Charlie is a connector--introducing like minded friends, helping entrepreneurs find supporters, or just trying to make sense of disruptive ideas and the appropriate opportunities to create change. He is interested in technologies that improve connection and empower individuals. He is available for consulting projects for startups and large companies alike in the social media & marketing/Web 2.0 space, particularly around business strategy, marketing, and financing or venture investment.
In August of 2007, Charlie founded Path 101, a NYC-based startup company focused on career discovery on the web. The site helps everyone from college students to professionals in late-career transition figure out their next career steps using innovative analysis of publicly available resumes and profiles, community powered advice, and personality assessments. The company is the culmination of over 7 years of efforts in the career education space starting and running mentoring programs, internship programs, and recently teaching as an adjunct at Fordham University.
Charlie is also the founder of nextNY, a grassroots a participant-driven organization of almost 1,000 up and coming digital media and technology professionals in NYC--the largest in the area. Events have included discussions on the NYC startup environment, an open house at Google NYC, and an discussion on the future of online advertising.
He also kayaks and plays softball.
Most recently, as the Director of Consumer Products for Oddcast, he helped launch the company's first direct to consumer avatar platform, Voki. He was responsible Voki's product vision, functional specifications, and initial business and marketing strategy. He coordinated the company's technical and creative resources to help get the product from idea to launch.
Previously an analyst for Union Square Ventures, the New York City based early stage venture capital fund. Charlie focused on early stage investments in technology enabled service businesses such as del.icio.us, Indeed.com, Feedburner, BugLabs, Etsy, and Oddcast.
Prior to joining Union Square Ventures, he spent four years at the General Motors pension fund’s $6 billion private markets group, where he worked extensively on venture capital partnerships focusing on emerging technology as well as private equity investments in the consumer sector.
