Corporate

Strategic Advisors

Charlie Thomas
CEO
Razorsight Inc.

Mr. Thomas has co-founded, grown and sold three companies over the last decade, and he has negotiated over $1 Billion in capital financings for his companies.  He has successfully closed over 15 M&A transactions.  Mr. Thomas joined Razorsight's board in April 2004, and became CEO in February 2005.  

Prior to Razorsight, Mr. Thomas founded and grew Claris Capital, a boutique investment bank, from 2002 to 2005.  Mr. Thomas co-founded an Internet Service Provider which later sold to Verio and a Professional Services firm that sold to GTCR.  In 1993 Mr. Thomas founded Net2000 Communications, a broadband telecommunications carrier, and led the company as CEO for nine years from start-up to an IPO led by Goldman Sachs in March 2000 with an initial market cap over $1 billion.  Net2000 grew to $150 million in revenue and over 1,000 employees before being acquired by Cavalier Telephone in 2002.

Net2000 was named to Inc. Magazine's "Inc. 500" as one of the fastest growing private companies in America in 1999 and was also named to Deloitte & Touche's Fast 500 in 1998, 1999, and 2000.  Net2000 was in the Top 10 of Washington Technology's Fast 50, and Washingtonian magazine rated Net2000 as one of the Top 50 places to work.  The company was featured on several national news segments including NBC, CBS, MSNBC and CNN.

Mr. Thomas has over 20 years of experience.  He also held sales and marketing positions with IBM and Bell Atlantic.  Mr. Thomas serves on several corporate boards.  Mr. Thomas is author of a book "Entrepreneur: A CEO's Lessons in American Capitalism" which was published in May 2005 (www.ceolessons.com).  Mr. Thomas graduated from the University of Virginia where he played baseball.