Max Bernardy

Founder and Builder

I have started companies, led teams, and shipped software end to end. I am most useful at the point where a product, a team, and a market have to be made to agree with each other.

On the side I build small, finished products on my own — design, code, copy, launch. Two of them are below.

  • Learn Gujarati

    A trainer for the Gujarati alphabet and everyday sentences, with study decks and AI-generated native pronunciation for every letter and phrase.

    learngujarati.app
    Learn Gujarati app showing the full alphabet view with vowel and consonant groups

    Built because the existing apps were either a wall of flashcards or a cartoon. This one is neither.

    Designed, built, and shipped solo.

  • Handled

    Meal planning, grocery lists, and cooking for families. It takes the decide-shop-cook loop off your plate so dinner stops being a daily negotiation.

    usehandled.com
    Handled landing page with the headline Less planning, more together, next to a phone showing tonight’s dinner plan

    Built for my own household first. Still in use there every week.

    Designed, built, and shipped solo.

  • Ults & Uppercuts

    A hero-powered arcade beat ’em up built for the browser, with keyboard and gamepad controls.

    ultsanduppercuts.com
    Ults & Uppercuts game start screen with a Start Run button and arcade-style controls

    A compact action game built around quick runs, expressive abilities, and a small but deliberate control set.

    Built for the browser.

Experience

  1. 2025 — Present

    VP of Product & Engineering · Workmate

    Lead product and engineering for an AI-native team collaboration product.

  2. 2017 — 2025

    Co-Founder & CTO · Titan

    Co-founded and led engineering for a modern investment platform built for individual investors.

  3. 2012 — 2015

    Engineering Manager · AppNexus

    Grew from software engineer to engineering manager, leading teams that built advertising technology at scale.