Charles Smith has over 14 years of experience as the Senior Account Manager for the Insurance Vertical and North American Sales Lead at Celent since July 2002. Charles has a proven track record in selling syndicated research and consulting services to property and casualty, life insurers, vendors, system integrators, and consultancies, consistently ranking as Celent's top global new business salesperson year after year and achieving this distinction in 2016. Prior to Celent, Charles worked as a Global Account Manager at Forrester from 2000 to 2001, where responsibilities included managing accounts for major firms such as PwC, CSC, News Corporation, and KPMG. Charles holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Bentley University, earned from 1990 to 1994.