Max Collier

I’m Max Collier, a software engineer based in Melbourne, Australia. 👋

Originally I’m from Central Otago, New Zealand. Aotearoa has a long history of backing bold ideas, and I believe our next chapter depends on giving the next generation the room, education and resources to build something of their own.

I am currently a volunteer on the web-team at The Opportunity Party as a small way to put my technical skills toward a cause I believe in - that everyone deserves a real chance to make their way in the world. To learn more about the Party, please to look to read up on the Party Policies for what we stand for.

I spend a large chunk of my time learning across a breadth of new technologies. The economic cost of R&D has fundamentally inverted since the advent of AI. What used to take team months may now takes focused builders days. I focus on experimental, exploratory work and techniques of developing and working with AI.

I believe most people are still unaware of the true economics and useful strategies for how to adopt AI tooling best (this includes myself!). Every technological revolution lays the foundations for the next, and I want to be a positive force in shaping what is yet to come. Ideally, as humans we will still be in control of how we choose to adopt this technology.

My skill-set sits at the intersection of applying Data Science, Web Development and Platform Engineering together - using Artificial Intelligence (AI) is only the latest tool in the tool-box for me. My previous career experiences at Bodeker Scientific, TracPlus, Starboard Maritime Intelligence and recently Entain (ANZ), have progressed me with building scalable real-time analyst systems, with a common theme of geospatial remote sensing analysis (GIS-related) under-pinning my experience.

Primarily in our world, I believe we rely on good people, and the decisions they make to affect positive change in society or business. AI is now our best tool for making informed decisions of our own — and that’s where I see the opportunity: more good decisions, made faster, by more people. Let us hope we will use this to our advantage in the 21st century.

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