--- title: About Compensation | Kaitlyn Knopp (2) description: Kaitlyn is a renowned compensation expert, with experience as an analyst and leader of compensation teams in the tech industry with companies including Google, Cruise, and Instacart. Her passion for equitable compensation and efficient systems led her to create and launch Pequity, built on the principles of fair pay and opportunity for all. (2) --- [![Pequity an adp company ](https://blog.pequity.com/hubfs/Pequity%20an%20adp%20company%20final%5B96%5D%20(1).svg "Pequity an adp company ")](https://pequity.com) ![Kaitlyn Knopp](https://blog.pequity.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Kaitlyn%20headshot%201.jpeg?width=120&name=Kaitlyn%20headshot%201.jpeg) # Kaitlyn Knopp Kaitlyn is a renowned compensation expert, with experience as an analyst and leader of compensation teams in the tech industry with companies including Google, Cruise, and Instacart. Her passion for equitable compensation and efficient systems led her to create and launch Pequity, built on the principles of fair pay and opportunity for all. [kaitlyn@getpequity.com](mailto:kaitlyn@getpequity.com) [Follow me on my website](https://blog.pequity.com/author/kaitlyn/page/pequity.com) [Follow me on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaitlynknopp/) # Pequity Blog News, articles, how-to's, education, and information to help you build a world-class compensation program. This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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