Eric Buhrke

Eric Buhrke is an accomplished architect and technical leader with a wealth of experience from numerous projects across various industries. With expertise in full stack development and a thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle, Buhrke is known for his innovative problem solving skills and his passion for driving modernization and change. He excels at developing solutions to complex issues, always keeping the big picture in mind, while still accommodating budget and time constraints.

Buhrke's technical skills are equally impressive, including proficiency in many programming languages and operating systems, with particular favor towards Java and Linux, as well as substantial working knowledge of clouds such as AWS, Azure, GCP, IBMcloud, and virtual machines and bare metal. His areas of expertise also span the security and business domains in hospitality, public safety, retail, and telecommunications, event oriented and streaming systems, data and analytics architectures, modeling, governance, and the entire big data stack.

In addition to his technical prowess, Buhrke is skilled at working with people at all levels of an organization, collaborating with stakeholders to create solutions that meet requirements and align with organizational culture. He is also an advocate for agile development environments and DevOps culture, promoting consensus, collaboration, and meritocracy. Buhrke is currently the Chief Architect at Hyatt Hotels Corporation, having previously worked as a Principal Architect at Zebra Technologies and a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Motorola Solutions.