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Alfred Burress
Sr. Manager, Firmware Development, Previous: Lenovo
Location: Dunwoody, GA United States
Joined: Jul 2nd, 2018

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Southern University and A&M College class of 1989

Undergrad Major: Electronics

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I currently work with Previous: Lenovo as Sr. Manager, Firmware Development
I have 21 years of experience working in the Computers, Hardware industry.

Senior Software Development Manager | Lenovo
From January 2014 to January 2019 • 5 year(s)
Managed US Firmware Development Team of 15 employees to deliver firmware on time and within budget. Led design and development of UEFI and BMC for High Density, Mission Critical and Flex Blade system servers.

Development Manager | IBM
From January 2004 to January 2014 • 10 year(s)
Managed multiple development teams of 22+ employees including Server Development, RAS, Quality, Human Factors and Power Development. Led BladeCenter chassis development team for IBM's FLEX portfolio.

Technical Project Manager | IBM
From January 2000 to January 2004 • 4 year(s)
Managed eServer and Blade Systems Management Development projects. Worked as HW/SW RAS Engineer for Netfinity Server Development.

Adjunct Professor | North Carolina A&T State University
From January 1995 to January 2000 • 5 year(s)
Taught Microprocessor Design in the Electrical Engineering Department.

Staff Engineer | CalTech/NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
From January 1990 to January 1995 • 5 year(s)
Performed research on ozone layer depletion in Microwave Observational Systems Division. Also worked as HW Reliability Tester in Electronic Parts and Reliability Division.

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