Maximilian Odendahl
Senior Director, Adaptive Computing Tools @AMD
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director, Adaptive Computing Tools @AMD
Leading the Adaptive Computing Tools group at AMD. Focused on building disruptive compiler-based AI developer tools for customers targeting embedded and client devices.
EDUCATION
RWTH Aachen University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Engineering
RWTH Aachen University
Dipl.-Ing., Computer Engineering
University of Technology, Sydney
Computer Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT MAXIMILIAN ODENDAHL
Maximilian is an experienced tech executive on a mission to democratize accelerated computing, enabling intelligent electronic products of the future. He is currently serving as a Senior Director at AMD, the leader in high performance and adaptive computing, building AI compilers and other disruptive developer tools for customers targeting FPGAs, AI Engines and future heterogeneous computing platforms. He was the Co-founder and CEO of Silexica leading a stellar team from the spin-off from RWTH Aachen in 2014 until the acquisition by Xilinx in 2021. It served innovative companies in the automotive, robotics, wireless communications, aerospace, and financial industries and had raised $28m from leading international VCs. He turned founder to business angel to pass on his learned lessons to the next-generation of founders. He invests in disruptive, deep-tech companies with passionate founders in the domains of ML/AI, infrastructure and developers tools with the goal of making the world more prosperous, sustainable, and resilient. Max received a Computer Engineering diploma from RWTH Aachen University in 2010 and was formerly the Chief Engineer of the Chair for Software for Systems on Silicon leading 15 research assistants. His academic research has been published in over 20 publications in international computing conferences and journals. Before switching to management, he was an active open source contributor in large projects such as Symbian and OpenOffice, where he won the Gold Community Innovation award. He was selected as Germany\'s Top 40 under 40 in 2019.
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