Chuck has been with Cvent since inception and oversees the Sales and Marketing divisions, which have been growing Cvent's top-line sales more than 50 percent per year for the past 4 years. Chuck is a meetings industry expert and has spoken at over 100 conferences and tradeshows on event marketing and event registration. He has advised dozens of Fortune 500 organizations and large associations on strategic meeting planning and marketing. Prior to joining Cvent, Chuck was a corporate attorney with Hale and Dorr, where he specialized in venture capital financing and technology transactions. Previous to this, Chuck was an Associate Director at the Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ:ABCO) where he gave numerous presentations to hundreds of CEO's and senior executives as an Associate Director. He holds the distinction of becoming a national meeting speaker faster than anyone in that company's history. Chuck also worked as an attorney at Williams & Connolly, one of the top-rated litigation firms in the country.Chuck's interest in event marketing was ignited at Duke University where he was elected class president three years in a row and was also selected as Special Events Chair for the Duke University Union. In these roles, he planned major indoor and outdoor events for as many as 4,000 attendees.Chuck graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Duke University. He also received his MA in political science from Duke University Graduate School. He then earned his JD with honors from Duke University School of Law and served as an Articles Editor on the Duke Law Journal. |