Mr. Stump has over 35 years of sales and management experience. He joined Charlie’s in January 2018 as a Strategic Advisor, where he has predominantly focused on sales, marketing and scaling the business, including through organizational alignments, process improvement, leadership/management training and development. Prior to joining Charlie’s , Mr. Stump served as a partner and Vice President of Sales in Blue Technologies, Inc., an office technology and Managed IT Service provider headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, which he co-founded in 1995. While at Blue Technologies, Inc., Mr. Stump was responsible for the sales performance of the company’s five divisions, along with operational oversight. His duties included P&L responsibility for all product divisions, leadership training and development, new product and service offerings, enterprise account selling, amongst other duties. Mr. Stump was instrumental in helping Blue Technologies, Inc. become one of the Top 10 Konica Minolta providers in the country, as well as one of the Top 75 Office Technologies Dealers in the United States. Mr. Stump serves on several not-for-profit boards, which serve those in recovery from addiction and developmental disabilities.

The Board of Directors believes that Mr. Stump’s sales, marketing, management experience and industry experience, as well as entrepreneurial experience, will be valuable to the Board as it manages the Company’s anticipated continued growth.