Author

Max Druz

Chief Operating Officer

  • Operations Leadership
  • P&L Management
  • Product Lifecycle
  • Process Design
  • AI-Native Operations

Bio

Maksym is one of the few operations leaders who has personally done nearly every job he now oversees. Across 15+ years he rose through the full stack of software delivery — QA → Business Analysis → Product → COO — building QA, BA, Design, and engineering functions from scratch at Netcracker Technology (including roles across the US and Canada), Luxoft/DXC, and Softermii, in domains from telecom and fintech to healthcare and media. That complete view of how software actually gets built is exactly what lets him re-engineer it.

Today he leads 100+ engineers and owns Softermii's operations, P&L, and strategy. His core competencies:

product-lifecycle ownership, P&L and global team leadership, process design from zero, and delivery planning, estimation, and risk management — now focused on his signature work: AI-native, agent-orchestrated operating systems for software companies.

That focus is backed by production systems, not slides. Maksym architected and runs Softermii's APEX pipeline — an AI-powered engineering system that ships production-ready platforms in days at a multiple of traditional velocity, with automated quality gates and full review-and-merge cycles. He has extended the same model to operations and presale, compressing work that once took weeks into hours. His standing principle says it best: everything Softermii promises with APEX, he built, runs, and stands behind personally.

Credentials

  • 15+ years across QA, BA, Product & operations
  • Leads 100+ engineers and owns Softermii's operations, P&L and strategy
  • Architect of Softermii's APEX delivery pipeline

Articles by Max Druz

  • EU AI Act Compliance Guide: What Insurance, Fintech, and Healthcare Companies Must Do Before August 2026
    Artificial Intelligence

    EU AI Act Compliance Guide: What Insurance, Fintech, and Healthcare Companies Must Do Before August 2026

    17 min read
    Max DruzAvg 0 / 5
  • Why Most AI Agent Projects Fail (And How to Be the Exception)
    Artificial Intelligence

    Why Most AI Agent Projects Fail (And How to Be the Exception)

    Over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027 (Gartner). Here are the 7 failure patterns we see repeatedly — and a practical framework to prevent every one of them.

    19 min read
    Max DruzAvg 5 / 5
  • How to Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
    For Startups

    How to Conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

    Reasons to execute user acceptance testing. A step-by-step guide on how to conduct UAT testing + test scenario, test plan, and reports templates.

    14 min read
    Max DruzAvg 4.6 / 5
  • Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC): All You Should Know
    For Startups

    Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC): All You Should Know

    This article explains the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), its six phases, and how implementing this approach can help in product development.

    12 min read
    Max DruzAvg 4.5 / 5