I started at a company with an MA and experience in government within the sector the company that hired me was operating.  My position was entry level with the promise that if I "performed like a rockstar", I would be rewarded accordingly at my first annual performance evaluation.  From what I gathered, my entry level salary was a few grand higher than my direct supervisor at the time who was a non college graduate. 

Within 6 months, I had proven myself enough to stand out to the CFO.  As a result, I was asked to take on the company's entire software system rewrite and implementation project as an intermediary between our IT department, operations departments and finance department - reporting directly to the CFO.  My job was to ensure that all interests were included in the design of the software.  Without the software doing this, we can't function.  I was told to be very agressive, use a wide latitude in my creativity, ideas and in my insistence in pushing solutions into effect.  To do this, I organized coalitions to bring issues to the fore against the will of programmers, the IT VP, and several directors who just wanted to push the software out the door rather than ensure it works.  The software product (pending completion) is now immensely different and is highly stable.

At the same time, I reorganized the entire company's e-mail communications flow, helped restructure the company into client specific and third party vendor specific teams, increasing efficiency and implemented a range of other ideas and efficiencies across the board.  I have also been the point person for training all company employees on the software's use, working with third party consultants and vendors to design and test the software and have been seen by nearly all in the company as the leader of the project.

When I needed assistance, I requested an employee to aide me.  He performed miserably - argumentative and providing no value to the project.  I had to have him removed from the position I created for him because he was a burden on the project.  I noticed this issue immediately but had to wait nearly 3 months to have him relocated - hurting though hardly destroying my image as leader.  Regardless of that incident, I am seen as a person who can get things done when noone else will.

The company is doing fantastic business.  Our client contracts have doubled from $100 Million to $220 Million in under a year, we have created a new field office in Dallas and we are expecting the growth curve to keep up.  The software I helped to design will handle the bulk of this workload by eliminating the need to hire more people. 

I am now at my annual review.  My current salary, unsuplemented by the few relatively small bonuses I have received in reward for my effectiveness, is half of my local market value. I am listed in the first percentile of all those in the region I work within by compensation package according to salary.com and others.  My review has been delayed for 2 weeks, with no reason other than "I have been busy and really have been meaning to get to it." 

Now that I have proven myself, how do I ask for what I am worth?  I am told that the CFO and VP of Finance want to take me to lunch (when?) to talk about my performance evaluation but given the procrastination, I don't know what to think. 

Any help would be appreciated.