Maxx is currently the production manager for Oasis, San Francisco’s premiere drag nightclub and a freelance designer and producer. With Rose Oser, they make Tinder Disrupt happen in both San Francisco and New York, and work on a variety of entertainment projects.
Maxx was most recently the Senior Lighting Engineer for Advanced Systems Group at Google, managing lighting technology and design for their multiple onsite event venues. They continue to work for ASG as a lighting designer and consultant for events, projects, and installations.
Maxx was the resident lighting designer at San Francisco's Custom Made Theatre Co. between 2012 and 2019, working on almost every show the company produced in that time. With Custom Made they designed lighting for 30+ shows, including two new works with subsequent off-Broadway premieres. They had the opportunity to work with the company as production manager and director of production.
Maxx is one of the founding members of FaultLine Theater, the Bay Area's premiere producer of new plays. Maxx has lead the production of more than 25 world premiere plays and musicals. They stepped down as the Managing Director in 2020 after 9 years running the company. www.faultlinetheater.com
Outside of these key organizations, Maxx has had the privilege to work with many companies in the bay area including Aurora Theatre, 42nd St. Moon, Dark Porch Theater, Musical Theatreworks, ACT's MFA program, Indra's Net, New Conservatory Theater, Multi-Ethnic Theater, Pear Ave. Theater, Northside Theater, Pacific Coast Rep, Porchlight Theater, Ross Valley Players, Waterfront Conservatory, Children's Musical Theater of San Jose, Ohana Arts, and more.
In dance, Maxx has been the resident Lighting Director for Oakland Ballet since 2015. They have designed for Tim Rubel Human Shakes (USA) and Animi Motus (DE), together and independently, providing lighting and video designs for shows in San Francisco and Berlin.
Offstage Maxx has designed hundreds of weddings, events, galas, and corporate events with some of the most notable event producers in the bay area, including Cole Drake Events, Christina Milikin, Bloomster's, Simone Lennon, and many more. They have designed and produced events for brands including Google, Cisco-Meraki, Okta, Github and CloudFlare. In 2015 Maxx originated the CloudFlare Internet Summit with McClain Events and has been designing and producing it since.
Maxx has won multiple awards from the SF Bay Area Critics Circle for his lighting and video design as well as many more nominations from the SFBATCC and from Theater Bay Area.