Hi, my name is Byron E. Burke and I've been self-employed since the age of 19. I've worked in the music industry for over twenty years, serving as the Co-Executive Vice President of the music division for Prelude Music & Film Works that released the 1998 motion picture for New Line Cinema, "Lost In Space", as well as co-writing and producing music for Atlantic Records, East/West Records, MAW Records, Maxi Records, Strictly Rhythm Records, Continue Music (Germany), Road Runner Records (Germany), Defender Music (U.K.), Strictly Hype, Bright Star / Dance Maina, Chicago Traxs, Capitol Records, Universal Records and Columbia Records.

I was one of the creative force behind Ten City-an early 1990's dance group leading to global sales of 1.2 million records. I co-wrote and produced two albums entitled, Foundation and State Of Mind for Atlantic Records, one album entitled, No House Big Enough for East/West Records, and one album entitled, That Was Then, This Is Now for Columbia Records. The records spawned ten Top 20 Billboard Magazine dance songs, five Top 10 Billboard Magazine Sales Chart Singles, ten Top U.K. Pop Chart Singles, a Gold Album from South Africa and a Silver Album from the U.K. that received international acclaim on four continents.

In 1999, I attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, studying development and management of start-up businesses and raising venture funding.