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Max Ma, PhD

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AI Architect at EMPEQ
📍 Redmond, Washington, United States

Max Ma is an AI Architect at EMPEQ with deep expertise in applying machine learning in the healthcare and life science sectors for companies like Johnson & Johnson and Microsoft. He has a 15-year background in enterprise development and holds a PhD from Clarkson University, focusing on ML strategy, MLOps, and team leadership.

He has a strong opinion that "most enterprises are adopting a copy-paste approach to generative AI" and that many leaders are "GenAI in name only. "

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
AI Architect
Job Level
Senior
Location
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Enterprise AI Strategy
He critiques superficial "copy-paste" GenAI adoption and advocates for starting with business problems to build a robust model and data strategy with true ML depth.
AI in Life Sciences
His career is focused on real-world ML for healthcare, including drug discovery, manufacturing, and supply chain, where solution precision is critical.
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Career

Work history

9-2025
AI Architect
EMPEQ
12-2023 - 9-2025
GenAI Architect & Research
Deep Manifold
11-2019 - 11-2023
Principal AI Architect
Johnson & Johnson
7-2016 - 11-2019
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Microsoft
2-2012 - 6-2016
Senior Engineer (Big Data and ML)
Microsoft
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Education
1988 - 1994
MS/Ph.D
Clarkson University
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