Burnie currently serves as Sales Director in SMG and manages a sales team supporting US Edge AI ISVs.  Burnie is also a contributing member of Intel’s SW Center of Excellence (COE) team that reports directly to Intel CTO Greg Lavender. Burnie has been in the high-tech industry for 20+ years spending 15 of those years in the communications and networking sectors.   Burnie officially joined Intel in November 2016 and has held various roles within IoTG - Technical Account Manager (3 years), AI specialist (1 year), and US AI ISV Sales Manager (1+ year).  Starting in 2019, Burnie has been solely focused on Intel’s AI Initiative serving as an AI “Core Team” member that helped define Intel’s Edge AI sales strategy, AI organizational support structure, and internal processes which also includes product development input.  Burnie holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, an MBA from Babson College (Management/Finance), a certificate in ‘Behavioral Economics’ from the Harvard Business School, and also holds a Master of Divinity (MDIV) from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary.    In addition, Burnie is active contributor to Intel’s commitment to diversity and inclusion by assisting in minority college recruiting and minority retainment initiatives. Burnie is married to his beautiful wife Michelle and they have 3 children.  In his free time Burnie enjoys reading, working out, entrepreneurship, and community service.