Maik Schroeder
Director Product IBM INSTANA Observability
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolMaik 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
14 years of employment as a software developer
Abitur (German High School Degree with the ability for University enrolment), Mathematics, Abitur (German High School Degree with the ability for University enrolment), Mathematics at Albert Martmoeller Gymnasium (High School)Diplom Ökonom (Dipl. Oec), Management and Economics, Diplom Ökonom (Dipl. Oec), Management and Economics at Ruhr University BochumDelivering Information Services (DIS), Delivering Information Services (DIS) at Harvard Business School
Github Skills (10)
grammar10
grammars10
parser10
parsing10
lex10
lexer10
parse10
antlr10
data-modeling9
regular-expression7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
antlr/grammars-v4
Nov 2018 - Dec 2018
Grammars written for ANTLR v4; expectation that the grammars are free of actions.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions: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.
antlrgrammars
mario-s/witch
Nov 2017 - Apr 2022
A simple side scroller game in Rust
Contributions:14 PRs, 70 pushes, 14 branches in 4 years 5 months
rustscroller
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