Charles R. Wasaff
(240) 395-2410
Charlie is a Managing Director of National Capital Merchant Banking and a Special Advisor to the Investment Bank. Charlie brings to the merchant bank significant industry knowledge, operational insight, and long-standing industry relationships. He is experienced in promoting operations excellence in lower middle market companies, and fostering efficiency through the application of advanced systems within expanding and entrepreneurial environments. He has applied his insights in the development of detailed quantitative investment models that yield expected returns in applying the merchant bank’s investment strategy. This strategy is characterized by financings that support improved business operations, thereby achieving critical mass and improved, sustained equity returns. Charlie leads the merchant bank’s value creation process by aligning our partner companies’ market needs, strategy, and organizational structure with knowledge-based execution.
In addition to investing in, and acting as an advisor to, several companies and governmental entities in aerospace, defense and wireless communications, Charlie was previously Vice President for Space Programs of Loral Corporation. Prior to its acquisition by Loral, Charlie served as Group Vice President for Space Missions for Ford Aerospace Corporation, with over 5000 assigned personnel. In this position, he improved Group revenue by 20%, profits by 30%, and increased after-tax-return-on-assets from 9.7% to 12.3%. While assigned as Group Vice President for Space Missions, Charlie also served as Ford Aerospace’s Vice President, Corporate Business Development, where he was tasked with development and planning associated with the strategic growth and direction of the company. Prior to Ford Aerospace, he was with BDM Corporation, where, after its acquisition by Ford Aerospace, he was Executive Vice President for BDM’s Operations with over 3,500 assigned personnel. Earlier with BDM, Charlie served as Senior Vice President for Advanced Studies and Market Development, where was also responsible for overseeing business development, marketing and sales for the entire company.
Charlie holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from Notre Dame University and a PhD in Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
