Summary
Charlie Lee is an experienced architect and project leader with a decade in government administration, blending environmental design, program delivery, and financial acumen. Based in Houston, he has steered multi-million dollar city and state initiatives—designing compliance databases, leading RFP development, and origination of federal disaster and CARES grants. A former interim Chief of Staff and Project Manager for the City of Houston Solid Waste, he delivered outcomes such as expanding insured asset coverage by $25 million after Hurricane Harvey and supporting key legislation for municipal cart leases using Ruby on Rails-backed analytics. He holds an Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M, an MBA (Executive) from Texas A&M-Commerce, and an MS in Corporate Finance and Investment Securities from Southern New Hampshire University, underscoring his blend of design thinking and financial discipline. He is a practical, cross-functional leader who translates policy into auditable, implementable solutions and partners effectively with stakeholders to deliver public infrastructure projects.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
3.799, 3.799 at Southern New Hampshire University