Charlie Vogt is a technology visionary and transformational CEO with nearly 25 years of start-ups, public company carve-out, and private and public turnaround experience delivering revenue & EBITDA growth from a blank sheet of paper to large scale. Technology domain expertise spans the broader cloud software and digital infrastructure market. Has led ~100 M&A initiatives, executing and integrating 25 acquisitions, divestitures and company exits. Secured ~$700M in debt & equity and has traveled to more than 25 countries fostering valuable relationships. Four led technology companies reached revenue scale of ~$250M, ~$350M, ~$450M, and ~$700M. Served on 9 company boards, two as Chairman and was an integral part of YPO for 10 years. During 9-year tenure as CEO of GENBAND the company grew from a start-up to more than $700M revenue and $90M EBITDA. GENBAND (Nasdaq, Ribbon Communications) is a global leader of networking, optical and real-time communication software solutions. The company achieved exponential growth including 11 transformative acquisitions, 2 of which, were three times larger than GENBAND. During this period, the company expanded its operations to more than 50 countries and secured 80 percent of the world’s largest communication service providers resulting in a compound annual growth rate of 110 percent and increased earnings 9x. In 2012, The Wall Street Journal recognized GENBAND as the no. 1 privately backed company in America, topping 5,900 companies. Charlie has been a keynote speaker at industry and corporate events such as HPE, Microsoft, IBC, NAB and Fiber Connect. He has been recognized as EY Regional Entrepreneur of the Year, twice Tech Titans Corporate CEO of the Year, Global Telecoms’ Power 100, and a member of Saint Louis University Business & Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been featured on Fox Business with Maria Bartiroma, CNBC Squawk Box, Fox Business Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Bloomberg TV with Kailey Leinz, Bloomberg Radio with Alisa Parenti, and PBS’s CEO.