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Max Shaw

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Co-Founder at Windmill
📍 New York, New York, United States

Max Shaw is the Co-Founder of Windmill, where he leads product and engineering for their AI management platform. A Princeton graduate, he previously spent a decade at Yext, rising to SVP of Product and leading a 50-person team. He founded Windmill to solve the administrative pains he experienced, aiming to revolutionize performance reviews with AI.

Based in New York City, Max lives with his wife, Ellie, and their dog, Bleecker. He has described starting a company as a lifelong dream, something his friends noted he talked about for years before he finally made the leap to co-found Windmill.

He personally coded the initial minimum viable product (MVP) for Windmill in late 2023, drawing on his background as a software engineering minor.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York, New York, United States
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AI in Management
He is building Windmill to give managers "AI Superpowers, " aiming to fix broken processes like performance reviews and make management more effective.
The Founder Journey
He describes starting a company as a "lifelong dream" and something he wanted to do for years before leaving his corporate role to launch Windmill.
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Career

Work history

10-2023
Co-Founder
Windmill
12-2020 - 5-2023
SVP Product Management
Yext
4-2022 - 4-2023
SVP Product
Yext
5-2020 - 12-2020
VP Product Management
Yext
6-2011 - 8-2011
Summer Analyst
UBS Investment Bank
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Media appearances

Founding Story: Max | Windmill. Featured in Windmill Blog
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Max Shaw - Author | Windmill. Featured in Windmill Blog
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Education
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Princeton University
2004 - 2008
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New Canaan High School
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