Background
Reda, James Francis was born on August 27, 1953 in Brooklyn. Son of Ralph Charles and Evelyn Susan (Buchan) Reda.
Reda, James Francis was born on August 27, 1953 in Brooklyn. Son of Ralph Charles and Evelyn Susan (Buchan) Reda.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Columbia University, 1981. Master of Science in Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983.
Reda is the first consultant to be appointed to task forces convened by the National Association of Corporate Directors and The Conference Board. He has testified in front of Congress numerous times, notably in 2007 before the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about executive pay for corporations receiving a government bailout. Reda regularly appears on business news segments and has been featured on Lou Dobbs Tonight, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Fox Business News, British Broadcasting Corporation World Radio Service, American Broadcasting Company News, Bloomberg television, and the Columbia Broadcasting System Early Show.
Reda was born and raised in Brooklyn, New New York
After graduating from high school at age 16, he spent six years traveling the world with the United States. Navy as a Petty Officer for a nuclear submarine program He also joined the Coast Guard Reserve, eventually retiring with the rank of Lieutenant
Commander. Reda attended Columbia University on the G.I. Bill and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering.
Reda was the President of the Institute of Industrial Engineers while at Columbia and worked as a radio broadcast engineer for the university’s radio station, WKCR. Throughout college, Reda was also employed as an engineer at Hewlett-Packard and International Business Machines Corporation and served as a postman for the United States Postal Service. He obtained a Masters in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Following his studies, Reda held jobs with Wang Laboratories, Honeywell, Deloitte, Buck Consultants, and Joe Bachelder. Reda & Associates Reda formed Reda & Associates in 2004.
According to Compliance Week, “they also specialize in the development of total rewards strategies, competitive market reviews, change-in-control and severance analysis, equity strategy and valuation techniques, and assessments of relative company performance.” Reda and his colleagues regularly conduct economic studies on executive compensation.
Reda’s wife, Deborah L., has been the head of the firm’s marketing department since its inception. In February 2011, the company was purchased by the global insurance brokerage, Arthur J. Gallagher & Company Reda & Associates continues to operate as a division of Gallagher Benefits Services Incorporated.
Campaign advisor Friends of Vincent Gentile, Brooklyn, 1994. With United States Navy,1971-1977. Lieutenant commander United States Coast Guard Reserve.
Member International Institute Industrial Engineers (senior member, chapter president 1979-1981, Walter Rautenstrauch award 1981), Reserve Officers Association (Top Graduate award 1983), American Compensation assosiation, New York Society Security Analysts (member com.shareholder rights and corporation governance, member committee improved corporation reporting), Association for Investment Management Research, International Association Finance Engineering, United States Naval Institute, Armed Forces Communications Association, Retired Officers Association, National Association Stock Plan Professionals, National Association Corporation Dirs., National Center Employee Ownership, Naval War College Foundation, American Legion, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Pi Museum.
Married Susan Rosemary Hisnay, June 10, 1982 (divorced October 1993). 1 child, Jennifer Beryl. Married Deborah Linda Grannis, July 4, 1994.
Children: Jennifer Rose, James Francis Junior, Linda Victoria.