In addition, he is listed as a life member in the National Registry of Who’s Who for Executives, and Professionals and as a member of the International Who’s Who for Entrepreneurs.

Previously, he served in management at Tracor, Inc. in Austin, Texas for 14 years, where he had corporate-wide responsibility for the company’s executive, incentive, base, expatriate, reward, and team-based compensation programs, as well as employee performance management systems.  Mr. Cartwright also was responsible for all aspects of human resource management for Tracor’s Austin, Texas Operation.

Founded in 1996, Intelligent Compensation is a Compensation and Human Resource Management Consulting Firm. Our company provides practical ideas and customized solutions to organizations that seek help to solve their compensation problems and to help maximize their operational performance and organizational effectiveness through strategically aligned, performance based, compensation, incentive programs and human resource management practices.

Our Purpose
To provide cost effective services and strategic assistance on compensation and Human Resource
Management Issues

Our Goal
To listen to, and work closely with, each client we serve to understand their problems and needs, and
to help enhance their compensation and human resource strategies.

Our Mission
To build lasting relationships with our clients through quality, personalized service.