Case Studies
SWPA Municipal Project Hub
5,000+ reports- 5,000+ municipal financial reports that used to be scattered across state websites, pulled together automatically.
- A single source of truth replacing dozens of disconnected files.
- Financial trend analyses that directly support local, state, and federal grant applications.
From listening closely to our early ideas to carefully walking us through different ways of realizing our goal, Max has been the missing ingredient our small non-profit team needed to develop a public-facing data visualization tool to serve municipal leaders across the region. He provides a rare combination of insight into nonprofit realities; state-of-the-art technical expertise; a sincere desire to contribute to social good; and clear, transparent communication that has been an incredible asset to our small team. Max has helped us develop the most pragmatic and impactful way of achieving our vision, all while offering clear and generous pricing and workflows that have allowed us to be flexible and creative throughout the development process. We can't recommend him highly enough, and we are excited to continue working with him on more projects!
Sarah SanGiovanni
Director of Community and Systems Research · SWPA Municipal Project Hub
Police Data Accessibility Project
100+ endpoints- Outgrew Airtable — migrated to a cloud database that could scale with the project.
- A complete web application and API with over 100 endpoints, replacing a patchwork of manual processes.
- Automated data pipelines that pull, clean, and deliver police data without human intervention.
Max's spectacular energy and focus were exactly what PDAP needed to turn our big messy ideas into a set of cohesive, functional software products. He is an asset at every stage of the process: designing with curiosity; building with tenacity; taking feedback with grace; refactoring with joy; supporting users with integrity. He was a tremendous asset as a contractor, and surpassed all expectations to earn his spot as our lead engineer.
Josh Chamberlain
Executive Director · Police Data Accessibility Project
Allegheny County Department of Human Services
- Performance monitoring for critical data science processes — so the team knows when something breaks before anyone else does.
- Automated reporting and alerting that replaced manual check-ins.
- Identified database bottlenecks and established query standards that made the whole team faster.
Max worked with DHS's data science team, building new technology to monitor and enhance our advanced data science capabilities. He was thoughtful, helping to build custom solutions to complicated problems. Would recommend working with him.
Pim Welle
Chief Data Scientist, Data Science Team · Allegheny County Department of Human Services