RunTide Capital Team

Chuck Auster has been creating value for investors for more than 35 years through entrepreneurship, executive management and private equity leadership within the telecom and technology industries. For the last 15 years he has been investing in value-oriented businesses, first as a partner and managing director at One Equity Partners (OEP), the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase, then as the founder and managing partner of Auster Capital Partners. Prior to joining OEP, Chuck was the president and CEO of Infocrossing, Inc. (NASDAQ: IFOX), an IT solutions outsourcer and data center provider, and founded and served as EVP & COO of IXnet, Ltd. (NASDAQ: EXNT), a network and managed services provider for the financial industry. In the founding and sale of IXnet, Chuck was a key member of the leadership team that took the company from a startup business through IPO and NASDAQ listing to a $3.5 billion sale. Chuck served on the boards of Infocrossing, IXnet, Polaroid Corp. (Chairman), WestCom Corp., Globalpack Corp. N.V. (Chairman), Cascal N.V. (NASDAQ: HOO), Binwise Ltd. (Chairman), Model Metrics, Inc., Wicoms Ltd. (Chairman) and Assure Space LLC. He is a founder and trustee emeritus of The L’Enfant Trust, a nationally recognized historic preservation organization, and Chairman of the Tufts University Entrepreneurship Center. Chuck graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University and holds a JD with Honors from the National Law Center, George Washington University. He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar and the Virginia State Bar.