Passionate, thoughtful, and performance-driven: Charles is dedicated to helping early-mid-career and executive professionals achieve professional success and personal fulfillment. With a wealth of experience in Brand Marketing, Product Management, Learning and Talent Development, and Entrepreneurship across packaged goods, financial services, and health tech, Charles works closely with individuals to align their values and beliefs with their personal and professional goals. Together, they co-create a pragmatic plan to turn their aspirations into reality. Before his current role as Founder at PNI Therapeutics and his career in Talent Development, Charles demonstrated his adaptability and versatility in several leadership positions within Mastercard's Global Marketing organization. As a core member of Mastercard's Marketing team, he played a pivotal role in establishing Mastercard as a world-renowned brand. This included expanding the award-winning, iconic "Priceless" marketing campaign into more than 125 geographies worldwide.

His global experience includes guiding marketing and communication efforts in the Middle East and Africa and overseeing the management of Mastercard's most important marketing & advertising agency relationships. Forward-thinking and as an innovative HR leader, Charles introduced business intelligence software (DOMO) among Mastercard's Learning & Development practices to measure and assess program success metrics. As an early pioneer, he introduced Coursera for Corporate Learning and Development at Mastercard, which inspired Coursera to pursue a robust B2B strategy and business. Before his service at Mastercard, Charles worked in Direct Marketing for DMB&B and Young & Rubicam. During this time, he was responsible for developing marketing programs for his clients, including British Airways, General Motors, and FedEx. Charles earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing from Binghamton University and has been on a lifelong journey of continuous learning and reinvention.

Notable Client Achievements

• Helped a Marketing Director going through a downsizing successfully transition to a new VP of Marketing role at a more prominent engineering firm. The VP of Marketing now manages a team of eight direct reports.

• Worked with an early career professional and helped her secure two internships that provided valuable experience, ultimately leading her to secure a role at Medtronic.

• Guided a new VP of Marketing on how to gain trust and establish successful relationships with her new Leadership Team.

• Helped a VP of Marketing transition from her high-stress corporate job to becoming an independent Marketing Consultant.