Chuck has over 25 years of experience leading Department of Defense operational and communications organizations as well as over 10 years of business experience advising clients in the Defense Industry.
Before joining Cypress, Chuck served in a variety of capacities to include serving as a Battalion Commander for the 327th Signal Battalion in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom where Chuck's task force was responsible for providing all tactical communications support across the theater of operations. Additionally, during his command, his unit was also deployed to Iraq where he assumed responsibility for nine companies and 1200 soldiers as part of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM III. Chuck also served four years in the Pentagon where he managed the budget for the WIN-T program, Signal Modernization, TROPO Modernization and was responsible for budgeting for the new Army Medium BDEs that would eventually become the SBCTs. He closed out his Army career in the J6, JCS, Pentagon working on the Network FCB working on communications programs across the services to include CANES, ADNS, WIN-T, JTRS and GPS.
Chuck consults to industry on matters pertaining to DoD acquisition; budget and program activities; C5ISR and weapons systems; DoD market penetration; business growth strategy, and M & A due diligence assessments.
