iFLY Indoor Skydiving
Max Solodky has extensive work experience in the technology industry. Max currently serves as the VP and Head of Technology at iFLY Indoor Skydiving, where they lead and mentors the internal team and external vendors/partners. Their responsibilities include optimizing current systems, identifying future state systems, and managing initiatives such as AWS cloud migration, SaaS point of sale implementation, and AI enablement.
Prior to their current role, Max founded AppsMax, a company focusing on data and applications via the cloud. Max also co-founded Recruiter Reviews, a platform for reviewing recruiters. Max has experience in the public sector as well, having worked at Texas Health and Human Services as the Director of Strategy and Planning in the CTO Office.
Earlier in their career, Max held positions at iFLY Indoor Skydiving as the Director of Application Systems, where they led the application development, integration, QA, and machine learning teams. Max also worked at Value Global, LLC. as the Managing Principal of Business Development and Engagements, where they expanded services to industries such as retail and software.
Max's other experience includes co-founding GeoActo - Map-Centric Asset Management, serving as the Director of Applications Development at Golfsmith International, and working as the Director of Applications & Product Development at Yardi Systems.
Overall, Max Solodky has a strong background in technology leadership, strategic planning, and business development across various industries.
Max Solodky completed a postgraduate program in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning at The University of Texas at Austin from 2022 to 2023. Before that, they obtained an MBA in Management from Youngstown State University. Max also holds a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics with a minor in Statistics from the same institution. In addition to their formal education, Max has obtained various certifications, including Python 3 Specialization from the University of Michigan, AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials from Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure Cloud Bootcamp and Microsoft Azure Machine Learning (AzureML) from Udemy. Max has also completed ASA 101, 103, 104, and 114 Catamaran Cruising certification from the American Sailing Association. Prior to these certifications, Max completed the Deep Learning Specialization by deeplearning.ai, Machine Learning by Stanford University, and Certified Agile Leadership 1 from Scrum Alliance.
iFLY Indoor Skydiving
iFLY is the world leader in design, manufacturing, sales and operations of wind tunnel systems for indoor skydiving. The company has flown more than 8,000,000 people in a dozen countries and at sea since launching the modern vertical wind tunnel industry in 1998. iFLY has more than 72 facilities operating worldwide with 32 wholly-owned in the US and has significant growth plans across the globe in the next 24 months. Flying friends and families isn’t all we do. We also specialize in Groups, Parties, and Events, as well as STEM Educational Field Trips. CORPORATE EVENTS Teams that fly together, stay together. iFLY has everything your company needs for team bonding activities, off-site conferences and meetings, or other events celebrating business milestones. To learn more, visit our events page: https://www.iflyworld.com/plan-your-event/corporate/ STEM Learning That Blows Kids Away! Our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) program uses our state-of-the-art vertical wind tunnel to inspire and educate students. Trained and reviewed STEM educators will guide your students through an interactive presentation, demos in the wind tunnel and grade-appropriate lab activities. To learn more, visit our STEM page:https://www.iflyworld.com/programs/stem-field-trips/