Summary
Maxwell Folley is a product-focused engineering leader and founder with 11 years of experience building data and AI-first products from early stage startups to R&D teams. As Co-Founder and CTO of Alkemi, he is focused on making high-quality data ingestion trivial for AI developers, turning a common engineering bottleneck into a product advantage. Previously he founded and led Caravel (acquired by Commsor) and served as Head of Product at Commsor, blending hands-on technical ownership with product strategy. His background spans director-level engineering at Wieden+Kennedy’s stealth R&D shop and multiple founding roles, giving him rare fluency across ML, product, and developer experience. Based in Bozeman, Montana, he pairs a Master’s in Computer Science from Georgia Tech with a visual communication undergraduate degree, and he’s known for enjoying conversations about robots as much as scalable systems.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree Computer Science, Master’s Degree Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
BS Visual Communication, BS Visual Communication at Ohio University
English, French