Burak Kanber is an entrepreneur and software engineer with 13 years of experience. He earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the prestigious Cooper Union in New York City, where he concentrated on software modeling and simulation of hybrid vehicle powertrains.
Currently, Burak is a founder and the CTO of Tidal Labs, a successful digital content curation platform. Previously, Burak had founded several startups, most notably Niqos Inc (with Eric Waller)--a boutique design and engineering firm that helped startups and small businesses solve difficult technical problems.
Through Niqos Inc and his other consulting work, Burak has helped design and produce dozens of successful products. He has been the lead engineer on several projects, and serves as a technical advisor to startups. He was also one of the founding instructors of the collabraCode(); JavaScript class, and instructs the Machine Learning Demystified webinar.
Burak's core competencies are in web technologies (specifically PHP and JavaScript), engineering (software, hybrid vehicles, control systems), product design and agile development. He's also worked on several interactive art projects, is a musician, and is a published engineer.
Burak can be reached via email: burak-at-burakkanber-dot-com.
Tidal Labs is a seed-funded technology startup that empowers digital publishers and marketers.
SchoolHub keeps parents in the loop and helps build parent communities in New York City schools.
Stolenradio helps independent musicians sell their music, and gives the artist more of the profits than any other music retailer.
Straight-Up English helps ESL learners hone their pronounciation with an advanced speech-recognition tool.
Provided software engineering services for the "Yahoo Answers of Finance"
Developed analysis tools for chemical spectrum data.
Developed the backend technology for Sudoku Hub.
Taught math and physics at high school and college levels.
Managed information systems and data analytics for a congressional campaign.
Primarily taught students advanced classical music theory in a classroom setting; also taught individual instrumentation.
Provided IT systems and network design services as well as IT support for approximately 50 clients.
