Michael Bernstein
Co-Founder And Principal at Reify
Takoma Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Bernstein is a seasoned product marketing and technical leader with 18 years of experience, currently co-founder and principal at Reify where he helps companies craft messaging, pricing, and go-to-market strategies that drive measurable revenue. He combines hands-on developer sensibilities—evidenced by open-source contributions to a universal code-quality CLI—with a deep understanding of developer-facing product marketing from his time as Code Climate’s first non-founder employee. Michael has a track record of scaling early-stage companies and mentoring founders on developer marketing at Heavybit, blending creative design training (M.A. in Design & Technology) with practical growth execution. Based in Takoma Park, MD, he bridges technical and marketing teams to launch products and stories that resonate with customers and stakeholders. Notably, he pairs pragmatic engineering fixes and tooling improvements with strategic positioning work, making Reify both a technical and marketing partner for clients.
18 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Philosophy and Studio Art, Bachelor’s Degree Philosophy and Studio Art at New York UniversityMaster of Arts (M.A.) Design and Technology, Master of Arts (M.A.) Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design - The New SchoolOceanside High School
Stackoverflow
726reputation
23kreached
10answers
0questions
rspec
top-5%
Github Skills (15)
html10
code-analysis10
formatter10
formatters10
software-quality10
ruby10
testing9
linter9
rspec9
static-analysis8
tshark6
formtastic6
wireshark6
proc6
ruby-on-rails6
Programming languages (21)
Github contributions (5)
qltysh/qlty
Jun 2015 - Sep 2016
Universal code quality CLI: Linting, formatting, security scanning, and metrics
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:1 release, 29 commits, 25 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the project by enhancing the code quality CLI. They added features such as a development mode flag and HTML formatter. Furthermore, the user addressed existing issues, made minor changes in the test file, and updated the spec helper file for the Ruby test reporter. These changes improved the tool's functionality, formatting options, and testing capabilities.
climateclimate-clicodeclimatedockerstatic-code-analysis
mrb/partytime
Feb 2015 - Apr 2021
A public party
Contributions:2 PRs, 1 push, 2 branches in 6 years 2 months
party
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