Robert Burdick

Current

• Senior Architect, Emerging Technologies 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

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Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

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Industry

Telecommunications

Robert Burdick’s Summary

I have been working in the software industry for the past 18 years. Much of this experience is in the design and implementation of embedded software, consumer electronics, and telecommunications systems.

I am deeply technical, but also extremely adept at technical partner relationship management, customer interactions (requirements gathering, proposal and specification writing, etc.) I also have a good deal of experience working with and managing offshore technical teams. I have specific experience building and coaching teams in China and India.

My ideal job is a combination of software architect and relationship management.

In addition, I have the following skills:

Developer Evangelist:
In addition to developing embedded software, I have worked for 5 years as a developer evangelist. As a Microsoft MVP from 2001-2006, I participated in online forums and phone conferences with the Windows Mobile and CE developer communities. I have given technology demonstrations and talks at user group meetings company sponsored product launches and other events. As an MVP I have attended product review meetings, had input into improving developer tools, and kept abreast of current technology and industry trends.

Teaching and Training:
I have formal experience training software developers in the use of programming languages and embedded technologies. I have given training courses at Microsoft on Windows CE programming and COM / ATL programming. I have taught courses to Microsoft employees with all materials, including slides, course notebooks, and extensive sample programs, developed by me.

Robert Burdick’s Specialties:

Writing:
* “Essential Windows CE Application Programming,” published by John Wiley and Sons in March 1999.
* Co-author of the book “Professional JSP, 2nd Edition,” published by Wrox Press in April 2001.

Speaking:
* Embedded Systems Conference 2006, San Jose
* Embedded Applications Programming With Windows CE
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* Embedded Systems Conference 2005, San Francisco
* “Building Internet Applications with Microsoft’s .NET Compact Framework”

Robert Burdick’s Experience

• Senior Architect, Emerging Technologies

  Nokia

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NOK; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

• Software Architect

  deCarta

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

  December 2007 — March 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 2007 — December 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)

  2006 — 2007 (1 year )

• Independent Consultant

  KonaWare

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2005 — 2007 (2 years )

• Principal Consultant

  wAppearances (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)

  January 2000 — May 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)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

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

• Independent Contractor

  Skylink Design

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2004 — 2005 (1 year )

• Software Engineer

  Hewlett-Packard

  (Telecommunications industry)

  2000 — 2003 (3 years )

• Software engineer

  DialSurf

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

• Software Engineer

  GWCom

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1998 — 1999 (1 year )

• Software Engineer

  Navitel

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1997 — 1998 (1 year )

• Consultant

  Informix

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

  1996 — 1997 (1 year )

• Application Engineer

  IntelliCorp

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

  1995 — 1996 (1 year )

• Software Engineer

  Integrated Systems

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year )

• Researcher

  Tubitak

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1991 — 1993 (2 years )

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

• MTS

  Mission Research Corporation

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1987 — 1989 (2 years )

• Intern

  Hughes Aircraft

  (Telecommunications industry)

  1985 — 1987 (2 years )

Robert Burdick’s Education

• University of California, Santa Barbara

  MS , Electrical and Computer Engineering , 1983 — 1989

Additional Information

Robert Burdick’s Groups:

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

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