About

Max Ramseyer, founder of MindLevel.

Executive coach, cognitive scientist and developmental psychologist, and applied AI engineer.

Max Ramseyer
Practice

I founded MindLevel to bring research-grade developmental insight—long confined to academic and graduate-program settings—into the hands of senior executives, founders, and leadership teams who need to know exactly what is blocking their leadership ceiling, and exactly what the path forward looks like.

The practice combines three things that rarely sit together: the adult developmental science, executive-grade discipline and pace, and a pipeline of applied AI infrastructure that makes large-cohort delivery possible without sacrificing fidelity.

Credentials
Harvard University Graduate School of Education · 2020–Present

Teaching Fellow, Harvard University.

Co-teaches graduate-level coursework on Robert Kegan’s Constructive-Developmental Theory, guiding advanced study of adult development and the Subject–Object Interview tradition. Also co-teaches the Helping Others Make Transformative Change module on Immunity to Change, coaching senior professionals through developmental work and preparing them to coach transformational change in others.

Minds at Work · Dr. Robert Kegan’s institute

Certified Expert Adult Developmental Interviewer & Reliable Scorer.

One of a small number of practitioners credentialed by the Kegan institute through the full reliable-scoring certification track on the Subject–Object Interview.

MIT Sloan × Harvard Medical School

Reliable scorer, inaugural adult developmental growth study.

Selected by Minds at Work as a reliable scorer on the inaugural MIT Sloan × Harvard Medical School joint study of adult developmental growth—a benchmark research effort for the field.

Field experience

100+ executive developmental assessments.

Delivered across sectors with sub-stage precision—the micro-shifts that distinguish a developing leader from a stalled one.

Tufts University · Department of Psychology

PhD Candidate, Cognitive Science.

Doctoral research on adult development, memory, and linguistic analysis—applying computational methods to the measurement of how meaning-making evolves under conditions of complexity.

Ventures

Customize AI.

Applied AI consultancy building custom developmental, analytical, and operational tooling for clients across psychology, sport, and executive coaching.

FlexNIL.

An NIL evaluation and development platform for college athletes and the people who recruit them. Pipeline produces research-grade individual development reports that pair developmental measurement with market positioning.

Begin the engagement

Inquire About Working Together

A short working conversation to clarify the leadership moment, determine fit, and outline the best path forward—for an individual executive, a leadership cohort, or an executive coaching partner.