Hi, I'm Max Ibel - Nerd at large
I'm a technologist and investor passionate about building and scaling innovative products. I thrive on identifying emerging trends, translating complex technical challenges into successful business outcomes, and empowering teams to foster groundbreaking solutions.
At a glance
Curated signals on strengths, focus areas, and how they can help.
Directed software engineering at Google, driving significant advancements in core product development.
Serves as a Partner at Amino Capital, focusing on early-stage technology investments and strategic guidance.
Can help others by offering strategic guidance to early-stage tech companies and mentoring on venture capital.
🚀 Career trajectory
Search Infrastructure Engineering at Google; Lead Identity team.
✦ Software Engineering
✦ Team Leadership
✦ Distributed Systems
✦ Search
✦ Identity
✦ Privacy
✦ Security
Investment Partner at Amino Capital
Transitioned to venture capital, focusing on identifying and supporting early-stage technology companies.
✦ Venture Capital
✦ Early-Stage
✦ Technology
Strategic Advisor & Board Member
Currently serving on boards, providing strategic oversight and leveraging deep tech and investment experience.
✦ Board Governance
✦ Startup Growth
✦ BrainKey
💪🏻 Superpowers
Boring Engineering Projects that were impactful at the time.
✦ Distributed Crawl and Index for Google
✦ Large Scale Backups
✦ Google Shopping Search
✦ Google Book Search
✦ Suggestion boxes in Gmail and Google Drive
✦ Google Search Appliance
✦ accounts.google.com
I can help with
✦ Share insights on scaling engineering teams and product development (say up to 500)
✦ Provide mentorship on navigating the venture capital landscape.
✦ Offer consulting and strategic guidance to early stage tech companies
I would love your help on
✦ Insights into novel technological advancements and trends.
✦ Connections with experts in specialized AI sub-domains.