Max Giammario is an innovative thinker and an entrepreneur who has been a pioneer in engineering solutions that tackle major issues in the world today. With a professional background in consultancy, investment and digital transformation, Max has a strong penchant for branding, having worked with FMV and Caleb & Brown. Born and raised in Australia, Max has always shown natural leadership skills. As a young leader during his university days, Max co-founded a student investment fund assisting the student community in personal finance and investment education. He was also the global head coach to the International consulting program X-Culture. Apart from excelling in his professional life, Max is a dragonboat athlete and believes in leading a healthy lifestyle. His mission is to reduce the level of social isolation and mental health issues prevalent in modern cities through preventative social applications and ardently works towards achieving it. Currently, he is the co-founder of MetaPals, which is bringing back the sense of joy and companionship that we knew as a child into the metaverse through desktop pets that eat, sleep, and play.