What people are saying.

“Working with Charles is a very spirited adventure, one with focus and realising opportunities. He is a unique and warm person that makes the best come out of the people working with him.”

— Fernando Smit, President & Founder, Playseat

“Working with Charles is inspiring because he creates an environment where anything feels possible. Even when working within the constraints of budgets and corporate politics, whenever Charles was involved, he found a way to strip all of that away and allow us to do our best work as a team.”

— Bay McClaughlin, Co-Founder & COO, Brinc.io

“Charles’s openness, supportiveness, and visionary approach to research and experimentation was essential to the success of our collaboration with Puma. One of the best industry partners to collaborate with, Charles bridged between academic research and industry innovation, translating ideas and prototypes into livable product vision.”

— Yihyun Lim, Director, MIT Design Lab

“Working with Charles was a refreshing process. For someone with as much experience as he has, he made the whole team feel completely at ease, whilst painting an inspiring roadmap for the future. He understands not just trends, but the manufacturing processes required to succeed. I feel honoured to work with someone as grounded, humble and visionary as Charles.”

— Bradley Dowding-Young, Founder & Director, Silentmode

“Charles has been a highly motivating collaboration partner, always inspiring and sharp thinking for me and the team at LOOP. His way of thinking is impressively future-fit and he’s an honest team player. Together with Charles and in a close collaboration with his team, our agency created several innovation projects and protoypes. Things that we’re still proud of.”

— Michael John, CEO, Loop Agency

“Charles is one of the few brave who dare to believe in innovative ideas, let one explore them and trust that everyone in the group takes responsibility and does their best.”

— Jimmy Herdberg, Co-Founder, Atacac