Leo聽Burd
Program Founder And Director, Brazilian Creative Learning Program, Lifelong Kindergarten Group
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolLeo Burd is a director and technology strategist with 16+ years of experience designing and leading interdisciplinary research and development programs that fuse creative learning, civic technology, and social empowerment. He has built and managed global teams and networks across Brazil, Latin America, Europe, India, Africa and the U.S., translating participatory, user-centered research into culturally mindful technology initiatives. At MIT Media Lab he has steered long-running creative learning programs and co-founded ventures that produce open-source tools and community-driven solutions. His background spans hands-on software engineering to PhD-level scholarship in educational technology and ICT4D, enabling him to bridge academia, industry, non-profits and grassroots organizations. Colleagues value his ability to shape strategic frameworks that guide novel tech development while keeping real-world social impact and local context front and center.
16 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
PhD Media Arts and Sciences (MIT Media Lab), PhD Media Arts and Sciences (MIT Media Lab) at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMSc Computer Engineering, MSc Computer Engineering at Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)BSc Computer Technology, BSc Computer Technology at Instituto Tecnol贸gico de Aeron谩utica - ITA
Portuguese, Spanish, English
Github Skills (5)
appinventor10
react7
javascript6
localization1
translation1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
leoburd/asterisk
Mar 2010 - May 2010
Contributions:23 commits in 1 month
leoburd/dtn_website
Jun 2015 - Jul 2016
Contributions:21 pushes, 2 branches, 1 tag in 1 year 1 month
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