As CEO of Pathfinder Development, Bernhard leads Pathfinder’s management team and provides strategic direction to clients and their projects.
Before founding Pathfinder, Bernhard served as a consultant for clients such as Microsoft, Starbucks, Metropolitan Life Insurance, and the City of Seattle. Prior to this, he founded and served as President of Cobre Software, a developer of multi-dimensional analytical reporting software with customers such as General Motors, General Electric, Labatts, and the University of California.
Bernhard’s applications development experience began in 1989 with his contributions to one of the earliest online valuation analysis products while working as a financial analyst in Merrill Lynch’s mergers and acquisition departments. Bernhard has a BA and MA in Mathematics from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School of Business. He is a native speaker of English and German, and is fluent in Spanish and French.