Charlie spent the first 20 years of his career building sales organizations in the wireless communications industry. As his career grew, his love for entrepreneurialism developed and he found himself working for smaller companies in bigger roles. In his final position in telecommunications he was running the sales and marketing for a wireless carrier that had networks across the country.

As his children got a little older, he decided to make a career leap and open a business in his own community. That decision led to 10+ years in the restaurant industry working alongside his wife and kids at their restaurants.

When Charlie’s brother opened the first legal whiskey distillery in his home state of Texas, the writing was on the wall. He did double-duty with his restaurants and the distillery for several years and finally jumped in full time in 2013. Since 2013 Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey has expanded from Texas to 25 states and is just getting warmed up. He has developed successful partnerships with many of the largest distributors, retailers, restaurant companies and hotel/resort companies in the nation.

Charlie has been married to his wife Julie for 25 years and has two children that are smarter, kinder and better looking than he is. Whenever he is not selling bourbon he is trying to force his wife and children to spend time with him. His current “hobby” is starting a Foundation to support a biogenetics research organization in Arizona called The Translational Genomics Institute (TGEN).