Maik Schroeder is a seasoned product and technology leader with over 20 years in digital and SaaS businesses, currently directing product strategy and PLG for IBM Instana Observability. He combines executive P&L and go-to-market experience from startup scaling through a successful exit to IBM with deep operational leadership at large enterprises such as METRO AG and codecentric. Maik is fluent in translating data and analytics into pricing, packaging, and outcome-oriented product roadmaps while coaching a global team of product managers to deliver double-digit growth. Beyond executive strategy, he retains hands-on engineering instincts—evidenced by contributions to ANTLR grammars on GitHub—bringing a rare blend of technical craft and commercial rigor. Educated at Ruhr University Bochum and Harvard Business School’s DIS program, he is based in Düsseldorf and known for building the structures and processes that scale high-growth SaaS businesses.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur (German High School Degree with the ability for University enrolment) Mathematics Physics Social Science, Abitur (German High School Degree with the ability for University enrolment) Mathematics Physics Social Science at Albert Martmoeller Gymnasium (High School)
Diplom Ökonom (Dipl. Oec) Management and Economics, Diplom Ökonom (Dipl. Oec) Management and Economics at Ruhr University Bochum
Delivering Information Services (DIS), Delivering Information Services (DIS) at Harvard Business School
Grammars written for ANTLR v4; expectation that the grammars are free of actions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:36 commits, 5 PRs in 1 month
Contributions summary:Maik appears to be developing a grammar for a specific domain, likely related to data modeling based on the project description and topics. The commits primarily involve defining lexer and parser rules using ANTLR v4, creating the initial grammar structure, and iteratively extending it with keywords, primitive types, literals, operators, and annotations. The user refined the grammar over multiple commits, adding features like range validation, regular expressions, and ISO date literals.
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Maik Schroeder - Director Product IBM INSTANA Observability