Maxim Konovalov

Maxim Konovalov is an experienced technology executive with a diverse background in engineering and leadership roles across various companies. Currently a Committer at The FreeBSD Project since February 2002, Maxim has held significant positions including Technical Fellow and CTO for Nginx at F5 from May 2019 to May 2024, and co-founded NGINX, Inc. where contributions spanned from June 2011 to May 2019 as VP of Engineering and member of the Board of Directors. Previous roles include CTO at Rambler Internet Holding and COMSTAR-Direct, as well as CIO at COMSTAR-Direct, and CTO at SST Ltd. Maxim's early career featured positions such as NOC System Engineer at Macomnet and Unix System Administrator at RosBusinessConsulting. Maxim holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Systems from Tomsk State University and an MBA from the University of Antwerp.