As the Vice President of Product at The Finally Light Bulb Company, Max was responsible for the efficient and accurate delivery of high-quality products. He led the company’s manufacturability design and localization programs, which resulted in a nearly 75% cost reduction on the company’s flagship product. He developed expertise in supply chain management including assessing manufacturing feasibility to overseeing and fine-tuning production, and ultimately providing successful end-product delivery. Even more critical, Max received first-hand experience in factory line optimization, supply chains, shipping, and logistics management on a both a domestic and international basis.

Prior to Finally, Max worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at J.P. Morgan in the Technology, Media, and Telecom and Financial Institutions and Governments groups. In this role, he assisted clients including Corning, IBM, ING Group, and Arrow Electronics. He was primarily responsible for evaluating, developing, and seamlessly completing well-structured deals, which are all skills he brings to his role as the founder of Egan Legacy Partners. During his time at J.P. Morgan, Max held a Series 63 and Series 79 (certified by FINRA).

His time at J.P. Morgan was pivotal to gaining first-hand experience capital raises, following a unique experience at Duke University where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. At Duke, Max was hand-selected by two professors to combine his community-mindedness and business sense to support Project ADAM. The project focused on building a device to locate abducted children. With this project, he developed a successful proof of concept for a device that could utilize low-cost and low power wireless SMS messaging infrastructure to provide accurate location data for a child.

Max’s entrepreneurial and results-oriented focus are critical tools to help guide companies to achieve future growth and sustainability