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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.123 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 Milk12
- 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 diabetes12
- 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 dburka34
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.15
Highlights
Nov 19 · twitter
Does free speech on this platform extend to talking about Bluesky? It's kind of great over there. Kind of like old times on social media. See ya over there?
Nov 6 · twitter
At least people will stop saying "This behavior doesn't represent us as a nation." Right?
Dec 28 · darshangajara.com
A Conversation with Daniel Burka – Design Director - Darshan Gajara
Jun 17 · Fast Company
Healthcare Icons - Fast Company
May 28 · TechCrunch
Join us June 3 for a contact-tracing and exposure-notification app development and deployment forum [Update: Event postponed] - TechCrunch
Feb 18 · vitalstrategies.org
Simple App Named “Best in Show” by Global Design Experts