Max Carey
W.R. "Max" Carey, Jr., founder and chairman of CRD (Corporate Resource Development), is recognized as one of America's leading sales and marketing consulting experts.
Max graduated from Columbia University where he was am Ivy League and NCAA record-setting defensive back. He became a Naval aviator, earned Top Gun certification and flew over 100 combat missions over North Vietnam.
Max Carey founded Corporate Resource Development in 1981. The results produced by Max and his team quickly lead CRD to a position on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in corporate America.
Regarded as one of the leading experts on brand identity, Max serves on the Board of Directors for the Outback Steakhouse. He has been instrumental in building the brand of the well-known restaurant chain, as well as several other publicly traded companies for more than ten years. Stories of Max's many successes have been featured in national publications, including INC Magazine, Success, Life and Fortune.
Because of his innovative marketing and sales strategies,Max Carey has assisted companies like Dean Witter Reynolds, IBM, American Express and UPS in taking their business to the next level. In addition to his consulting engagements, Max is in great demand to deliver his expertise in the form of keynote speeches to associations and corporations worldwide.
Max Carey has received multiple awards, among them being the Vietnam Veteran Small Business Person of the Year, Recipient of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award 2000, Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and author of the book, The Superman Complex: Achieving the Balance That Leads To True Success.
