Services Offered and History

For decades, Sam Burd has successfully engineered new products, started & assisted others in starting entrepreneurial ventures, organized political campaigns, and supported community improvement projects. For many of these projects, he initiated, recruited, and/or led the project to successful conclusion.

The keys to projects Sam works on now usually rely on a mixture of Sam’s interests. To make it easier to see the specifics of his background, this web site is broken into three sections; Business, Community, and Technology.

Sam’s Current Activities

Engineers Without Borders: Started up an EWB-USA COVID-19 Response Innovation Team to work on concepts for methods and devices to reduce the expected virus spread and assist with treatments of COVID-19 patients. The Team is investigating challenge-submitted concepts and requests from under-resourced regions worldwide. Recently mentored a team in the first EWB Hackathon working on design and manufacturing of PPE.

Entrepreneurship Assistance: Helping a start-up company as it finalizes a technology to optimize complex industrial processes. Envisioned other usages, and the value added by applying the finalized technology to broader markets.

Political: Continue supporting efforts to flip the Senate, hold the House, reduce Gerrymandering, and fight voter suppression. On the board of Swing Left East Bay. Leading weekly phone banks and helping coordinate the group's next general meeting.

Condo Emergency Preparedness: Head of committee to help condo residents prepare for emergencies. Worked on condo's procedures for residents to avoid Coronavirus infections and initiating an emergency texting alert system.