Burk is currently on the Board of Directors for AJUG and the Atlanta chapter of the International Association of Software Architects. Like David, he is a founding member of the chapter and has been on the Board since it began. Burk is certified by Sun as a Java Programmer, Developer, and JEE 5 Enterprise Architect, and a contributing author to the O’Reilly books “97 Things Every Programmer Should Know” and “97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know”. In 2010, Burk was voted a JavaOne Rock Star for his talk on User Experience Anti-Patterns.