Charles is a product leader with high emotional intelligence, and a successful track record on Product, Design, Analytical and Execution sense. He is skilled at leveraging critical thinking & influential communication to inspire individuals & teams to achieve business impact. He is also adept at creating vision & strategy to drive organization scale results. His personal values are: relationships, respect, and execution.

With deep domain expertise in Consumer Security and Privacy, he has over 10 years experience in Technology, E-commerce, Emerging Markets, and Startups. As an engineer, storyteller, team player, and problem solver, he has successfully created new products and enhancing existing products across matrixed organizations. Since joining Microsoft, Charles has had Product Management and Product Marketing roles on products within Xbox, Windows, and Office.

Prior to Microsoft, Charles worked at Amazon.com in Seattle and McMaster-Carr Supply Co. in Chicago, IL.

He studied Mechanical Engineering at Tufts University and holds an MBA with a concentration in Statistics, Econometrics and Managerial & Organizational Behavior from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

As a proud Ghanaian-American, Charles is passionate about technology and mentoring. He is a fan of contemporary art, and a Board Member of the UChicago Alumni Club of Seattle.