Max Loewenthal

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About Max Loewenthal

Expert software development professional with a focus on delivering results. Skilled organizer, able to shape complex, dynamic software development efforts. In a "player-coach" role actively motivating teams towards attaining collective goals. Empowers people through sharing knowledge, guiding development teams to the next level. Facilitator of effective communication between business and IT.Specialties:• Managing software development, including project management, product management, functional design, architectural design, implementation, quality assurance and delivery. I can streamline existing operations or work from scratch.• Complex, challenging projects: I prefer to work in situations with tighter rather than looser deadlines, which involve problems without ready-made solutions. I reach my full potential in dynamic environments.• Team building, empowerment: I lead by example and directly coach and motivate co-workers.• Interfacing between IT and business: by having a thorough understanding of both worlds, I can translate considerations, balance concerns and mediate between business objectives and technological possibilities.• Software development focused on concurrency, performance and reliability: these are generally the hardest to get right.• Algorithms, Mathematics: I finished 3rd at the ACM Collegiate programming contest world finals in 1994 and 3rd at the Dutch-Flemish university mathematics competition in 1995.• Adapting myself to new environments and acquiring additional skils.