Summary
Max Tsai is a senior enterprise technology leader with 10+ years of experience driving AI-enabled digital transformation and platform modernization in complex, regulated institutions. As Senior Director of Planning & Digital Transformation at Fresno State, he translates strategy into production-ready AI operating models, multi-cloud architectures, and agentic automation that have delivered measurable cost and efficiency gains. He chairs multiple governance bodies—AI Services, Change Control, Accessibility and Campus Applications Architecture—ensuring responsible, secure, and inclusive deployment of emerging technologies. Max blends hands-on architecture and product lifecycle leadership with workforce development, founding a student innovation incubator and an applied AI internship program that mentor future technologists. Notably, he architected an Automated University framework and the Bulldog Genie student-success agents, reducing manual workloads up to 80% while embedding privacy and risk controls by design. Based in Clovis, CA, he combines academic teaching and industry partnerships (including AWS Education Champion) to accelerate practical, scalable AI adoption across the enterprise.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at Californis State Unviersity, Fresno
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science at Californis State University, Fresno
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services at Austin Community College
English, Chinese, Japanese