Max Wheeler

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Senior Director of Engineering at Roblox @ Roblox
Max Wheeler's Location
Los Gatos, California, United States, United States
About Max Wheeler

Max Wheeler is a Senior Director of Engineering at Roblox at Roblox. He possess expertise in mobile devices, cloud computing, mobile applications, enterprise software, software development and 28 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "It is a great experience to work with Max. While working with him I have seen that the teams have a feel of the freedom, this gives enormous energy to explore on what is expected and helps to build trust with the team members."

Max Wheeler's Current Company Details
Roblox

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Senior Director of Engineering at Roblox
Max Wheeler Work Experience Details
  • Roblox
    Senior Director Engineering, Safety Platform
    Roblox Jan 2023 - Present
    San Mateo, California, Us
  • Microsoft
    Senior Director Of Engineering
    Microsoft Jun 2019 - Oct 2022
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Lead ~190 person engineering and data science org in US, Canada and India for Microsoft Family team. Microsoft Family produces child digital safety, physical safety and Family productivity solutions across Microsoft’s ecosystem, including Windows, Gaming/Xbox, digital store, Office 365 and Edge.• Chart strategic and tactical product roadmap with Product and Design leaders • Lead combined Family engineering & data teams after reorg of existing Redmond and Bay Area teams.• Staffed new 40+ engineer team and leadership in Hyderabad, India.• Staffed new 35+ engineer team and leadership in Vancouver, Canada.• Created charter and resource investment strategies through rapid team growth.• Shipped Family Safety mobile app in (2M+ downloads) that introduced first Family-specific premium functionality• Instituted processes and planning mechanisms to improve quality, team agility, autonomy and hypothesis-driven product development.• Lead innovation team that shipped Money In Excel and investigated opportunities to provide Family value in areas of opportunity identified in research.• Worked closely with partner teams in Windows, Office, Research and Gaming to craft a unified Family solution across Microsoft.
  • Microsoft
    Director Of Engineering
    Microsoft Dec 2015 - May 2019
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Lead ~60 person engineering and data science org in US and India for MileIQ team in Microsoft post acquisition. Microsoft acquired MileIQ as a key element in making Office a better fit for SMB. MileIQ remained one of the highest grossing finance apps in the app stores while also being available in the Office 365 suite.• Integrate MileIQ with Office app suite including port from AWS to Azure, AAD integration and enterprise and GDPR compliance.• Expanded engineering team from 30 to 60+. Hire 30+ team in Bangalore, India.• Executed spinout after Microsoft’s SMB strategy changed.
  • Mileiq - Mileage Tracking The Way You Need It To Work
    Cto
    Mileiq - Mileage Tracking The Way You Need It To Work Jan 2015 - Nov 2015
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    One of the highest grossing finance apps in iOS and Android app stores. Hands on CTO for MileIQ driving technical and helping to drive product directions for innovative revenue generating automatic mileage tracking application.• Increased backend scale from 100K’s drives per day to over 5M drives per day.• Staff engineering team.• Managed technical aspects of company acquisition by Microsoft.
  • Alminder
    Ceo & Founder
    Alminder Apr 2012 - Dec 2014
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    Founder and CEO of Mynd Smart Calendar, an award winning intelligent calendaring app. Acquired by MileIQ.• Raised $2M Angel round from angels and VC• Grew to over 100K MAU with scrappy marketing and viral capabilities.• Developed backend including all intelligent location-based algorithms.
  • Tugboat Ventures
    Entrepreneur-In-Residence
    Tugboat Ventures Mar 2011 - Apr 2012
    Sun Valley, Id, Us
  • Motorola Mobility
    Vice President Mobile Cloud Services
    Motorola Mobility Jan 2007 - Mar 2011
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    • Built and managed Motorola's mobile cloud services team. This team is responsible for all service-backed functionality for Android-based phones and tablets. • Build team from 3 to 300 in 3 years, combination of internal staffing and external hiring• Distributed team including sites in Chicago, Beijing, London, Munich and India• Built out co-located data centers in North America (4) and Beijing (1)• Big Data systems ingesting multiple 100's of GB of data daily• Grew MOTOBlur subscriber base from start to over 7M subscribers in one year in over 100 wireless carriers• Managed capital budget of $50M• Maintained relationships with major wireless carriers throughout the world• Defined and promoted future technology directions targeted at maintaining lasting differentiation• Assisted M&A team in technical due diligence resulting in several acquisitions
  • Motorola / Good Technology
    Engineering Director
    Motorola / Good Technology Jan 2004 - Jan 2007
    Manage several development and QA teams responsible for the service aspects of Good's enterprise mobile messaging product. Developed as custom C++ servers running on Sun hardware this system supported over 400,000 active subscribers with very high up-time and low cost. During my tenure major improvements were made in the areas of reliability, scalability and cost per subscriber. Manage the technical relationship with several wireless operators including Verizon, AT&T/Cingular, Sprint and other international carriers. Assisted, in a technical role, in securing reseller agreements with these carriers.The teams also include engineers working on Windows Mobile, PalmOS and Symbian Smartphones.Proposed and then helped secure internal funding for wireless VPN product based on our transport technology. Hired manager for the development team and am currently seeing the project through its development phase. Upon completion it will become a cornerstone to Good's enterprise product story.Motorola acquired Good Technology in Dec 2007.
  • Good Technology
    Manager Server Software Engineering
    Good Technology Jan 2002 - Dec 2003
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Managed the team of engineers producing server software installed at Good Technology customer sites. The primary server product is a Microsoft Exchange synchronization engine for Good's GoodLink enterprise wireless messaging service. Led the product through major robustness and scalability improvements. Currently deployed at over 10,000 customer sites including such Fortune 1000 companies as Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Cingular/AT&T, GE, and Citigroup.GoodLink Server developed in C++ using Netscape's portability layer (NSPR) on Windows Server platforms.
  • Fusionone Inc
    Director Of Engineering
    Fusionone Inc May 2001 - Dec 2001
    Managed a team of 14 senior engineers to architect and develop the core synchronization engine and supporting infrastructure for fusionOne's carrier-class sync solution. This is a distributed multi-point sync solution that is one of the few in the industry capable of scaling to millions of users. It can keep contacts, calendar, tasks, email, and files synchronized between PCs, PDAs, wireless phones, and web-based PIMs.
  • Levient Corp
    Vice President Of Engineering
    Levient Corp Sep 2000 - May 2001
    Developed state-of-the-art technology allowing mobile access to enterprise applications such as messaging, CRM, ERP, and EIP. LEVIENT's servers are the bridge between web enabled mobile devices such as WAP phones, wireless PDAs, and laptops. Responsible for much of the high and low-level design of the system. Led team of 7 software engineers and 2 QA engineers. Used Windows 2000, C++, MFC, SQL Server, Microsoft Exchange 5.5/2000, Siebel, TCP/IP sockets, HTML, HDML, WML, XML, XSLT, and some Java. Company acquired by fusionOne.
  • Efax.Com
    Director Of Online Engineering
    Efax.Com Jan 1999 - Dec 1999
    Took responsibility for managing Internet development tasks for eFax's Unified Messaging service. Directly managed development team of 6 engineers and coordinated development and QA with teams in three other locations. Responsible for technical requirements, specification and implementation for eFax's strategic partnerships. Projects included: complete web site redesign, co-branded site design, design and implementation of programmatic interface to eFax's service.
  • Efax.Com
    Director Of Software
    Efax.Com Jan 1998 - Jan 1999
    eFax.com (then JetFax, Inc) acquired DocuMagix in December 1997. Continued to be responsible for the design and development of the PaperMaster product line. Was instrumental in securing two OEM bundling deals with Hewlett-Packard worth several million dollars. PaperMaster 98 and a follow-on product, FilingCentral 1.0, were bundled with HP's CD-Writer products in North America, Europe, and Asia.
  • Documagix, Inc
    Vice President Of Engineering
    Documagix, Inc Jun 1997 - Jan 1998
    Acted as overall technical manager of software development and other technical projects undertaken by DocuMagix. Responsibilities included managing 6 software engineers, 5 quality assurance engineers, and 2 customer support technicians. Projects included PaperMaster Live 3.0 and derivatives for various OEM customers. Also directed design and customer research for future DocuMagix products and product directions.
  • Documagix, Inc
    Senior Software Engineer
    Documagix, Inc Feb 1994 - Jun 1997
    Core member of small engineering team responsible for design and development of all DocuMagix software products. Used the latest development tools from Microsoft and other companies to produce best-of-class Windows products. Became Project Lead for PaperMaster Live 3.0. In addition to design and development work for PaperMaster Live 3.0, was responsible for project scheduling, resource management, and managing 4 fulltime and contract engineers.
  • Caere Corporation
    Senior Software Engineer
    Caere Corporation Jan 1990 - Feb 1994
    Us
    Member of the team that designed and developed several retail Windows applications including: OmniPage Professional 1.0, 2.0, 5.0, OmniPage Direct 1.0, and FaxMaster 1.0. OmniPage Professional 5.0 outsold all other Windows based OCR products. Lead engineer for Direct, FaxMaster, and OmniPage Professional 5.0; was responsible for coordinating the efforts of several other engineers and contractors.

Max Wheeler Skills

Mobile Devices Cloud Computing Mobile Applications Enterprise Software Software Development Mobile Technology Wireless Product Management Strategic Partnerships Scalability Saas Start Ups Software Engineering Management Linux Tcp/ip Distributed Systems Storage C++ Mysql Go To Market Strategy Data Center Software Design Android Security Software Project Management Scrum Web Development High Availability Mobile Internet High Performance Computing Oracle Sql Venture Capital

Max Wheeler Education Details

  • University Of California, Davis
    University Of California, Davis
    Computer Science; Mathematics

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