Charles has over 40 years of U.S. Government, foreign government, and private sector experience. His experience with the U.S. Government includes assignments with the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Naval Criminal Investigative Services, and the Department of Defense. His foreign government experience includes parallel assignments to The Hague, NATO, INTERPOL, and the intelligence apparatus of the U.K. Government. His overseas postings throughout Asia and Eastern Europe were in connection to intelligence field operations, complex multi-national investigations and prosecutions, and membership in multi-national task forces tracking sources of funding for terrorist organizations and arms trafficking. As a former U.S. Intelligence officer and Federal Special Agent, Charles has acquired highly sought-after skills that have proved particularly useful in criminal and civil litigation. After retirement from U.S. Government service, Charles transitioned his planning and organizational skills to complex, large-scale projects and programs in the I.T., engineering, and construction fields.