Summary
Thomas Burke is a technical lead and architect based in Portland, Oregon, with 11+ years building enterprise SaaS, developer tooling, and high-availability systems. He specializes in turning Generative AI and LLM integrations into production-ready platforms—leading the design and launch of Cirium’s Journey, the company’s first AI-driven analytics product, and performing R&D on dynamic GenAI data-access architectures. Thomas combines hands-on delivery (backend, frontend, and infrastructure) with team building and CI/CD modernization, consistently aligning engineering execution to product and business goals. He has a track record of mentoring distributed teams and transitioning prototypes into funded, staffed programs. Comfortable at the intersection of strategy and execution, he often surfaces practical architecture patterns for RAG systems that balance latency, cost, and relevance.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
BS Environmental Policy and Planning, BS Environmental Policy and Planning at Virginia Tech
Portland State University