Corey Michael Blake, author of #Jump (April 2012) is the President of Round Table Companies and Writers of the Round Table Press. In addition to publishing some of the most prolific authors of our time, Corey consults businesses and leaders on using creativity to connect with their customers, instigate culture change, and define the heart of their business. 

Corey has starred in campaigns and written and published books that have been profiled in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Sports illustrated, Variety and on NBC, WGN and Good Morning America among hundreds of other print, radio, and television outlets. His work has won Addy, Belding, Bronze Lion and London International Advertising awards and he has been published in Writer Magazine, Script Magazine, Branding Magazine, Fresh Young Millionaire, Vistage, Under30CEO, and on StartUp Nation.

Corey began his career as the face of commercial campaigns for more than a dozen Fortune 500 and Fortune 100 companies, before venturing off to filmmaking and eventually writing. He is the co-author of numerous books, including Edge! A Leadership Story (Finalist 2008 National Best Books Awards) and From the Barrio to the Board Room, which is being used throughout the Chicago Public School District and in schools and youth prisons around the country to inspire at-risk youth. Corey holds a BFA from Millikin University.