About Us

We’re founders who build, launch, and scale products with speed and rigor.

Brandon Parise Founder & President

Brandon is a seasoned technology leader and builder with 15+ years of experience across software engineering, product, and platform strategy. He founded ModernUp in 2015 to co-build with founders and teams — turning zero-to-one ideas into shipped, scalable products.

In addition to leading ModernUp, Brandon has held senior engineering leadership roles, guiding teams that deliver real-time analytics platforms, marketing and data infrastructure, and high-availability consumer and B2B applications. He is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and a pragmatic technologist focused on measurable business impact.

What we believe

  • Ship value fast without trading off quality.
  • Co-build with your team — leave you faster, stronger, and more autonomous.
  • Bias to pragmatic architectures, excellent DX, and clear observability.

Selected ModernUp engagements

A few representative projects from recent years. Details available on request.

Commercial security monitoring

Built a platform to stream video and geolocation directly to dispatched officers during active events; integrated with monitoring centers and device fleets; delivered event-driven backends and operator tooling.

Financial services communications

Shipped a real-time communications experience for member groups with secure messaging, presence, and role-aware workflows across web and mobile.

Early childhood development

Co-founded and built product experiences for parents and educators, spanning onboarding, engagement, and progress insights; implemented privacy-first data handling and reporting.

Cross‑platform desktop tooling

Developed a cross‑platform desktop app to ingest, normalize, and export data from disparate sources; automated data flows and created operator dashboards for reliability.

FOCUS AREAS
  • Zero‑to‑one apps and V1s
  • Modernization and platform engineering
  • AI/automation where it drives ROI
CAPABILITIES
  • Web, mobile, and desktop
  • APIs, event systems, data pipelines
  • Cloud, CI/CD, and observability
VALUES
  • Speed with responsibility
  • Design and DX excellence
  • Measurable business outcomes