Mr. Burke served as a U.S. Air Force Project Director and Program Manager for 18 years before founding Space Information Laboratories. During his military career, he led over 75 instrumentation engineering projects—including GPS, radar, telemetry, optics, and full end-to-end range safety display and processing systems—from initial concept through successful Developmental and Operational Test & Evaluation (DT&E/OT&E). He also served as the Metric Track Lead for Space Lift Range Systems at both Vandenberg Air Force Base and Cape Canaveral.

A master designer, inventor, and small business leader, Mr. Burke holds four U.S. utility patents. These patents form the core intellectual property behind several SIL product lines, including the Li-Ion Polymer Intelli-Pack® Battery, Consolidated Avionics® and Intelli-Avionics®, VBITS GPS Tracking and Autonomous Flight Termination System, Space Based Range, and the Chameleon 12U to 27U OMSR Flexible Bus.