Charles E. Hoffman

Who is Charles E. Hoffman?

Charles "Charlie" E. Hoffman is an American business executive, having served two publicly traded companies as CEO for over 10 years. As of September, 2013 he is the dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, his alma mater. Hoffman was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Covad Communications Group from June 2001 to April 2008. Known as a turnaround artist, Hoffman successfully took Covad through bankruptcy and transformed it into a leading nationwide provider of broadband voice and data communications. He negotiated the sale of the company to Platinum Equity in late 2007, and stepped down from Covad when the acquisition was completed in April 2008.

Prior to joining Covad, Mr. Hoffman was President and Chief Executive Officer of Rogers Wireless, Inc., Canada's largest, national wireless service provider. He held this position from January 1998 to June 2001. Under his leadership, the company grew from fourth to first place in a market of four national wireless providers. He also successfully negotiated the sale of one-third interest in this publicly traded company to a partnership of AT&T and British Telecom.