Charlie has gained over 35 years’ experience as a corporate trainer specialized in negotiation, presentation and communication skills. He has been an Expert Assessor at the CDRC Vienna from 2015-2024 and was Senior Judge at the Lex Infinitum in Goa, India in 2016, 2018 and 2021, at the 7th NLIU-INADR International Law School Mediation Tournament 2018 in Bhopal, India as well as a trainer at the Mediation and Negotiation Program Pakistan 2024. He received his MBA in 1980 from Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona and moved to Austria in 1981. Charlie has also been a professor at Webster University Vienna since 1992 and was Senior Lecturer at the University of Vienna Executive Academy 2008-2020. He’s been a licensed Buzan trainer since 1991 and a certified LifeSuccess consultant since 2009. He is an accomplished public speaker. Charlie strongly believes, “Negotiation is an art as well as a science. We must learn to create options, not just defend!”