Charlie is a skilled executive with 25+ years of experience in the business/corporate aviation services industry.

Charlie joined Universal at its Headquarters in Houston, Texas, in 1999 with a focus on business development and franchising the ground handling division. He led the enterprise business in the APAC region by relocating to Hong Kong from 2012 to 2017. On his current assignment, Charlie is back in Houston as the Chief Operating Officer, responsible for improving margins, augmenting processes’ efficiencies, obsessing with quality improvements, and supporting the company’s digital transformation.

Charlie is passionate about building long-term customer relationships and creating value for shareholders. His analytical, strategic, and entrepreneurial spirit and extensive international business experience in emerging markets have yielded success with acquisition projects, start-ups, and the re-engineering of mature businesses.

While living abroad, he was elected Board Member and Chairman of the Asian Business Aviation Association for four years, transforming and growing the lobbying association into a regional force of change, doubling its income and membership and improving business aviation in Asia via many policies and regulation improvements for the business aviation industry in Asia.

Born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela, with Italian heritage, Charlie obtained a BS in Mechanical Engineering at Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas (1997), later completed an MBA at the University of Houston (2001), has attended multiple executive and leadership education courses at Harvard Business School. Fluent in Spanish and English. He is also a certified rescue diver, an FAA private pilot, and the owner of a cirrus aircraft.