My name is Michael Maximilien (aka max or dr.max), and I am an IBM Distinguished Engineer. I am the leader for IBM’s OSS team contributing to all things Serverless. I have worked at various divisions of IBM.
At IBM Research Triangle Park, I was a principal engineer for the worldwide point-of-sale standard: JavaPOS. At IBM Research, I was a research scientist and did pioneering work on cloud computing and PaaS. I joined the IBM Cloud Labs in 2014 as Chief Architect for Cloud Innovations, leading the Cloud Foundry OSS. Currently I lead IBM’s OSS Knative team, after pioneering its CLI.
My main expertise are in software engineering and distributed systems. I have published 70+ refereed papers with citations of 5000+ on GoogleScholar and I hold 20 issued patents. I am an avid amateur triathlete; bragging rights: 10 half Ironman, one full Ironman, and 20+ marathons.