🚀 JAMES BURK
James Burk

Education

BS Computer and Information Sciences

University of Florida, 1997

Certificate in Nonprofit Management

University of Texas at Austin, 2022

About.

I've spent my career building things that work at scale — enterprise software, global events, space technology, and the organizations behind them.

My career sits at the intersection of enterprise software development, technical project management, and frontier technology. For over two decades, I've built systems that scale, teams that deliver, and organizations that make an impact.

Microsoft

Project management, development, business analysis, and consulting. I joined the Office Shared Feature Team, evolved through increasingly complex roles, and earned multiple performance awards. In my final role as Technical Project Manager within the Global Demand Center, I managed lead flow systems for multiple products and prepared executive presentations and communications.

Artic Consulting

After Microsoft, I joined Artic Consulting as a founding employee and built two consulting practices from scratch: Business Management Services and a Nonprofit practice. Bridging technical execution with business strategy.

Space & Mars

As Executive Director of The Mars Society, I lead the world's largest space advocacy organization dedicated to Mars exploration. I produced virtual conventions reaching 15,000+ attendees and 100,000+ live viewers, commanded MDRS Crew 261 — a two-week analog Mars mission featured on CBS — and co-founded the Mars Technology Institute ($135k community-funded) and Space Northwest.

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