Charles "Charlie" E. Hoffman (born January 27, 1949) is an American business executive, having served two publicly traded companies as CEO for over 10 years.
He was responsible for operations in the largest region in the U.S. and successfully launched PCS wireless service in nine markets.
Hoffman also spent 16 years at SBC Communications (now AT&T) in various senior management positions, including Director General (President) of Telcel, the national wireless carrier in Mexico.
He also successfully negotiated the sale of one-third interest in this publicly traded company (NYSE and TSE) to a partnership of AT&T and British Telecom.
He previously served on the boards of Chordiant Software, Softlayer Technologies and Tollgrade Communications.