Max is an entrepreneur by day, and an engineer and finance enthusiast by night. At Pantas, Max focuses on understanding and solving users’ pain points by working on product development and ensuring the company stays on track.
In January 2017, Max founded Pyxis, an alternative data analytics startup based in New York City. The company leveraged one of the world’s widest arrays of consumer data sets. Max led and executed analytics across hundreds of product segments and thousands of merchants, supporting private equity and venture capital due diligence, corporate strategy, and product development initiatives. Pyxis was acquired by Bain & Company in December 2019, and Max continued to run Pyxis within Bain before founding Pantas.
Before Pyxis, Max was a portfolio manager at Fore Research & Management, a New York City-based hedge fund, where he focused on fixed income and special situation investments. He began his career at HSBC Securities in New York as an investment banker in the leveraged finance group.
Born in a small town in Perlis, Max spent his formative years in Alor Setar, Malaysia, before heading to Northwestern University in Illinois to study engineering and economics. He is an avid traveler, chef, foodie, and runner. When not working on Pantas, hosting friends for dinner, or out running, Max enjoys exploring the world in search of delicious food.
