Hello, I’m Max
By day, I’m a Program Manager at Qnity. By night, I’m the person who friends text when their applications keep disappearing. A few late night rewrites turned into interviews and offers from Apple, McKinsey, Leidos, and more. Along the way, those same late night rewrites and advising sessions became Cutthroat.
my short hair era
12+
Top companies where clients landed interviews & offers
7-Figure
ROI delivered through engineering projects
Summa Cum Laude
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Why I started Cutthroat
I’ve spent my career in engineering and operations — at W. L. Gore, DuPont, Siemens Healthineers, and now Qnity — learning how leaders actually evaluate people.
I kept watching great candidates get filtered out by resumes that undersold them. So I started fixing them.
Cutthroat is that work done properly: ATS-optimized resumes, career strategy, and honest guidance from someone who’s been through it.
Experience
Aug 2026 – Present
Founder & Principal Career Consultant
Cutthroat Career Consulting
Resume optimization, career strategy, and professional development for internships and full-time roles.
Jun 2026 – Present
Program Manager
Qnity · Newark, DE
Bridging technical and business objectives to drive strategic initiatives across cross-functional teams.
Mar 2025 – May 2026
Reliability Engineer
Qnity · Newark, DE
Built a 3-year reliability roadmap, 250+ SAP maintenance plans, and capital projects delivering seven-figure ROI.
Jun – Aug 2024
Continuous Improvement Engineer
Siemens Healthineers · Glasgow, DE
Cut report generation time by 99.93% with an automation tool and built a predictive staffing dashboard.
May – Aug 2023
New Process Development Engineer
W. L. Gore & Associates · Elkton, MD
Improved operator precision by over 75% across the STA-PURE® Pump Tubing business.
Jan – May 2023
Project Engineer
DuPont · Newark, DE
Delivered a $500K yield improvement and doubled part output per hour on two commissioned machines.
May – Aug 2022
Robotic Systems Development Engineer
University of Delaware · Lewes, DE
Designed 3D CAD enclosures for autonomous surface vessels alongside Ocean Infinity.
Clients have landed at
Apple
Chick-fil-A
Deloitte
McKinsey
JPMorganChase
Jane Street
Bridgewater Associates
W. L. Gore
DuPont
Qnity
Siemens Healthineers
Leidos
Get to know me
Alma mater
RPI, Summa Cum Laude
Degree
Industrial & Management Engineering
Honor society
Tau Beta Pi, Community Service Chair
Honors
Rensselaer Medalist
Former side gig
Bicycle mechanic
Leadership style
Servant leadership
How I work
Honest
No vague advice. You get a clear assessment of what’s helping and what’s hurting your chances.
Specific
Every change ties back to the role you’re targeting: keywords, positioning, and measurable impact.
Human
A real person reviews your resume and works with you until it tells your story well.
Let’s get you hired.