International Day of Disability
- Blind Harvard Executive who built billion-dollar strategies and CRM tech
- Trusted by top brands including Google, Salesforce, and ADP to ignite innovation
- Author of Blind Ambition
Chad Foster is a resilience expert who transforms how organizations navigate change and disruption through his unique blend of lived experience and business acumen. After losing his sight at 21, Chad became a Harvard-educated executive, billion-dollar revenue generator, and the creator of CRM technology that Oracle claimed was impossible.
As the first blind executive to graduate Harvard Business School's leadership program, Chad has built transformative business strategies delivering industry-leading growth and margins in highly competitive markets. His book, Blind Ambition, captures the practical resilience approach he's developed through personal adversity and professional achievement, including his adventures as a black diamond skier and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner.
Chad equips teams with concrete tools to thrive amid uncertainty. His Blind Ambition™ approach goes beyond inspiration to implementation, teaching professionals how to reframe challenges into catalysts for growth. By fostering mindsets that embrace discomfort and transform obstacles into opportunities, Chad helps companies unlock innovation and performance when facing disruption.
Audiences leave Chad's presentations with actionable strategies to build personal resilience, shift from victim to visionary thinking, and develop the adaptability essential for today's rapidly changing business landscape. His approach has driven measurable results for organizations like Google, Salesforce, and ADP, with one client reporting 40% year-over-year revenue growth following his keynote.
Book Chad Foster to transform how your team responds to challenges and discovers the competitive advantage hidden within every obstacle.
Chad's showreel and videos
Topics, sessions and talks
Blind Ambition: How To Go From Victim To Visionary
Chad Foster shows how quickly adversity can narrow a person’s world and how much potential is lost when challenges are treated as limitations. Chad reframes difficulty as a catalyst, using his own journey from sudden blindness to billion-dollar executive success to reveal how mindset, belief, and strategy shape outcomes. Audiences gain practical tools for shifting perspective, strengthening resilience, and pursuing ambitious goals with conviction and clarity.
No More Comfort Zones: Growth Through Adversity
Chad Foster explores why comfort restrains progress and how obstacles can become strategic springboards. Drawing on his experience building industry-leading results while navigating permanent blindness, Chad illustrates how discomfort sharpens performance, accelerates creativity, and fuels lasting growth. His direct, engaging approach challenges teams to confront limitation differently and build patterns of action that thrive under pressure. Attendees learn how to reframe constraints, embrace challenge, and unlock greater personal and organizational capacity.
Victim To Visionary: Resilience Workshop
Chad Foster guides participants through a practical process for strengthening resilience and redefining adversity. Chad’s approach blends personal narrative with structured tools that help people map their own challenges, clarify their ambitions, and uncover the advantages hidden inside disadvantage. His accessible style encourages honest reflection while providing a framework for adaptive thinking in constant change. Participants learn how to build a resilient mindset, reshape their internal narrative, and move toward a clearer, purpose-driven vision of success.
Why we recommend booking Chad
Chad Foster, a blind Harvard-educated executive who become a billion-dollar revenue generator, equips teams with concrete tools to thrive amid uncertainty through his proven Blind Ambition™ approach. Book Chad today to equip your organization with the mindset and tools needed in times of change.
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Trusted by Dealer Marketing Association, American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Bausch & Lomb, TRX Training, SYNlawn
Chad was phenomenal – he delivered an incredible keynote that exceeded every expectation we had for the conference. Chad delivered far beyond expectations, weaving in just enough of our industry language and context to make his keynote feel deeply relevant to the work we do. That extra effort on his part made a real difference and helped the audience connect with him on a deeper level. His message was not only universally impactful, regardless of industry or job role, but also incredibly timely given the uncertainty and constant change we’re facing with technology and the growing pressure for performance and growth. Chad was truly outstanding. Attendees described him as charismatic, personable, funny, passionate, and approachable. His message was referenced repeatedly throughout other presentations, and he had a long line of people waiting to speak with him afterward, which he graciously accommodated.
Dealer Marketing Association, Dealer Marketing Association
Chad’s presentation was unique, interesting, emotional, and, dare I say, spellbinding. In an auditorium of over 4,000 people, we could have heard a pin drop. The way Chad laid out his story kept the audience engaged until the last word. Not only did Chad make us look good, but he was attentive prior to the meeting to assure he was “on point,” great to work with the day of the event, and gracious with his time after his presentation. Chad was an absolute home run for our Annual Meeting. I would not hesitate to recommend Chad Foster to any organization looking for something different and special.
American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)
Chad knocked it out of the park! The messaging, linking it to our mission statements...everything was spot on! It was truly a moving experience for all who had the pleasure of seeing him speak. Could not have been more happy with the choice we made. That evening I had 20+ people come up to me and tell me how much they were impacted by Chad's words. He has a gift and I appreciate him sharing it with us all!
Bausch + Lomb, Bausch & Lomb
