Who am I?

Personal Details

Professional Profile

Hi, I’m Max. I’m a software developer, avid investor, and all-around tech enthusiast. My goals are to increase the availability of information and ideas and to improve processes by automation - all through the application of technology. I enjoy solving problems and learning something new every day. When I’m not in front of a computer, you’ll find me outdoors enjoying nature, fitness, cars, and music.

Feel free to look around and learn more about me and what I'm working on!

My Professional Background

Work Experience

2020 September - Present

Staff Software Engineer - Platform

Build backend systems to support the message composition and campaign planning experiences in the Sprout Social application
Integrate with various social media network APIs to provide users with the latest network features and capabilities
Implement services that allow users to build and schedule delivery of messages across their social networks, using message approval workflows to manage content and creators
Design and maintain high-throughput systems that execute at scale while integrating new capabilities offered by the social network APIs using a variety of technologies including Java and Python

2018 June - 2020 August

Senior Software Engineer - Platform

2014 January - 2018 June

Associate Software Engineer

Develop and support web-based client management applications using a variety of technologies
Lead projects spanning business initiatives, data consolidation, security implementations, and framework migrations
Operate on a high-performing, global development team managing multiple projects and applications
Implement application enhancements using Agile Methodology, with experience in analysis, technical documentation, design, development, testing, and production support

2011 June - 2013 December

2012 - 2013 Application Developer
2011 - Development Program Intern

Technology Analyst / Application Developer

Develop front and back-end application enhancements on a Pega PRPC platform
Design system interfaces using SOAP/XML and REST
Optimize SQL database queries and stored procedures
Automate unit and regression testing
Translate business requirements into technical documentation
Support users and ad-hoc data queries

My Education

Education

2008 August - 2012 May

Illinois Wesleyan University

Bachelor of Arts - Business/Finance & Computer Science

Business Adminstration: Accounting, Finance, Economics, Marketing, and Investing
Computer Science: Algorithms, Databases, Computer Architecture, and Networking