Charles Hockenbarger is the Midwest Engineering Manager at Integrated Data Storage. His primary responsibility is supporting the Kansas City marketplace as a pre-sales technical resource. In addition, he aids in the opening of new territories, and assists with large, complex solution design for customers.

Prior to joining Integrated Data Storage, Charles spent 7 years at EMC Corporation, where he held several management and technical consulting positions. Most recently, he was the Global Solutions Architect for the Midwest and Southern Commercial areas, where he spent time with large, strategic customers developing complex enterprise architectures that assisted them in maximizing the value of their information. Prior to EMC, Charles spent several years in the telecommunications industry, working on a wide variety of technologies in the data center.

Charles has a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Information Systems from Washburn University, and is an EMC Proven Professional Specialist in several areas.

When Charles is not helping customers use technology to solve their business problems, he is spending time with his wife and seven children at home.