Credential
Claude Certified Architect - Foundations
Anthropic's foundations-level architect certification, proctored through Pearson VUE. Covers Claude Code, the Agent SDK, the API, and MCP. I earned it in 2026.
About
I'm an engineer at CarbonWeb, a monday.com Platinum Partner, based in Chicago. I started there as a web developer in 2018, spent 2021-2022 at Micro1 as a project manager, and came back in 2022 as a Senior Solutions Architect.
I brought monday.com into CarbonWeb and helped build the practice: delivery process, solution architecture, and training for new hires. The team went from about 5 people to about 80. I still do hands-on work on client builds.
B.S. in Computer Science Engineering from Ohio State (2023). In 2026 I earned Claude Certified Architect - Foundations from Anthropic and launched Vin & Miles, an iOS app for car salespeople.
Now
Building CarbonWeb.
I work with Mitch and Jack on how the company grows. They founded it and still operate it. We're in contact every day.
carbonweb.coTimeline
2026
Product
Vin & Miles
An iOS app for car salespeople. It finds VIN plates, odometer photos, and dealership stock numbers with on-device OCR. Nothing is uploaded. You review each result before anything is deleted. Similar problem space to the Honda capstone. Available on the App Store.
2023
Education
The Ohio State University
Graduated in 2023.
Capstone
Honda Manufacturing of North America
Senior capstone: a computer vision and OCR tool for Honda's plant floor, built before GPT-class models. Honda still uses it. It saves their engineers thousands of hours per year.
2022
Work
CarbonWeb and monday.com
I brought monday.com into CarbonWeb when we were a small shop, then helped grow the partner practice: delivery process, architecture, hiring, and integrations. CarbonWeb is a monday.com Platinum Partner. The team went from about 5 people to about 80.
- ~80
- people, from ~5
- Platinum
- monday.com partner
2021
Consulting
Micro1 and FileVine
Project management at Micro1, including partnership consulting for FileVine, while CarbonWeb was shifting toward monday.com.
2018
Co-founder
Recharge Rally
Co-founder of Recharge Automotive LLC and the Recharge Rally, an adventure driving event that still runs. I also started at CarbonWeb that year as a web developer.
Outside of work
Travel, skiing, and photography.
Travel
I've lived in Cleveland, Columbus, Seattle, and Chicago. A lot of time in Europe, and in Mexico on both coasts and in Mexico City, including a World Cup match there in 2026. Ski trips are a big part of it, and a lot of the photos come from those trips.
Skiing
Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass, and Whistler. I moved to Seattle for a year to ski.
Photography
Street, landscape, mountains, and cars. Public photos are on Unsplash.
unsplash.com/@maxbrinton
Contact
Email or LinkedIn. CarbonWeb and Vin & Miles are linked below.
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