About
David Smith is an independent HR and global mobility consultant in Dallas, Texas, with experience in total rewards, compensation frameworks, benefits, and retirement plan governance.
He holds the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) and Global Remuneration Professional (GRP) credentials from WorldatWork (both listed with a 2025 year on this profile; GRP shows an expiration of 2028), the SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) credential, GPHR from HRCI, and the Certified Plan Sponsor Professional credential from PSCA (2024). Verification links for each published credential appear in the Credentials section below.
His education listed here includes an MA in International Management from the University of Texas at Dallas and a BA in International Studies and Political Science from Rhodes College. Specialties published on this profile are compensation frameworks, total rewards, global mobility, benefits, and retirement plan governance.
On SalaryIncreaseCalc he is an independent compensation reviewer. He checks raise math explanations, merit-increase wording, employer-budget citations, and whether “is my raise good?” style claims stay tied to named survey sources instead of unsourced averages.
Creators draft the compensation calculators and guides; his review is separate. He focuses on clarity, source attribution, and consistency with the methodology and editorial policy pages. He does not invent pay survey scores or personal employer pay ranges on this site.
When benchmark pages cite WTW, Mercer, WorldatWork, or BLS figures, his review looks for source name, year, and outbound links. Corrections that change a cited figure follow the corrections policy after publication.
Specialties
- compensation frameworks
- total rewards
- global mobility
- benefits
- retirement plan governance
Areas of review
Reviews compensation, merit, raise-amount, and pay-benchmark content on SalaryIncreaseCalc. Areas of review include percent and hourly raise example pages, merit increase calculator copy, average raise percentage citations, and how-to language that describes what counts as a typical or strong raise. Confirms that statistics name a source and year and that promotional claims stay out of calculator results.
Role on this site: independent reviewer for compensation pages. Profile facts come only from the consented people record — no invented employers, scores, or numbers are added here.
Editorial standards
Drafting and review are separate roles. Creators prepare formulas, copy, and examples; independent reviewers check claims before publication. Read the editorial policy, methodology, and corrections pages for how updates and factual fixes are handled.
Last bio review: November 1, 2026