Burlingham Advisory was founded on a simple belief – that the right guidance at the right moment changes everything. For leaders navigating complexity, boards that need strengthening, and nonprofits ready to take their fundraising to the next level, we bring the experience, the tools, and the partnership to make it happen.
30 years spanning Silicon Valley engineering and executive leadership, nonprofit founding, and board governance across multiple industries and seven countries.
He founded his first nonprofit in 2007 and has raised over $20 million for mission-driven organizations. That breadth of experience – technical, organizational, and human – is what he brings to every client engagement.
I've spent 30 years at the intersection of leadership, organization-building, and mission-driven work.
My career began in engineering – I hold a Master of Science in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford and a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from USC, Cum Laude. For two decades I worked in R&D and executive roles across Silicon Valley, directing global operations and progressing from product development through organizational leadership, scaling companies from inception to national reach.
In 2007 I stepped into the nonprofit sector as a founder. What I found was a world full of talented, mission-driven people – and a chronic shortage of the leadership infrastructure they needed to succeed. I built my first organization from the ground up, raised over $20 million across individuals, corporations, foundations, and government entities, and learned firsthand what it takes to lead a growing nonprofit with limited resources and high stakes.
That experience shapes everything I do today.
Through Burlingham Advisory, I work with leaders and organizations across four areas: coaching for individuals who want to grow, board services for organizations that need stronger governance, fundraising consulting for nonprofits ready to build a development program that lasts, and practical AI coaching and consulting for people and teams who want to put AI to work. Today I also use AI to accelerate mission outcomes, building DonorMoves and an AI operating system around it, and helping others do the same.
I've lived and worked across four continents – Ghana, Iran, England, the United States, Germany, China, and South Africa – and that multicultural perspective informs how I work with clients. Leadership doesn't look the same everywhere. Neither does the path forward.
What stays constant is my belief that every person and every organization has more capacity than they realize. My job is to help you find it.
Active board member supporting organizational leadership and community impact for one of Pacifica's most important youth-serving organizations.
Served as Founding Board Chair of Project Invent, establishing its governance structure, core committees, and best practices to guide the organization through rapid national expansion and deliver on its mission to empower students to invent solutions with global impact.
Led the development committee through a critical period, contributing to a $7M organizational turnaround as chair.
Founded and led a STEM education nonprofit from the ground up, building it into an organization with national reach over nearly a decade.
One-on-one partnership for leaders and individual contributors who are ready to grow with intention.
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