Vice President Technology Services
CurrentDave is the VP Technology Services for The Burns Group, an award-winning ENR 500 engineering and construction management firm focused on aviation, rail transit, infrastructure and energy. Burns provides consulting engineering and design for complex systems these industries, including security and information technology, airfield lighting, navigational aids, airport infrastructure and energy efficiency. The firms serves many of the most challenging and admired clients in the US: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Los Angeles World Airports, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Amtrak, SEPTA, NYMTA, Miami International Airport and San Francisco International Airport. Dave’s 30 year career includes work as an engineer, project manager and project director in gas turbines, aircraft engine test facilities, airport fuel facilities, airport communications and security systems, airport information systems, automatic train control systems and broadband public safety radio communications. His work has included consulting engineering for clients in Asia, North America, South America and the Middle East, and for a number of leading public sector clients, including the Los Angeles World Airports, the Abu Dhabi Airports Company, the DFW Airport Board, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Caltrain and Amtrak.Dave serves on the Board of Directors for the Airports Council International World Business Partners, and the Airport Consultants Council. He has been a host and speaker at transportation industry technology conferences, led the IT & Systems committee of the ACC and the Airport Planning, Design and Construction Symposium. He also serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for Saint Louis University and has contributed dozens of technical articles, management briefs and book chapters.
