Mr. Robins focuses on the software, telecommunications, and other technology-related sectors, serving emerging growth companies with strategic and financial advisory, mergers and acquisitions and private financing services. As Fairmount’s senior technology expert, Charles has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, executive, strategic consultant, and investment banker. Previously, he was Managing Director, co-head of Corporate Finance and led the software and telecommunications practices in the U.S. for Investec Inc., an international public diversified financial services company. Charles was also a member of Investec’s commitment committee and management committee. Charles was a principal with Investec’s predecessor firm, PMG Capital/Pennsylvania Merchant Group where he was head of Technology Research and the Technology Investment Banking practice.
Prior to becoming an investment banker, Charles was an executive at Safeguard Scientifics, a high-technology investment firm, and was co-founder of Rabbit Software Corporation, a publicly traded pioneer in developing communications products for enterprise networks. In addition, he was president of Atlantix Corporation, a Perot Investment Group company, and managed advanced technology development for Shared Medical Systems and SEI Corporation. Charles was also co-founder of Multiple Funding Pension Inc., a developer of financial analysis software.
Charles has served as board member for public and private organizations, currently including the Eastern Technology Council (ETC), the Jewish Publication Society (JPS) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners. He serves as lead judge of the ETC’s annual Enterprise Awards and has served as co-chair of the Innovation Philadelphia HotTeam for Information Technology.
Charles was a Ph.D. research fellow at New York University where he also earned master’s degrees in computer science and mathematics. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brooklyn College and is an honorary member of Sigma Xi in sciences and Pi Mu Epsilon in mathematics. Mr. Robins has lectured in computer science and mathematics at the college level and authored a number of articles as well as published a book on computer software.
