Commure Up Close: Max Turns Clinical Needs Into Deliverables

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Commure Team
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September 5, 2025

Tell us a little bit about yourself—what do you like to do outside of work?


I grew up in Lake Oswego, Oregon, and went to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. I’ve always been someone who likes to stay busy and keep learning. Outside of work, I find myself exploring, whether it's new travel destinations around the world or just hidden gems here in San Francisco.

I love being active and outdoors, hiking mountains, skiing, or surfing. I have many cherished memories of hiking the mountains of San Francisco with my Dad and sister. Post hikes I enjoy eating my mom’s cookies, they’re the best.

I also have a couple of more unique hobbies. I was a Sommelier at a winery I worked at through university, which sparked a real passion for winemaking. I also love bringing people together by hosting social events and have even DJed at a few small, local music festivals.

As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?


I've always wanted to be a scientist. My grandfather was an engineer, and I was fascinated by the idea of inventing and solving frontier problems. As I got older, I realized that what he was teaching was in fact engineering (science applied) and I became drawn to the executional side of things. Not just discovering a principle, but tangibly building with it.

Describe a day in the life of your role.


Every day in Forward Deployed Engineering is different, which is part of what makes it so exciting. We believe that innovation is a contact sport, so my day is built around solving important challenges with our customers and partners.

This might look like meeting with doctors, administrators, or even patients to just listen and deeply understand their workflows and pain points. From there, we translate those human needs into technical deliverables and build those solutions. We’re the bridge between the problem and the technology, making sure what we build has a measurable, meaningful impact.

What made you decide to join Commure?


It's a funny story actually. I was working at a winery and met an investor who was visiting. I was trying to convince them to hire me at their venture capital firm. Instead, they told me about this incredible company called Athelas (now part of Commure) and suggested I look into a role there. That one conversation at a winery led me here, and I’m incredibly grateful it did.

How would you describe the Commure company culture?


I’d describe it with the phrase “long-term games with long-term people.” At its core, Commure is a group of people with a shared vision for the future of healthcare and the drive to build it day in and day out. We focus on a long-term horizon, which allows for compounding relationships and compounding impact on the problems we’re solving.

It's also a "positive-sum" environment where there's always an opportunity to take on new challenges and have real agency over your work. People are encouraged to be proactive and find new ways to contribute.

More than anything, this culture makes the work incredibly rewarding. If you’re going to unravel a problem, why not explore one as universal as healthcare? We have the unique ability to move beyond a linear impact, like a single doctor helping one patient. Instead, we build tools that can scale to improve care for an entire nation and, eventually, the world.

What advice would you give someone on their first day at Commure?


Commure has a culture of action. My advice would be to dive in on day 1, find a problem, big or small, and solve it. That first small win creates a powerful momentum that you can build on. You solve one problem, then move to the next, and the next. If we all keep doing that, we’ll look around one day and realize we’ve transformed the U.S. healthcare system for the better.

What has been your greatest accomplishment so far at Commure?


The entire journey has been an incredible ride, and I’m proud of so many things we’ve accomplished as a team. The work Cem, Umesh, Lauren, and team did rolling out our ambient AI solution for hospitalists with major health systems like HCA and Tenet stands out. Building the Sales Engineering and Forward Deployed Engineering teams from the ground up with Joseph. All of it has been a huge honor.

But the moment that really brought it all home for me was when my uncle was admitted to an HCA hospital that was using our ambient AI product. He called me afterward and was amazed at how present and attentive his doctors were. He had been to the same facility before our launch and said the difference in his experience as a patient was night and day. Hearing that from someone in my own family was the ultimate validation that the work we do here truly matters.


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