Ben Burnett

Current

• Owner / Moderator at LinkedMinnesota
• R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist at Architecture Technology Corporation

Past

• Network Specialist at EFCO
• Tech Crew at Iowa State Center
• Active at FarmHouse Fraternity (FH)

• Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University
• AIX / AFS Help Desk Intern at IBM
• Student Intern at ISU Administrative Data Processing Center

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Education

• Iowa State University
• Nevada High School
• Nevada Jr. High School

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Recommended

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Connections

375 connections

Industry

Computer & Network Security

Websites

• Ben Burnett's (www.burnett.ws)
• Ben Burnett's Employer (ATC)
• Ben Burnett's Blog (BBB)

Ben Burnett’s Summary

I've focused on developing wired and wireless (MANET, ad hoc mesh) network technologies for multi-mode wireless networks, Emergency Response and Tactical networks, geolocation communication and tracking systems; network application test tools; developing, building and securing ad hoc wireless networks; research and development in distributed agent systems; development of custom and COTS software into commercial products; network monitoring research, analysis, and implementation; and software design and implementation.

I am a partially open networker on LinkedIn, mainly looking for R&D partners and opportunities. I also actively use LinkedIn to find and connect with past friends and colleagues. To that end I own or moderate many LinkedIn groups with matching Yahoo Discussion Groups. These groups include:
* LinkedTwinCities / LinkedInTwinCities
* LinkedMinnesota / LinkedInMinnesota
* LinkedIowa / LinkedInIowa
* 4-H_Alum_Networking
* Iowa4HAlum
* Iowa4HAlumStoryCounty
* FarmHouse-Networking
* FH-ISU-alums

You can contact me at ben@burnett.ws through LinkedIn or otherwise, I'll try not to IDK your invite, but I do not connect with everyone, I am an open but limited networker. I am interested in past acquaintances, friends, wireless and R&D professionals.

Ben Burnett’s Specialties:

R&D Software Engineering, C/C++, Proposal Writing, Grant Writing, SBIR, BAA, Product Design, Architecture Design and Review, Project Management, multi-mode wireless networks, Emergency Response networks, Tactical networks, geolocation communication, tracking systems, ad hoc wireless networks, mesh networks, distributed agent systems

Ben Burnett’s Experience

• Owner / Moderator

  LinkedMinnesota

  (Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  I started LinkedMinnesota, LinkedTwinCities and LinkedIowa to help people network, learn how to network better, and to help them learn how to use LinkedIn better. These groups have grown to include 8,000+ people across 3 platforms from LinkedIn to Yahoo groups to Facebook (coming soon)...
  
  More info can be found at:
  • http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/50913/17C7E2281B70
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInMinnesota/
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInTwinCities/
  • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LinkedInIowa/
  • http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/50912/1A30BB0F45F1

• R&D Software Engineer / Computer Scientist

  Architecture Technology Corporation

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  November 2000 — Present (8 years 9 months)

  Developed projects from concept to development as Principal Investigator, Project Manager and team member. Identified new avenues for research and secured funding through the SBIR program. Generated work plans and estimated required time for projects. Led teams with multiple people. Communicated with client to provide status and define feature requirements.
  
  Ad hoc mesh networks, distributed network application test tools, distributed agent systems, large scale information collection and summarizing, information visualization, custom and COTS software, network monitoring research, analysis, and implementation, and software design and implementation. Have been granted 3 patents.

• Network Specialist

  EFCO

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Building Materials industry)

  June 1997 — November 2000 (3 years 6 months)

  Mr. Burnett was involved in several IT projects for EFCO (Economy Forms Corporation) involving improving network and system performance, and increasing automation. Mr. Burnett was involved in the design and implementation of a worldwide company Intranet involving 16-sites domestic and 10 international sites. In addition to WAN design and implementation, Mr. Burnett designed, installed and maintained a fault-tolerant corporate backbone to connect 150-Nodes across a 2 building campus environment.

• Tech Crew

  Iowa State Center

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)

  July 1994 — May 1999 (4 years 11 months)

  Load-in, Load-out, Stage construction, Setup, Sound and Lighting setup and install, Security, Misc Theater stage work

• Active

  FarmHouse Fraternity (FH)

  (Non-Profit; Philanthropy industry)

  September 1995 — May 1999 (3 years 9 months)

  Member of a Fraternal Organization where we concentrated on the Four-fold development: Intellectual, Spiritual, Social, Physical. More info at: http://www.farmhouse.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FarmHouse

• Teaching Assistant

  Iowa State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 1998 — May 1999 (1 year 5 months)

  Teaching assistant for:
  CS207 (2 semesters) - Introduction to C++; He was involved in teaching recitation sections, grading programs, and helping students.
  CS103 (1 semester) - Using Microsoft Office; He was involved in leading lab excercises, grading work, and helping students.

• AIX / AFS Help Desk Intern

  IBM

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; IBM; Computer Networking industry)

  June 1996 — January 1997 (8 months)

  Mr. Burnett worked on the AFS/AIX Helpdesk at IBM in Rochester, MN. While on the helpdesk he was involved in troubleshooting network connectivity and applications across the 20+ building campus, and was able to work with the hardware and systems of a TCP/IP network running in a Token-Ring environment.

• Student Intern

  ISU Administrative Data Processing Center

  (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)

  November 1995 — March 1996 (5 months)

  Computer Night Operations

Ben Burnett’s Education

• Iowa State University

  BS , Computer Science , 1994 — 1999

  Also worked on campus at ADP (Administrative Data Processing Center), and at Iowa State Center (Hilton, CY Stephens auditorium, Sheman and fischer theatre)

  Activities and Societies:

  FarmHouse Fraternity, VEISHEA, ISU theatre, Stars Over VEISHEA, 4H

• Nevada High School

  HS diploma , High School , 1990 — 1994

• Nevada Jr. High School

  1988 — 1990

Additional Information

Ben Burnett’s Websites:

• Ben Burnett's (www.burnett.ws)
• Ben Burnett's Employer (ATC)
• Ben Burnett's Blog (BBB)

Ben Burnett’s Interests:

Research and Development Interests: wireless networks, MANET networks, ad hoc mesh networks, geolocation communication and tracking systems, network application test tools, security for ad hoc wireless networks, distributed agent systems, development of custom and COTS software, network monitoring and analysis, software design and implementation, Intelligent Agents and Multiagent Systems, Neural Networks, Social Informatics, Data Mining, Semantic Web, Information Integration, collaboration, twiki.org, wiki, knowledge sharing, information management, 4H, Collaborative Environments

Ben Burnett’s Groups:

Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE,
IEEE Computer Society,
IEEE Communications Society,
Association for Computing Machinery, ACM,
TWiki, LinkedInnovators, MyLinkedInPowerForum,
Iowa State University Alumni Association, Life Member,
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, AFCEA,
YahooGroups:, LinkedInTwinCities, LinkedInMinnesota, LinkedInIowa, Iowa4HAlum, Iowa4HAlumStoryCounty, FH-ISU-alums, FarmHouse Alumni, 4H alumni

•    The Greater IBM Connection: IBM's alumni program for past and present IBM employees
•    Iowa State University Network
•    The Official IEEE Group
•    HomelandSecurity
•    4H Alumni
•    FarmHouse Fraternity Alumni
•    SBIR/STTR Participants
•    The Official Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Group
•    TWiki Users and Developers
•    IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security
•    AFCEA International
•    Open Source
•    Minnesota Networking Group
•    LinkedIowa
•    LinkedMinnesota
•    Tripoli High Power Rocketry
•    ACM Members
•    IEEE Computer Society Members
•    IBM co/ex workers independent group
•    Out of the Blue
•    Des Moines, Iowa Network Group
•    Twin Cities Networking Group
•    FarmHouse Fraternity
•    Science to Business Expert Group
•    The Official IEEE Communications Society
•    DEFENSE AND AEROSPACE CONNECTIONS
•    Reef Aquarium Passionate
•    Iowa State University / College of Engineering / Alumni
•    C++ Professionals
•    Defense Industry Network
•    FEDERAL BIZ Network - Government Stimulus Teaming Jobs PMI Consulting Funding Sales Opportunities
•    Tensegrity's Synergetics
•    IAState ComS
•    Grant Writers writing SBIR or STTR grants, other business grants
•    Self Publishing for Love and Money
•    Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing
•    Iowa 4-H Foundation

Ben Burnett’s Honors:

Received SBIR Grants from the USDA for WirlWind,
Received SBIR Grants from the US Army for STAMINA,
Received SBIR Grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) for NetVSA,
Paper Accepted for publication at MILCOM07 (www.milcom.org): Multi-Radio Nodes for Mobile Mesh Networks for Emergency Response and Battle Command Systems,
Received SBIR Grants from the US NAVY for AVOCADO
Received SBIR Grants from the US Air Force for ReSCO

Ben Burnett’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch