In action
Taking the idea beyond the app.
From podcast conversations to campus outreach, sharing the mission has been part of building the product.
Student founder · Massachusetts · Class of 2027
I learn by building.
I co-founded FoodXChange, a free app that helps neighbors share surplus food instead of throwing it away. I also work in business development and AI at Revinova, learning how new technology earns a place in clinical research.
Co-founder, FoodXChangeLive on the App Store
- Co-founderFoodXChange
- Liveon the App Store
- BD & AIat Revinova
- PresidentStudent Government
The thread through my work
I'd rather test an idea in the world than leave it on a whiteboard. Building means listening, trying, learning what breaks, and going again.
01 · Venture · Co-founder
Ending food waste, one exchange at a time.
FoodXChange started as a question about food waste. It became an app where people post the food they can't finish and neighbors find it on a live map, always free.
Co-founding it has meant working through product decisions, outreach, and the hard parts of launching a two-sided marketplace.
- Share in seconds. Post surplus food with a photo and a pickup window.
- Discover nearby. Browse a live map of free food from neighbors.
- Reserve and pick up. Claim items with a pickup code and message the sharer.
Traction
Early traction from our first pilot.
- 50+accounts created
- 50+food posts
- 25+completed exchanges
- BUfirst university pilot launched at Boston University
More campus pilots in progress.
My role
Co-Founder
The main lesson
Free food wasn't the hard part.
- 01
Where we started. We focused on attracting people with free food.
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What we realized. FoodXChange is a two-sided marketplace. Without people posting food, there is nothing to find.
- 03
What we changed. We shifted our focus to motivating people to post food and building trust between both sides.
02 · Role · Business Development & AI
Revinova
Learning how new technology earns a place in a complex industry.
Revinova brings AI solutions to clinical research. On the business development team, I work directly with the outreach pipeline, from finding the right prospects to the first conversation.
3,000+outreach emails and calls
What I do
- Prospect research
- Cold calling
- Personalized outreach
- CRM workflows
What I've learned
- How to communicate AI solutions to clinical trial professionals
- How to handle rejection and improve messaging from real conversations
03 · Experience
The work so far.
Each role has changed how I think about people, products, and the work between a first idea and a real result.
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2025 to present
Co-Founder
FoodXChange
Turning a food waste problem into a live product, then learning from outreach and early experiments.
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2026 to present
Business Development & AI
Revinova
3,000+ outreach emails and calls, prospect research, personalized outreach, and CRM workflows for AI solutions in clinical research.
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Elected 2024
Student Government President
Star Academy
Elected by fellow students after a school assembly with candidate debates and questions. Read the announcement ↗
- Raised $5,000+
- Helped make Student Government more independent
- Organized and executed student events
- Created funding and resources for future Student Government leadership
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Ongoing
Co-Founder & Club Leader
Model UN Club, Star Academy
Co-founded and helped lead Star Academy's Model UN Club, running meetings, preparing delegates for conferences, and teaching research, debate, and procedure.
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2025 and 2026
AP Scholar with Distinction
College Board
Awarded twice. Six 5s and one 4 on AP Exams. See scores ↓
04 · Beyond the startups · Co-Founder & Club Leader
Learning to listen. Learning to lead.
I co-founded and help lead Star Academy's Model UN Club, running meetings, preparing delegates for conferences, and teaching research, debate, and procedure.
05 · Honors & academics
AP Scholar with Distinction.
Awarded by the College Board in 2025 and again in 2026, for an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on five or more exams.
- Awarded
- July 2025 and June 2026
- From
- College Board
- Certificates
- View both (PDF) ↗
AP Exam scores
| AP European History | 5 |
|---|---|
| AP Psychology | 5 |
| AP English Language & Composition | 5 |
| AP Environmental Science | 5 |
| AP Microeconomics | 5 |
| AP World History: Modern | 5 |
| AP Statistics | 4 |
GPA 4.00 at Star Academy Boston. Also completed AP Precalculus and College Chemistry (A).
06 · About me
Curiosity is a good place to start. Action takes it further.
I'm Max, a high school student from Massachusetts interested in entrepreneurship, technology, finance, and the way useful products get built. I understand an idea best when I'm working on it with other people.
FoodXChange taught me to start, test, and adapt. Revinova showed me how much there is to learn from a difficult industry and the people inside it. Model UN helped me listen and communicate across different perspectives.
I'm looking for more rooms where ambitious people challenge one another to make things real.
- Graduating
- High school, 2027
- Based in
- Massachusetts
- Interests
- Entrepreneurship, technology, finance
- Honors
- AP Scholar with Distinction, 2025 and 2026
What's next
Let's build something worth caring about.
Always open to meeting people building interesting things.