Luke Burns

Luke Burns currently serves as Associate Director at Optum, where leadership in automation development for Enterprise Quarterly Reporting notably reduced processing time from days to minutes. Previous experience includes a role as Principal Engineer at UnitedHealth Group, leading the Technical Leadership Career Path initiative and acting as Scrum Master for a Kanban team. Earlier positions include HPC Systems Administrator at the University of Minnesota, managing critical computing systems and contributing to the construction of a major academic supercomputer. Additional roles comprise Sr. Systems Administrator at Tech-Pro, focused on 3M Corporation, and Systems Administrator at HP (Compaq). Luke Burns holds a Master of Business Administration from Capella University and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Religious Studies from the University of North Dakota, along with a certificate in PC/LAN from Brown College.