| 
 Charlie 
        is a seasoned financial professional with experience growing companies 
        in fast paced environments, improving financial performance of troubled 
        enterprises and structuring complex transactions. His areas of expertise 
        include design and implementation of accounting systems, budgets, forecasts 
        and management reporting tools, capital fund raising, expense management 
        and executing business plans to profitability. Charlie 
        was the Chief Financial Officer of The Merallis Company, a technology 
        services firm located in Rocky Hill, CT, where he managed all aspects 
        of accounting, finance and capital fundraising. Charlie defined financial 
        reporting structures across this 90-member organization into 8 key functional 
        departments to improve autonomy and fiscal efficiency. He revised the 
        corporate financial plan and reduced projected expenses by 30% while maintaining 
        expected revenue growth. Charlie also negotiated and managed all aspects 
        of $9,500,000 in equity capital fund-raising to finance national sales 
        and marketing initiatives. Prior 
        to Merallis, Charlie was a founding management member of PQC, Inc., a 
        management services company that raised $50M in private capital, grew 
        to 1,200 employees in 3 states and $80 million in revenue. As a Vice President 
        at PQC, Charlie managed various aspects of finance and operations for 
        the Company. Charlie 
        also founded Medical Claims Management (MCM), a practice reimbursement 
        management and consulting firm focused on profitability improvement and 
        operations management. MCM achieved profitability within the first 12 
        months of operations with $10M of revenues under management. Charlie curtailed 
        his day-to-day involvement in this enterprise to join the founding management 
        team of PQC and ultimately sold his interests in MCM. Earlier 
        in his career Charlie worked as a Senior Consultant for Price Waterhouse 
        and as Senior Accountant for Deloitte & Touche. He is a CPA, has a B.S. 
        in Accountancy an A.S. in Management from Bentley College and an M.M. 
        in Finance and Business Policy from the J.L. Kellogg School at Northwestern 
        University. Charlie currently resides in Needham, MA with his wife and 
        two children.   |