Simon Burfield
Technical Lead Special Projects at Burf Robotics
Rushmoor, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSimon Burfield is a Technical Lead and founder with 11+ years building high-impact mobile apps and pragmatic robotics systems that bridge R&D and real-world deployment. He leads hands-on innovation teams to deliver scalable iOS/Android/Azure solutions and has shipped consumer-scale services (e.g., apps supporting 90k concurrent users) while integrating AI, IoT and XR. Outside client work he designs and demos ROS2-driven mobile robots, humanoid platforms and autonomous workflows to explore human-robot interaction and practical autonomy. Comfortable switching between Swift/Kotlin, .NET and cloud infrastructure, he translates ambitious research prototypes into client-ready products and intuitive developer platforms. Based in the UK, he pairs an MBA and formal robotics training with a long history of public engagement—turning demos into accessible learning experiences that spark adoption.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Understanding Numbers Science, Understanding Numbers Science at The Open UniversityFoundation degree Software Engineering, Foundation degree Software Engineering at Farnborough College of TechnologyINNOVATION: THE WORLD'S GREATEST Innovation, INNOVATION: THE WORLD'S GREATEST Innovation at University of LeedsDiploma of Education Business Administration and Management General, Diploma of Education Business Administration and Management General at Shaw AcademyDiploma Robotics, Diploma Robotics at Center of ExcellenceUniversity of ReadingMaster of Business Administration - MBA Organizational Leadership, Master of Business Administration - MBA Organizational Leadership at CTO AcademyBachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of SurreyConnaught School
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
burf2000/burf_robot
Jan 2017 - Feb 2017
Contributions:38 commits, 133 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
burf2000/BurfEngine
Jul 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 40 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 3 months
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