As Senior Vice President of Marketing, Charles leverages fifteen years of experience to drive Smith & Tinker's marketing initiatives, both online and off.

Most recently, he was Vice President of North America Games for RealNetworks, Inc. In this position, he consistently grew revenues of RealArcade, one of the top Casual Games portals, and managed its full P&L. Prior to joining RealNetworks, Charles managed worldwide Sales, Marketing and Product Management efforts for TikGames, an emerging casual game publisher. In this role, he was intimately involved in all aspects of the games development, publishing, and distribution business. Before that, Charles was deeply involved in the emergence of Electronic Software Distribution (ESD) as a major force within online computer gaming. As Vice President of Sale & Business Development at Trymedia Systems, he directed a broad range of strategic initiatives that established Trymedia as the premier provider of ESD technologies.

Charles played key roles in the early growth of online genealogy while at Ancestry and Broderbund / The Learning Company, helping genealogy become one of the most profitable subscription businesses on the Internet.

Charles holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Washington University in Saint Louis, and a Masters of Business Administration from Santa Clara University. He is a member of the Independent Game Developers Association, and serves on the Casual Games SIG Steering Committee.