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Max Isley, CMKBD, has owned and operated Hampton Kitchens of Raleigh, Inc. since 1974. He is a licensed general
contractor and has been a Certified Kitchen Designer since 1981,
longer than any other active designer in the state. After
achieving the Certified Kitchen Designer (CKD) and Certified
Bath Designer (CBD) professional designations, Max obtained the
Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer (CMKBD)
professional designation through an extensive educational,
examination and endorsement process coupled with many years of
kitchen/bath industry experience. Max is one of only a few
kitchen designers in the country who have achieved this, the
highest professional certification available in the industry.
Max's custom kitchens have appeared in numerous award-winning Parade of Homes and Street of Dreams entries. Max has designed kitchens all over the United States and the world. He is also an international speaker, consultant, and instructor for kitchen design and remodeling workshops, and is a member of the Speaker's Bureau of the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA).
Max judges design contests for the National Kitchen & Bath Association. In addition, he is one of only a few Certified
Master Kitchen and Bath Designers in the United States who is asked by the National Kitchen & Bath Association to grade the kitchen designs of hundreds of candidates who sit for the Certified Kitchen Designer exam each year. Max has been nominated by the National Kitchen & Bath Association as Remodeler of the Year and has received the Certified Kitchen Designer National Merit Award on six separate occasions.
Max is the former president of his local NKBA chapter and served
two terms on the NKBA Board of Directors for a total of 8 years;
the last two years he served as Treasurer and then Secretary.
Additional information about Max:
- Temporary CEO, National Kitchen
& Bath (NKBA) Headquarters
- VP, US Business Development,
InnnoDraw
- Business consultant and coach
- Instructor, International Solid
Surface Fabricators Association (ISSFA)
- Consultant, Perstorp Flooring (Pergo)
- Spokesperson, Proctor & Gamble's
Bounty paper towels
- National Kitchen Industry
Speaker, Florida, Montana,, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Colorado,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, California, Utah, Alabama,
Georgia, New Jersey
- International Kitchen Industry
Speaker, Calgary, AB, Canada and Toronto, ON, Canada
- Speaker , Kitchen & Bath
Industry Show (KBIS), Illinois
- Speaker, American Lighting
Association, Texas
- Keynote Speaker, Concrete
Countertop Industry Conference, North Carolina
- Certified DuPont Corian
fabricator
- Attended North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC
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