Chuck graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor of Commerce. He began his career with a Bay Street consulting company. After moving to a financial services company where he progressed with increasing responsibility and a progressively larger book of business, he transitioned to a private healthcare organization where he developed and marketed innovative and highly profitable products and services for major Canadian corporations. He then became the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for an international medical manufacturer, where he led a team that tripled sales in two years.

He is married with 3 children, and has been heavily involved with both coaching and at the board level with several amateur sports clubs in the Niagara Peninsula.