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About The Barksdale Group LLC

The Barksdale Group is an independent compensation consulting firm that builds compensation infrastructure for growing companies -- the kind that actually works after the consultants leave. Our flagship program, CompForge, delivers a complete compensation operating system in 10 weeks: salary structures, market pricing frameworks, offer recommendation tools, pay equity screening, merit program design, and the operational playbooks your team needs to run it all independently. Every engagement is powered by AI-assisted analytics and built for your specific business, not adapted from a generic template. We work with two types of clients: mid-market companies (200 to 2,000 employees) that have outgrown ad hoc pay decisions but have not yet built formal compensation infrastructure, and private equity portfolio companies that need defensible compensation frameworks to support value creation, due diligence, and exit readiness. Our founder, Stephen McGillivray, brings 16+ years of compensation experience spanning Mercer, Korn Ferry Hay Group, SullivanCotter, and in-house leadership roles across defense, technology, and international development. His deep specialization includes government contractor compensation compliance (FAR, DCAA, SCA, OFCCP), M&A compensation integration, pay equity statistical methodology, and executive compensation design. We also provide interim compensation leadership, expert network advisory, and targeted project work for organizations navigating compensation challenges during growth, acquisition, or transition. Compensation Infrastructure for Growing Companies.