Charles enjoys over 25 years in the commercial real estate industry.  He served as Senior Partner with Rainier Capital, Dallas, directing all Asset Management divisions of the company.  Prior to Rainier, Charles was CFO of a private real estate firm, where he provided the exit strategy and execution management for more than $200 million (USD) of real estate assets.

Charles developed extensive distressed asset work-out expertise while working at a senior level with the Resolution Trust Corporation on complex real estate workout solutions for a portfolio of over $4 billion in real estate assets. Additionally, he has provided executive management in more than $600 million of mixed-use commercial real estate projects nationwide.

Charles received a bachelor's in Accounting from Abilene Christian University.