- Leading the Developer Cloud team, responsible for growth of VS Code, GitHub Copilot and remote development experiences.
- Early adopter of short-form video at Microsoft using TikTok and YouTube Shorts. Grew the VS Code TikTok and YouTube channels from 26K to 476K subscribers with 240% YoY growth in year 1.
- Lead multi-tactic initiatives across engineering, marketing and advocacy including the launch of GitHub Copilot and Copilot Chat, vscode.dev, GitHub Codespaces and VS Code Remote Development, Jupyter Noteboks in VS Code, Azure Static Web Apps, comprehensive course for Node.js developers built on Microsoft's Learn Platform.
- Co-creator of VS Code Day, now one of the largest developer events at Microsoft.
- Leading content creator at Microsoft with YouTube content that regularly reaches 100K+ views.
BURKE HOLLAND
I am a technologist, author and speaker working in the specialized field of Developer Relations.
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GitHub
twitter.com/burkeholland
Twitter
linked.com/in/burkeholland
LinkedIn
Skills
Technical
JavaScript, Node, Web Platform, SQL, React, Vue, Containers/Docker, C#, Azure, Produt Management, User Experience,
Writing
Numerous articles on My personal blog, Smashing Magazine, CSS Tricks, FreeCodeCamp, Hackernoon, The Next Web, Telerik Blogs, Adobe Developer Connection, SitePoint, NetMag (Physical) and more
Speaking
Speaker at JSConf, MSFT Build & MSFT Ignite, GitHub Satellite, FluentConf, ng-conf, Angle Brackets, TechDays, CodeMash, ThatConference, DevReach, NDC, Modern Web Conference, TelerikNEXT, jQuery Conference and more. Track Chair for QCon.
Projects
Experience
Microsoft
Principal Developer Advocate
June 2017 - Present
Progress Software / Telerik
Director of Developer Relations
September 2011 - June 2017
- Leading team of 11 developer advocates covering Telerik's entire portfolio of tools and frameworks, including Developer Tools and SaaS offerings.
- Co-creator of the Telerik Developer Network site and community which is now the thrid largest contributor to the developer trial journey.
- Responsible for planning and executing on all initiatives to build and cultivate the Telerik community.
- Helped guide the open source NativeScript project to 6x growth (downloads) over 8 months.
- Oversee new product launches and align developer programs with Marketing, Sales and Demand Generation.
O'Charley's Inc
Sr. Programmer Analyst
November 2007 - September 2011
- Designed and built large scale internal and external applications to support 5 billion dollars worth of business processes.
- Moved company to web services for commonly used business processes.
- Planned and helped build centralized ETL system to read and import to/from any enterprise system.
- Mentored developers and provided instruction and feedback on software design and implementation.
Speakerheart
Sr. Software Engineer
December 2006 - November 2007
- Lead developer for very large Flex application
- Optimized large web application for quick delivery and performance over low bandwidth connection
- Implemented security solution for web facing e-commerce platform
Ardent Health Service
Manager of Collaborative Developpment
August 2004 - December 2006
- Managed migration of WebSphere Java platform to .NET
- Developer on internal and physician software solutions built on ASP.NET platform
- Developer on and manager of Oracle Data Warehouse solution
Sara Lee Foods
Integration Analyst
August 2003 - August 2004
- Ported legacy shop floor data collection applications to ASP.NET
- Implemented and supported Time and Attendance system for manufacturing facilities
- Worked on large scale network conversion from token ring to Ethernet
Education
University Of Tennessee at Martin class of 2002
Bachelors of Science, Business Administration
Major: Information Systems