Dave Bursky

President and founder of New Ideas in Communications and PRN Engineering Services, Market Consulting and Technical Writing companies created in 2006, Dave Bursky has over 40 years of experience working as an engineer and editor. The companies provide market consulting services, documentation creation services, and product evaluations. Prior to running these organizations, he served as a Contributing Editor for Chip Design Magazine from 2006 to 2018, and from 2006 through early 2011 was the technical editorial manager at Maxim Integrated Products. Prior to Maxim, Dave had over 33 years of experience as an editor, writing for publications such as Electronic Design and EE Times. Before becoming an editor in 1973, Dave worked as an electrical engineer for the U.S. Army Electronics Command at Ft. Monmouth in New Jersey.

In 2005 he was inducted into the Communications Society Hall of Fame for Lifetime achievement at the City College of New York. Additionally, in 1988 he was described by an article in the San Jose Mercury News newspaper as one of the 100 most influential people in Silicon Valley. Dave has served on the program committees of numerous IEEE and commercial conferences, and has authored six books on topics ranging from personal computers to semiconductor memories. Dave holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Electrical Engineering from the City College of the City University of New York.