Reid Burke

Current

• Software Engineer at Yahoo!

Past

• Founder at Burke Computer Solutions
• Senior Programmer at SchoolCenter
• Intern at Neon Internet, Inc.

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Education

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Recommended

1 person has recommended Reid

Connections

49 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Website

Reid Burke’s Summary

I want to create web experiences that are intuitive, efficient, and captivating by contributing my experience developing high quality web applications.

Reid Burke’s Specialties:

PHP 5, Semantic HTML, CSS, JavaScript, OpenSocial, Shindig

Reid Burke’s Experience

• Software Engineer

  Yahoo!

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; YHOO; Internet industry)

  July 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Currently making the Yahoo! Application Platform more compatible with OpenSocial.

• Founder

  Burke Computer Solutions

  (Internet industry)

  January 2001 — August 2008 (7 years 8 months)

  Founded my own company to repair computers in my spare time. The company evolved into a successful small business that has developed, shipped, and supported web solutions for several area businesses.

• Senior Programmer

  SchoolCenter

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

  March 2004 — June 2008 (4 years 4 months)

  Designed, built, and deployed features for an online education-oriented content management system.
  
  Assisted with training new hires and external developers. Maintained intranet and developer tools. Experienced with migrating from PHP 4 to 5, MySQL 4 to 5, and from CVS to SVN with Trac.

• Intern

  Neon Internet, Inc.

  (Internet industry)

  April 2003 — September 2003 (6 months)

  Delivered a telephone logging system that helped sales employees keep track of what clients they called. Built an internet radio station that broadcasted audio from a remote location.

Reid Burke’s Education

• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

  Computer Science

Additional Information

Reid Burke’s Websites:

• My Website

Reid Burke’s Groups:

•    Yahoo Employees and Alumni Group

Reid Burke’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch