Charles is a seasoned angel investor, startup consultant acoach 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 developemtn, leading large international groups, maanging direct reports, managers, teams, vendors, and partners.