Charles is a seasoned angel investor, startup consultant coach and mentor. He has nearly 40 years of experience as an award-winning Program, Product, and Solutions executive leader driving innovative cross-organization programs, projects, products, pilots, architecture, partner ecosystems, and solutions.

He's an 18 year Microsoft veteran exec, with leadership roles at Salesforce, startups and government. Inventor of 18+ patents in AI, automation, infrastructure, media, data management. privacy, internet, blockchain and cloud with AI. He experienced in offshore development, leading large international groups, managing direct reports, managers, teams, vendors, and partners.