Charles J de Guara

Charles cares about individuality, self-expression, and people forming meaningful connections. His stance on individuality goes beyond a person’s right to embrace and define their own identity; he advocates against minimizing individuals through the applications of labels such as race, gender, faith, ethnicity or any other label that when used exclusively to describe an individual rob them of their unique identity. “It is one thing to describe a person’s attributes and it is quite another thing to minimize a person’s identity to a single attribute.” A Basque-Maltese-American, he proudly descends on his father's side from the same ancestry as Don Hernando de Guevara who sailed west with Christopher Columbus and married the Taino princess Higuenamota. His great grandmother Anna Pace on the other hand a cousin of Giovanni Pace, whom adopted the English name John Pass his name can be found on Liberty Bell in Pennsylvania. As First WHOist & CEO of GTK® he is dedicated to Getting To Know others and their stories. Basque Explorers With Columbus

Charles started his journey in a family-owned food manufacturing business working in Sales & Marketing from 2002 to 2005, always drawn to business he owned and operated several micro-businesses and side hustles while exploring a career in IT. In 2009 he left his role as a Microsoft OEM Licensing Representative to establish what would later become the IPOP Network, a media and marketing business. He co-produced and hosted the TV Show TekTiek, a 13-episode series focused on Technology that aired on National TV in Malta, Europe. At IPOP Network he was the Editor-in-chief of multiple niche publications covering a broad array of topics including Local Businesses, Destinations, Fertility, Animals, and Authors. Today he is dedicated exclusively to his vision for GTK™ & GTKME®.