Robert Burdick

Robert Burdick

Senior Architect, Emerging Technologies at Nokia

San Francisco Bay Area

Current
  • Senior Technology Consultant at Nokia
Past
  • Software Architect at deCarta
  • Director of Research at KnoahSoft
  • Independent Contractor at BeVocal
  • Independent Consultant at KonaWare
  • Principal Consultant at wAppearances (Sole Proprietorship)
  • Expert Witness / Litigation Consultant at Thelen Reid
  • Independent Contractor at Skylink Design
  • Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard
  • Software engineer at DialSurf
  • Software Engineer at GWCom
  • Software Engineer at Navitel
  • Consultant at Informix
  • Application Engineer at IntelliCorp
  • Software Engineer at Integrated Systems
  • Researcher at Tubitak
  • MTS at Mission Research Corporation
  • Intern at Hughes Aircraft
Education
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
Connections
475 connections
Industry
Telecommunications

Robert Burdick’s Summary

I work with third party developers to help them bring great user experiences to Nokia devices, participate in online forums, conduct webinars, and speak on Nokia technologies at user group meetings, industry events and tradeshows, and technology conferences. I am also the global owner of Forum Nokia developer support for the Adobe Flash Lite platform. I am also a member of the team promoting the Open Screen Project Fund used to activate the Nokia Flash Lite developer community.


Robert Burdick’s Experience

  • Senior Technology Consultant

    Nokia

    (Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2008Present (1 year 6 months)

    I work with Forum Nokia, the global Nokia developer community. In this role I provide a wide range of technical consulting and partner relationship managment services. I also evangelize Nokia technologies and platforms to third party developers through speaking engagements, webinars, online forums, and other channels.

  • Software Architect

    deCarta

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)

    December 2007March 2008 (4 months)

    Responsible for design and architecture of embedded software platform for deCarta's connected personal navigation devices.

    * Managed relationships with third party developers and technology providers.
    * Led offshore Shanghai development team
    * Turned user interface design into architecture for live device code

  • Director of Research

    KnoahSoft

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)

    May 2007December 2007 (8 months)

    * Lead efforts in researching new technologies that may apply to KnoahSoft's VoIP call center and agent productivity management software solutions.

    * Prototype / proof of concept new features and components for KnoahSoft solutions.

    * Manage relationships with technology partners such as Cisco and Mitel

    * Work with KnoahSoft's India based engineering staff on software development efforts and product releases.

  • Independent Contractor

    BeVocal

    (Telecommunications industry)

    20062007 (1 year )

  • Independent Consultant

    KonaWare

    (Telecommunications industry)

    20052007 (2 years )

  • Principal Consultant

    wAppearances (Sole Proprietorship)

    (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

    January 2000May 2007 (7 years 5 months)

    Consulted on wide variety of embedded and mobile software and consumer electronics projects for companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, AMD, and Target Corporation. Provided software solution design and architecture expertise, as well as software development assistance for these projects.

  • Expert Witness / Litigation Consultant

    Thelen Reid

    (Telecommunications industry)

    20062006 (less than a year)

    Served as a technical consultant for an intellectual property dispute case.

  • Independent Contractor

    Skylink Design

    (Telecommunications industry)

    20042005 (1 year )

  • Software Engineer

    Hewlett-Packard

    (Telecommunications industry)

    20002003 (3 years )

  • Software engineer

    DialSurf

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19991999 (less than a year)

  • Software Engineer

    GWCom

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19981999 (1 year )

  • Software Engineer

    Navitel

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19971998 (1 year )

  • Consultant

    Informix

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; IFMX; Computer Software industry)

    19961997 (1 year )

  • Application Engineer

    IntelliCorp

    (Public Company; 51-200 employees; INAI; Computer Software industry)

    19951996 (1 year )

  • Software Engineer

    Integrated Systems

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19931994 (1 year )

  • Researcher

    Tubitak

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19911993 (2 years )

    Led machine vision and OCR projects at the Tubitak Marmara Research Institute near Istanbul, Turkey.

  • MTS

    Mission Research Corporation

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19871989 (2 years )

  • Intern

    Hughes Aircraft

    (Telecommunications industry)

    19851987 (2 years )


Robert Burdick’s Education

  • University of California, Santa Barbara

    MS , Electrical and Computer Engineering , 19831989


Additional Information

Robert Burdick’s Groups:

  •    Windows Mobile Enthusiasts
  •    Forum Nokia
  •    UCSB Engineering Alumni
  •    NARM: National Association of Recording Merchandisers

Robert Burdick’s Contact Settings

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