Engineer, Systems Architect, Team Builder
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Consulting Engineer at F4W, Inc.
- Designer and Consultant at Eldacur Technologies
- Past
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- Principal Engineer at TV Guide On Screen
- Technical Operations Manager at TV Guide On Screen
- Senior Design Engineer at TV Guide On Screen (nee VideoGuide Inc)
- Principal Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation
- Principal Software Engineer at Digital Equipment Corp
- Principal Software Engineer at DEC
- Education
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- Hiram College
- Recommended
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- Industry
- Computer Software
Jim Burrows’s Summary
Systems Architect, Engineer and Researcher with broad experience in software, networks, human factors, consumer electronics, information systems and operations. Career spans pure and applied research, advanced and product development, systems management and technical operations.
Jim Burrows’s Specialties:
Technologist and generalist. Systems engineering, team building, man/machine interface design and networking are paricular strengths.
Jim Burrows’s Experience
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Consulting Engineer
F4W, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
2007 — Present (1 year)
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Designer and Consultant
Eldacur Technologies
(Computer Software industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 1 month)
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Principal Engineer
TV Guide On Screen
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
August 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 3 months)
After about 5 years of managing TechOps, I decided it was time to get back to the fun technical stuff and stick someone else with the dirty work.
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Technical Operations Manager
TV Guide On Screen
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
January 2000 — July 2005 (5 years 7 months)
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Senior Design Engineer
TV Guide On Screen (nee VideoGuide Inc)
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
June 1996 — January 2000 (3 years 8 months)
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Principal Software Engineer
Digital Equipment Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
February 1976 — July 1996 (20 years 6 months)
Over the 20.5 years I spent at DEC, my job title ranged from associate software engineer to principal software engineer. I did pure research, applied research, advanced development, development, software architecture, operations and internal consulting. I worked in the Software Human Engineering (SHE aka HER aka SUE), Small Systems, Pathworks (Apple/DEC alliance), RSTS, and Terminals Engineering groups, among others.
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Principal Software Engineer
Digital Equipment Corp
(Computer Hardware industry)
February 1976 — July 1996 (20 years 6 months)
See above (same job, but listing it both ways so LinkedIn can find colleagues)
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Principal Software Engineer
DEC
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEC; Computer Networking industry)
February 1976 — July 1996 (20 years 6 months)
See above (same job, but listing it both ways so LinkedIn can find colleagues)
Jim Burrows’s Education
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Hiram College
BA, Philosophy; Social Psychology, 1969 — 1973
Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Honors in Philosophy.
Helped build the Computer Science dpartment, TA'ing more courses than I took.
DJ on the campus radio station for 2 years.- Activities and Societies:
- Phi Beta Kappa
Additional Information
Jim Burrows’s Groups:
NESFA
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DEC Alumni -
Digital Equipment Corporation Enthusiasts
Jim Burrows’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- reference requests
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