Christopher Burns

About Christopher Burns

Engineering leader with a strong IC foundation, currently leading teams building product platforms, distributed systems, and enterprise GenAI solutions. I’ve managed and scaled engineering organizations of 50+ engineers across multiple teams while staying deeply involved in architecture, system design, and code review.My background spans high-availability web systems, real-time data pipelines, cloud-native platforms, and applied AI. I’ve led teams shipping user-facing products across global markets, driven execution under ambiguity, and made architectural tradeoffs at scale.I care about building teams engineers trust, moving quickly without cutting corners, and delivering systems that hold up under real production load.

Experience

1. Engineering Director, Ai Platforms

   Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

   Jun 2025 — Present · Boston, MA, US

   Led the design and delivery of production-grade GenAI platforms used across global teams, supporting real user workflows with reliability, security, and measurable business impact- Architected scalable LLM systems including RAG pipelines, agentic workflows, and cloud-native services, balancing latency, cost, and correctness in production environments- Drove platform-level technical strategy, establishing standards for model routing, prompt observability, evaluation, and safe deployment of AI systems- Partnered closely with product, security, and data stakeholders to translate ambiguous business needs into shippable, user-facing capabilities- Led and grew senior engineers and managers, maintaining high technical bar through design reviews, architectural ownership, and hands-on code review- Owned execution for multi-team initiatives, prioritizing roadmap tradeoffs, mitigating delivery risk, and ensuring systems scaled across regions and use cases- Influenced org-wide engineering practices around cloud architecture.

Education

• Boston University

  Master's degree, Computer Science

• Penn State University

  Bachelors, Communications

Skills

• Networking
• Cold Calling
• SEO
• Lead Generation
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Windows
• Email Marketing
• Salesforce.com
• Direct Sales
• New Business Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Sales Process
• Account Management
• Microsoft Word
• B2b
• Sales Management
• Social Media