Max has a background in software and hardware development and worked extensively on research projects on the interoperability of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology.

After obtaining his master's degree in computer science at the University of Luebeck in Germany, he freelanced as a photographer before moving to Singapore in 2013.

From there, working as a research associate for the Felicitous Computing Institute at the National University of Singapore, Max focused on developing advanced frameworks for IoT and his work was published and demonstrated at the IoT Conference 2015 in Seoul after winning "The Best Demo Award".

Subsequently, after meeting his co-founder Sai at Entrepreneur First, they set up SensorFlow with the vision of making smart buildings a reality by leveraging data and AI to make buildings more energy-efficient, productive, and sustainable.