Tom Burns

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  biz.yahoo.com/allbiz/070706/1304_id.html?.v=1 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/7/2006    Last Visited: 7/30/2007  

  Thomas E. Burns CEO jGuru Three-time startup veteran and software developer Thomas E. Burns could spend his days writing code.Or he could write a book on branding.
  
  Burns founded his first company when he was just 22 years old.He then joined another company as its first employee.
  
  Then the entrepreneurial spirit came calling again.This next move came about the same time that Sun Microsystems introduced Java, the programming language.
  
  As a software developer at the time, Burns knew that Java was the technology for which he had been waiting.So in 1995, Burns, together with Mel Berman and Terence Parr, founded the MageLang Institute to provide customized training courses on Java.
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  Burns discovered that, when building a brand, credibility counts.
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  But Burns takes his company's philosophy much deeper.
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  Burns refers to these credibility-boosting characters as "celebrity developers" -- in other words, the gurus that make up jGuru.To attract top developers, jGuru encourages its employees to maintain their individuality.The company gives them free reign over their opinions posted on the site and in the software community.In fact, the company has no official opinion on anything -- only that the gurus who work there can express their own opinions freely.
  
  "The highest collection of famous developers work for us," says Burns.

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  www.businessstartup.dslacme.com/smallbusinessstartuphel - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/11/2007    Last Visited: 12/5/2008  

  Three-time startup veteran, software developer, and co-founder of jGuru, Thomas E. Burns knows the importance of a strong brand.

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  www-1.hoovers.com/global/hoov/experts/index.xhtml?pagei - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 12/13/2008  

  Three-time startup veteran and software developer Thomas E. Burns could spend his days writing code. Or he could write a book on branding. Burns founded his first company when he was just 22 years old. He then joined another company as its first employee. Then the entrepreneurial spirit came calling again. This next move came about the same time that Sun Microsystems introduced Java, the programming language. As a software developer at the time, Burns knew that Java was the technology for which he had been waiting. So in 1995, Burns, together with Mel Berman and Terence Parr, founded the MageLang Institute to provide customized training courses on Java.

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  Building a Credible Brand for Your Small Business... - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 11/5/2009  

  Thomas E. Burns CEO jGuru
  
  Three-time startup veteran and software developer Thomas E. Burns could spend his days writing code. Or he could write a book on branding.
  
  Burns founded his first company when he was just 22 years old. He then joined another company as its first employee.
  
  Then the entrepreneurial spirit came calling again. This next move came about the same time that Sun Microsystems introduced Java, the programming language.
  
  As a software developer at the time, Burns knew that Java was the technology for which he had been waiting. So in 1995, Burns, together with Mel Berman and Terence Parr, founded the MageLang Institute to provide customized training courses on Java.
  ...
  Burns discovered that, when building a brand, credibility counts.
  ...
  Burns refers to these credibility-boosting characters as "celebrity developers" -- in other words, the gurus that make up jGuru. To attract top developers, jGuru encourages its employees to maintain their individuality. The company gives them free reign over their opinions posted on the site and in the software community. In fact, the company has no official opinion on anything -- only that the gurus who work there can express their own opinions freely.
  
  "The highest collection of famous developers work for us," says Burns.

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  Building a Credible Brand for Your Small Business |... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/10/2007    Last Visited: 3/18/2008  

  Thomas E. Burns CEO jGuru
  
  Three-time startup veteran and software developer Thomas E. Burns could spend his days writing code.Or he could write a book on branding.
  
  Burns founded his first company when he was just 22 years old.He then joined another company as its first employee.
  
  Then the entrepreneurial spirit came calling again.This next move came about the same time that Sun Microsystems introduced Java, the programming language.
  
  As a software developer at the time, Burns knew that Java was the technology for which he had been waiting.So in 1995, Burns, together with Mel Berman and Terence Parr, founded the MageLang Institute to provide customized training courses on Java.
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  Burns discovered that, when building a brand, credibility counts.

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  Design for Community: Essay: In search of... - [Cached Version]
  Last Visited: 8/18/2007  

  jGuru founders Terence Parr and Tom Burns (interviewed in Chapter 4: Tools) crafted a solution that is amazingly complex on the backend (Parr has studied linguistics and pattern recognition), but very simple on the front end.

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  Epicentric Corporate Portal Software: The Enterprise... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/14/1999    Last Visited: 5/7/2002  

  jGuru is a portal for Java technologies, integrating technology news, Internet resources, tutorials and content from its software development experts to create a center for Java Developers to access everything they need as well as interact with others in the community," said Tom Burns, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of jGuru."Rapid time to market was key to jGuru.Epicentric helped us move faster, saving at least three to four months because the portal framework had already been laid out for us.In an industry where speed and time to market are essential, Epicentric allowed us to reinvent our company in ways that would not have been possible without their innovative portal server platform."
  
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  Founded in Silicon Valley in 1995 by Mel Berman, Tom Burns, and Dr. Terence Parr, the MageLang Institute became a successful developer of knowledge for Java technology, and a provider of customized, premium Java technology courses delivered by a group of exceptionally talented and experienced software developers.

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  Founders | Leadership | About School Loop–... - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 7/4/2009    Last Visited: 7/4/2009  

  Tom Burns, CTO and Co-Founder Tom Burns is a brilliant engineer, innovator, and entrepreneur who has founded companies, designed robots, and developed pioneering business applications for ad agencies. He was the CEO and co-founder of jGuru, the most popular independent community for Java developers, and wrote the software that powers School Loop. Tom graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering. He lives in San Francisco.

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  Hoover's - Expert Advice - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 5/13/2008    Last Visited: 12/13/2008  

  Three-time startup veteran and software developer Thomas E. Burns could spend his days writing code. Or he could write a book on branding. Burns founded his first company when he was just 22 years old. He then joined another company as its first employee.

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  Java Guru: Tom Burns's Biography - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 12/19/2003    Last Visited: 12/19/2003  

  Tom BurnsJava Guru: Tom Burns's Biography

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