MAX ROWE.
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Side Quests.

You found it. The life outside the portfolio: rivers, cliffs, waves, and a few things learned along the way.

Quest complete

Kept learning.

A degree in studio art, executive life coach training, Scrum, building performance, and courses in event management, game production, game design, multi-agent AI and project management.

  • Multi-Agent AI for Game DevelopmentELVTR · with Joshua Burdick · September 2026 · With distinctionVerify
  • Game Design with Unreal Engine 5ELVTR · with Cameron Williams · April 2026 · With distinctionVerify
  • Certified ScrumMasterScrum Alliance · April 2026Verify
  • Game ProductionELVTR · with Bryan Pardilla · April 2026 · With distinctionVerify
  • Google Project Management Professional CertificateGoogle, through Coursera · 2025Verify
  • Building Analyst – TechnicianBuilding Performance Institute (BPI) · 2025Verify
  • Event & Meeting Management FundamentalsPCMA Institute · December 2024 · 9 CMP clock hoursVerify
  • Associate Executive Life CoachCoach Training EDU · ICF-accredited program, 62.5 training hours and 10 mentor hoursVerify
  • BA in Studio ArtUniversity of Colorado Boulder · Emphasis in Drawing and Painting
Quest complete · 2017 · 2021 · 2025

Rafted the Grand Canyon. Three times.

Three separate trips down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

Max smiling on a ledge high above the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon stretching into the distance behind him.
2017: high above the river
A selfie of Max at camp on a sandy beach, loaded rafts lined up along the river behind him.
2021: camp, with the boats lined up behind
A selfie of Max lying back against an orange dry bag on the riverbank, red canyon walls behind.
2025: a break on the riverbank
Quest complete · 2025

Learned to mountain bike.

Caught in the rain, grinning anyway.

A selfie of Max in a bike helmet and blue mirrored sunglasses on a ridge above a green valley, a rainbow behind him and other riders nearby.
Up on the ridge, under a rainbow, 2025
Quest complete · 2024

Built my own raft.

Ready for the river.

A pink and grey raft on a riverbank with a metal rowing frame, pink oars, and wooden deck boards painted with bright pink waves, a mountain scene and a ship's wheel.
The raft I built, June 2024
Quest complete · 2022

Learned to surf.

A long way from the mountains.

Max riding a small wave on a surfboard, seen from above, with open ocean behind.
Catching a wave
Quest complete · 2019

Married Charlotte Lin.

The best quest of all.

Max and Charlotte holding hands in a field of white daisies among aspens; Charlotte in a white lace dress with a flower crown and bouquet, Max in a burgundy velvet jacket.
Max and Charlotte
Quest complete · 2017

Skied off a frozen cliff.

Off a rock band hung with icicles and into deep powder.

Max in a red jacket skiing off a cliff band hung with long icicles, into deep powder below snowy trees.
January 2017