Summary
Charlie Black is a seasoned technology leader with nine years of focused experience driving large-scale, real-time and distributed data systems from architecture through market delivery. He has led product and engineering efforts for GemFire across roles at Pivotal, VMware and Broadcom, blending technical leadership with product strategy, sales engineering and customer success to accelerate global adoption. Earlier in his career he served as VP of R&D and Chief Technologist for mission-critical, location-based and defense systems, proving an ability to translate complex requirements into profitable, deployed solutions. Based in Poway, CA, Charlie combines a computer science foundation from the University of Arizona with enterprise systems training from UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management. He’s comfortable both "cranking code to get things done" and orchestrating cross-functional programs that scale, and is known for driving disciplined agile and lean practices in engineering organizations. An understated strength is his track record of aligning product, education and support efforts to sustain long-term platform prominence.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Arizona
Architecture-based Enterprise Systems Engineering (AESE), Architecture-based Enterprise Systems Engineering (AESE) at University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management