Gartrell is an executive compensation consultant at DolmatConnell & Partners, Inc. (Boston and Menlo Park, CA). He is a managing director and West Coast practice leader and is located in Silicon Valley. He has extensive experience in executive compensation, equity compensation, compensation aspects in mergers and acquisitions, employment agreement advice to senior executives being hired or fired, public and private company equity consulting and compliance, compensation design and compliance in initial public offerings, substantial international option and stock purchase plan consulting, accounting issues, compensation aspects of corporate technology company formation, and executive compensation planning. His areas of concentration include compensation and benefits, emerging companies, labor and employment, tax, life sciences, information technology, and mergers and acquisitions.