Ashish Raina
HR and Compensation Consultant
Optimize Talent
Ashish Raina is an independent consultant specializing in compensation and talent analytics for fast growing pre-IPO companies. He’s played an instrumental role in building the foundation for rewards at successful companies such as Coursera, Guardant Health, and Cloudflare. The impact of his work is crucial not only for rewards but also future capabilities such as performance management, talent management and career development.
Ashish's consulting expertise is grounded in his key role building Box's compensation infrastructure from the ground up through its successful IPO in 2015. Prior to his work in compensation, Ashish spent time in management consulting, venture capital and product marketing at firms small and large including Microsoft. Ashish has an MBA from The Wharton School as well BA and MS degrees from Stanford University.