Max Fose

Every business starts with an idea; at IWS, that idea was Max’s. Max dreamed up IWS 10 years ago, while neck-deep in Sen. John McCain’s first campaign for the Presidency. His ‘eureka’ moment in 1999 – “What if we could use the Web to connect a cause and its supporters?” – still drives the company today.

Max’s work promoting businesses and political campaigns has been nationally recognized by publications like Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Interactive Week and the Washington Post. He was named to the list of 25 Internet professionals who are changing the world of politics by Politics Online, Harvard University, and the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC). In addition, he’s recently won top Pollie Awards for political advertising, including “Best Overall Internet Campaign” and “Special Award: Best Use of the Internet.”

Max has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, C-Span, Newshour with Jim Lehrer and many international news stations regarding the Internet.  He also frequently speaks on the subject before groups like the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and Tokyo’s Hitachi Corporation.

Fose sat for two years as an Expert Panelist for the Congress Online Project that studied and recommended best Internet practices to the United States Congress.  He also co-authored The Internet and Campaigns: Interactively Empowering Citizens for the Chicago Policy Review and served as a Practitioner in Residence at the Institute for Politics Democracy and the Internet at George Washington University.

Max is a Board Member of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Esperanza, and the Latino Art Project. He is a graduate of Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.