Before joining Kettle, Max previously worked in the option market making industry, in both a quantitative research and development role, and also worked as a post doctoral fellow for a year in a nuclear sciences research lab. He has a background in physics and engineering and holds a master's degree in theoretical physics from McGill University and a PhD in nuclear engineering from Montreal Polytechnique, both in Montreal, Canada, his hometown. He enjoys coming up with novel and elegant solutions that combine mathematics and computer science to solve challenging problems and, on a different note, watching horror movies, Formula 1 and drinking whiskey!