[Mentor]

Principle Advisor for C. Gold Strategic Marketing

Charles brings more than 20 years of in-the-trenches experience marketing, product management, and business development leadership experience in high growth cybersecurity, SaaS, and infrastructure software companies. Charles has been instrumental in developing and executing growth strategies at category leaders like Virtru, Sonatype, and Progress Software, Red Hat, and others.

Beyond his full-time executive roles, Charles is deeply involved in the DC startup community. He is a frequent speaker, coach, and advisor to entrepreneurs and CEOs on corporate, product, and go-to-market strategy.