Thomas Burleson

Current

• Senior Flex/RUX Consultant at Mindspace

Past

• VP, Software Development at Ustrive2, Inc.
• Principal Architect, RIA at Universal Mind
• Web Architect at Mindspace, LLC

• Senior J2EE Architect at ABC Virtual
• Software Consultant at The Mindspace Grop

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Education

• University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Texas A&M University

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Thomas Burleson’s Summary

Thomas Burleson has been communicating with customers, defining architectures, and building software solutions for more than 24 years. His leadership and extensive experience have been instrumental in providing e-Commerce and Internet solutions for numerous companies including Sherwin-Williams, SAP, Principal Financial Group, Adobe, and Universal Mind. He has worked for banking, B2B, and B2C companies guiding and delivering software solutions for intranet, WAN, and internet audiences.

During the last 4 years, Thomas has fine-tuned his skills providing leadership, mentoring, and best practices within one of America's largest, cutting-edge RIA and Web2.0 consultancy firms. Now Thomas directs the UStrive2 development efforts with a unique blend of communication skills, leadership, business development competency, technical excellence, and product development experiences.

Thomas Burleson’s Specialties:

Online/Web 2.0 Strategies, Social Networks, e-Commerce, RIA and RUX Solutions
Product Delivery, Leadership, Requirements & Analysis

Thomas Burleson’s Experience

• Senior Flex/RUX Consultant

  Mindspace

  (Internet industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  Providing leadership, product development and delivery experience for Flex, Flash, Java, ColdFusion, [and more...] for Web2.0 clients. I have
  > 6 years full-time Flash/Flex experience
  > Author of Adobe Cairngorm courseware
  > Founder of Cairngorm Extensions (CGX)
  > Principal Architect for Universal Mind

• VP, Software Development

  Ustrive2, Inc.

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2008 — February 2009 (6 months)

  Focused on software development leadership, planning, and development/testing coordination for the CartFly, Sellit.com products. The Ustrive2 software suite is comprised of tools and services that enable Merchants to easily expose, market, and sell their products on multiple websites, social networks, blogs.
  
  Visit www.Cartfly.com and www.Sellit.com for details...
  
  Also responsible for coordination, integration, and synergy with the Business Development, Marketing, and PR departments. Targeted objectives are rapid releases of product features and quality, timely product deliveries.

• Principal Architect, RIA

  Universal Mind

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2004 — September 2008 (4 years )

  Established organizations and entrepreneurial startups trust me to delivery rich, Web 2.0, online business solutions. Clients leveraged my leadership, user experience and development skills to:
  
  - Shape vision and TTM issues into dramatic solutions
  - Implement solutions to radically improve the UX(s).
  - Design and implement architectures and frameworks.
  - Lead development teams with feature-driven, agile processes.
  - Select appropriate strategies for the client- and server-tiers.
  - Minimize post-production support issues.
  
  I have had opportunities to work on many projects in the financial, insurance, e-commerce, administrative, and fulfillment sectors. Companies with existing applications have also leveraged my experience to stabilize, enhance, and evolve their products to next generation solutions.
  
  Solutions: client- and server-tier architectures & apps.
  Technologies: Flex, Java, ColdFusion, Flash, Groovy

• Web Architect

  Mindspace, LLC

  (Internet industry)

  2002 — 2004 (2 years )

  Delivered online web and e-commerce solutions for clients using technologies. Projects included debt collection, publishing, purchase, membership, affiliate, and administrative tools.
  
  Solutions: Web1.0/Web2.0 applications
  Technologies: Java/JSP, ColdFusion, Flash, Javascript, DHTML

• Senior J2EE Architect

  ABC Virtual

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  2000 — 2002 (2 years )

  Responsible for team leadership and product refactoring efforts at Principal Financial Group and Principal Financial Bank. Applied java MVC architectures and best practices to client/server and JSP products.

• Software Consultant

  The Mindspace Grop

  (Computer Software industry)

  1998 — 2000 (2 years )

  Freelance software consultant. Provided technical leadership, product implementation, and mentoring for client-server business solutions.
  
  Focus: Insurance intranet and thin-client solutions for agents.
  Technologies: C++, Microsoft MFC, Delphi, SQL

Thomas Burleson’s Education

• University of Alabama in Huntsville

  Master of Science , Optical Physics* , 1987 — 1989

  Award of degree is pending

  Activities and Societies:

  Salaried Research Assistant

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Science , Applied Physics , 1981 — 1986