 Profile
Charles Wheelus is an Internet professional with a distinguished career. An avid Internet user since 1991; Mr. Wheelus is a published columnist and often invited guest speaker at industry events including Comdex. Mr. Wheelus has also been called as an expert witness regarding Internet related litigation. Mr. Wheelus began his career while still a student in the College of Engineering at Florida Atlantic University. As a student Mr. Wheelus managed the network in the Computer Science Department, working with a wide range of servers and workstations. After honing his Internet skills, Mr. Wheelus graduated with a Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science and accepted a position as a staff engineer at Siemens. As a staff engineer Mr. Wheelus developed automated telephone switch testing systems using a wide array of UNIX servers and test gear on an intranet.
In early 1995, Mr. Wheelus departed Siemens and established his own consulting business, Matrix Galleria. Matrix Galleria was one of the first Internet development firms in South Florida and was very successful. Matrix Galleria developed websites, custom software, hosted websites, and provided corporate training. While at Matrix, Mr. Wheelus and his staff consulted with a wide range of Clients, including Webcast One, Mutual Service Corp. Florida Atlantic University, Cybernetworks, Visual Data Corp. and many others.
In late 1997, Visual Data Corp. (NASD: VDAT) acquired Matrix Galleria in order to build a national network and develop their library of videos for distribution on the Internet; based upon proprietary technology acquired from Matrix Galleria. As a consultant for Visual Data Corp. Mr. Wheelus headed up their technical department, launched their video streaming network, and oversaw the development of their various web properties.
In late 1998, Mr. Wheelus was recruited by Online Gaming Systems (OTCBB: OGAM) to manage their Internet subsidiary known then as The Eminet Domain. Under his guidance, Eminet Domain saw tremendous growth, and in May of 1999, Mr. Wheelus and a group of investors bought out Eminet from the parent company with the ambition of a public offering; and Atlantic Internet was born. Through a series of aggressive acquisitions and organic growth Atlantic Internet underwent a 400% revenue growth in eighteen months and was recognized by the South Florida Business Journal as the small business of the year in 1999. Unfortunately, due to market conditions and the death of one of the principles in mid 2000, Atlantic was sold to a private investor in Early 2001.
Since his departure, Mr. Wheelus has acquired several Internet related businesses and works as an independent consultant.
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