Welcome to my personal site.  My name is Phil Burns.  On the web I go as Phil801 (801 is my area code) in order to distinguish myself from several other Phil Burns’ out there.

I’m closing in on two decades of professional experience in the software industry.  During that time I’ve had the opportunity to become an expert in many business areas, to lead many teams and to lead a few companies.

Professionally, I am a .Net engineer specializing in back-end enterprise business systems exposed through web services (SAAS).  I’m also an SEO and search engine algorithm expert and have designed several unique systems for improving search engine penetration.  I have extensive experience in data analytics and have built several engines that generate business intelligence from huge amounts of data.  Through the years I’ve become an expert in EDI, WMS, ERP, CRM, OOP and some other acronyms.  If it’s a back-end business sytem, I’ve built it.

During the last decade, I’ve been moving upwards from coding into project, team and company management.  I’ve been the CTO/COO for a startup, Director of Technology for a mid-size company and lead development on several projects, including many of my own.

I have been very heavily involved with technology all my life, have 8 kids and live on a small farm while endeavouring to teach the world to get Prepared – see my profile and Interests pages for more.  You can review my resume here and my Outdoor/Preparedness experience and qualifications here.

If you would like to get in touch with me, there are multiple ways listed on my contact page.  Thanks for visiting!