Robert C. Hughes, MS, has over 40 years of experience in Human Capital Management and Information Systems that includes internal and external consulting engagements in Compensation Planning and Human Capital Management Information Systems. Mr. Hughes is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Ageno School of Business at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. Mr. Hughes has taught courses in Compensation, Management Information Systems, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Predictive Analytics, and Human Resource Management Information Systems at colleges and universities around the San Francisco Bay Area, including Golden Gate University; University of San Francisco; Sonoma State University; Chapman University; University of California Berkeley Extension; and California State University, East Bay. Mr. Hughes has developed innovative and cost-effective Compensation and Human Capital Management Systems internally and commercially and has been instrumental in consulting with management in charting Corporate Level Human Capital Compensation and Management System strategies and large HCMS projects. Commercial Compensation Systems developed by Mr. Hughes have been marketed successfully in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. Mr. Hughes was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Compensation in May 2000 from World at Work (formerly American Compensation Association). Previous published works include Evaluation of Salary Survey Sources: A Comparative Approach, Fall 1986, Compensation and Benefits Management Journal.