John Radford, along with his twin brother, founded Radford Associates in June 1975 with the vision of creating a compensation survey tailored for technology companies in Silicon Valley. Today, the Radford McLagan Compensation Database stands as the gold standard for surveys in the Technology, Life Sciences, and Financial Services sectors worldwide.

John earned an MBA from the Stanford School of Business and spent eight years at Cisco Systems in various HR roles. In 2002, he rejoined Aon Radford, where he played a pivotal role in building a highly successful total rewards practice. John retired at the end of 2022 and is widely recognized as a leader in the rewards field.

Currently, John's focus is on collaborating with the RMCD team, contributing to the development of one of the largest compensation survey practices in the industry.