Welcome!
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 tried just about everything up, down and sideways. Along the way I’ve had the opportunity to become an expert in many areas, to lead many teams and to lead a few companies. I’ve even worked on launching my own company a few times (what software guru hasn’t?).
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 8 years of my career 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 led 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 – see my profile and Interests pages for more. You can review my resume here.
I write on several blogs including a personal one, and a survival/preparedness one.
If you would like to get in touch with me, there are multiple ways listed on my contact page. Thanks for visiting!