Chad E. Foster Biography
Chad E. Foster is a motivational keynote speaker, sales/finance leader, and inspirational change agent who works at Red Hat/IBM. He was the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development and has been featured with NBC, CBS, Forbes, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA Today, and Chief Executive Mag.
“People are often surprised at what I was able to achieve in spite of being blind but to the contrary, I feel I am successful because I am blind, not in spite of it,” says Foster.
After losing his eyesight while attending college in his early twenties, Foster started at Accenture, and has built a career in the technology industry where he has directed financial strategies and decisions resulting in more than $45 billion in contracts.
Determination, ambition, and resilience are the key drivers to his incredible journey. The Atlanta Opera has commissioned an opera inspired by his life story and his first book, Blind Ambition: How to Go from Victim to Visionary, is available for pre-orders on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Bookshop, Books-A-Million, Google Play, and other fine retailers.
Today, Foster speaks to corporate audiences and professional athletes to help them develop resilience in the face of uncertainty and show people how to overcome their own blind spots.
He lives with his wife and his 2 children in Atlanta, GA and is a daredevil of his own, enjoying snow skiing every winter.
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Chad E. Foster is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Adversity, Change Management, Diversity, Goal-setting, Leadership, Resilience, Sales, Success. The estimated speaking fee range to book Chad E. Foster for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Chad E. Foster generally travels from Atlanta, GA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Simon T. Bailey, Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour, Josh Linkner, Neal Petersen and Jim Lawless. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Chad E. Foster for an upcoming live or virtual event.