Brian Carter

Brian Carter is a marketer, sales manager, keynote speaker and author selected by IBM as a Futurist and recognized as "an expert you should listen to" by LinkedIn. He has appeared in media including Bloomberg TV, ABC, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, AdWeek and The New York Times. Brian is an optimistic, curious learner and a results-focused growth leader. He combines creativity with analytics and a collaborative approach that grows and nurtures teams. He has worked with all sizes and types of companies in both marketing and sales. As a communicator, he is comfortable at all levels of an organization, managing teams and regularly speaks to audiences of hundreds of people. Brian has an extensive catalog of successful high-ROI case studies which witness to his reliable impact on business. In his 23 years of business experience, he has worked with organizations of all sizes, including Microsoft, McDonald's, NBC, Salesforce, JP Morgan, Humana and The U.S. Army. Brian has always been obsessed with achieving his potential, and helping others achieve theirs. In fact, potential is a centerpiece of his keynote speeches. He's been involved in personal growth since he was 18, which began with yoga, then meditative breathing, and investigating many spiritual paths. Brian is a big believer in being a “learner” and in taking action for constant improvement. Throughout his work history, he has focused on creating a bigger impact on key metrics like the bottom line, helping companies both grow revenue and increase profitability. His position in multiple agencies and consultancies has given him a wide breadth of experiences, but also repeatedly honed the processes he uses to create success in any situation. At the same time, he has learned how to hire, mentor, and retain good employees with both empathy and high standards. For fun, he does abstract painting, kayaks Charleston's beautiful waterways, plays in an amateur rock band, raises backyard chickens, and writes his own bios in the third person.