With over 20 years of corporate and legal experience and transactional experience as well as 10 years of innovation and new venture experience, Max is committed to contributing to entrepreneurial ecosystems and building collaborative platforms. He is an Associate Professor who currently directs and teaches the Entrepreneurial Studies Program at Washington & Jefferson College and directs the Ignite Business Incubator and Co-Working Space. Professor Miller has been with the college for 8 years. He also owns and operates his own experiential engagement firm – Raise Your Spirits – that integrates spirits tastings into sales engagement platforms across the United States and Canada. He has served as the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel for the national office of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, where he managed IT, finance, HR, diversity and inclusion, legal, and subject matter expert departments. He also served as the Executive Vice President of Urban Innovation 21 where he focused on empowering resident entrepreneurs in the Hill District, Prior to that, he founded and directed the University of Pittsburgh School of Law’s Innovation Practice Institute (IPI), where his primary duties included strategic program direction, design and execution, curriculum development, market research and competitive analysis, and the sourcing of funding for adjunct faculty resources and operating costs. The IPI focuses on bringing the culture of innovation to the study and practice of law. Before joining the University of Pittsburgh, Max held managerial roles with H.J. Heinz Company in operations and marketing, leading cross-functional project teams and product initiatives. He also served as corporate counsel, where he was responsible for various domestic and international transactions. Max has also worked as a securities attorney for Federated Investors, responsible for general corporate and securities law. Professor Miller holds a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania, a JD from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. He lives in Wexford, PA with his wife Rosa (a Managing Attorney at FedEx) and their 15-year-old son, Lucien (a freshman at Central Catholic
High School.)