Swimming since he was two years old, Max can best be described as a water person. He has been surfing and scuba diving since he was 17. He also loves to kayak, mountain bike, snowboard, and be out in nature.

Intrigued by different cultures, Max also loves to travel and has been to exotic locales throughout the world such as Indonesia, Fiji, Australia, Mexico, the Maldives, China, Japan, India, and South Africa. Travels in poorer countries have reinforced what a privileged life he leads and also increased his desire to give back to the community in a larger scale.

With socially active parents, Max has given his time generously over the years. Leveraging his computer and marketing degrees, he has contributed his time and skills to improving efficiencies and increasing market awareness for several local non-profits. He's also been involved with national non-profits in other capacities.

Discovering Ride a Wave in 2001 combined Max’s passions for the ocean and community service. Since then he has been involved in most roles at the beach camps and in numerous behind the scenes capacities. Deeply touched by the experience of his first Ride a Wave camp and each one since, Max has long held a vision of helping communities around the world provide similar services for children with special needs wherever there is an ocean.

In his career, Max has held a wide range of technical roles from designing award-winning software to providing training to Fortune 500 companies. At Education Training and Research (ETR) Associates, a non-profit specializing in health education, Max's efforts helped them computerize and streamline manual and inefficient processes, paving the way for rapid growth and expansion.

Through his wide range of experience, Max excels in thinking outside the box. When combined with his drive to succeed and commitment to success as a team, Max delivers the perfect blend of skills, talent and drive for a start up environment. As Chief Evangelist for a local software startup, he helped design and market technology and software services that enabled the company to win numerous awards including Fortune Magazine’s Top 12 Coolest Companies, Network World Blue Ribbon, and PC Magazine Editor’s Choice.

A skilled writer and publicist, Max also helped garner worldwide media exposure in outlets such as: Fortune Magazine, The London Times, CNN, HGTV, and even the Donny and Marie show.

Max is excited to apply his diverse skill set and can do attitude toward making Best Day Foundation a success. Bottom line, if it needs to be done, Max can do it or figure out how to involve those that can