Daniel Burka

Director of product and design at the not-for-profit Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies

Who is Daniel Burka?

Daniel Burka is an experienced product designer and entrepreneur who currently serves as the Director of Product and Design at Vital Strategies, a non-profit organization focused on solving global health problems.1 2 3 Some key facts about Daniel:

He has over 20 years of experience in product design and has worked at companies like Google Ventures, Digg, Slack, and Milk1 2
In his current role at Vital Strategies, he leads the Simple project, an open-source electronic medical record system used by thousands of hospitals in India, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia to manage over 2 million patients with hypertension and diabetes1 2
He has served on the board of directors for Laboratoria, a non-profit in Peru helping women build careers in tech, and Loop Health, an India-based health tech startup2
He started the Health Icons project in 2021 to provide free healthcare icons for projects around the world2
His LinkedIn username is dburka3 4

Daniel's career has spanned design agencies, Silicon Valley startups, and non-profit work focused on global health. He is passionate about using design to solve complex problems in simple ways and empowering designers to make an impact.1 5