Max has spent years speaking with thousands of students, parents, and educators around the world about how smartphones and social media are impacting student and family life. He spent the beginning of his career with ad agencies like Anomaly and Vaynermedia, helping multinational brands thrive on social, and later worked for a social media platform where he designed some of the same systems to grab and hold human attention that he now criticizes. Along with his work at CHT, Max is an award winning artist named by Forbes as one of the best storytellers of the year. He provides a unique and much needed perspective on the role of technology in young people's lives and in our society.