# Sean Burke

> Sean Burke is the CEO and co-founder of Enteligent, a Morgan Hill, California clean-energy hardware company building what it calls the world's first solar-powered DC-to-DC EV charger. Before starting Enteligent in 2020, Burke spent more than two decades as an executive at HP, Dell, Flex, Nortek, Katerra and AMD, working on early notebook computers and the first dual-screen Android phone, and leading product teams credited with 260-plus patents. At Enteligent he is trying to strip the wasteful conversion steps out of charging by keeping power in DC form from solar panel to car battery.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Enteligent
- **Organizations:** Enteligent, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Flex, Nortek, Katerra, AMD, Iomega, NCR
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Business Administration, International Marketing, University of North Texas
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Enteligent, developer of what it calls the world's first solar-powered DC-to-DC EV charger., Led product teams credited with more than 260 patents., Worked on the first notebook computer early in his career.

## Career timeline

- **1980s-2000s** — Held product and executive roles across computing hardware, including work on the first notebook computer; worked at HP, Dell, Iomega, NCR and AMD.
- **2000s-2010s** — Vice President at Hewlett-Packard; created the first dual-screen Android phone.
- **2010s** — President of the Computing Division at Flex and Group President of Nortek; President of building-products/lighting consortium Katerra.
- **2020** — Co-founded Enteligent to increase solar energy output and change how consumers use renewable energy.
- **2021** — Enteligent begins raising capital; total funding reaches $19M over following years.
- **2023** — Enteligent unveils what it bills as the world's first DC-to-DC solar EV charger.
- **2024** — Raised $6M (round led by Taronga Ventures, with NOVA / Saint-Gobain among backers) to scale commercialization; began supplying a 25kW DC-to-DC charger to electrify a logistics fleet.
- **2026** — Company reported total funding around $32.86M with a Series A stage; latest raise dated May 2026.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Enteligent, developer of what it calls the world's first solar-powered DC-to-DC EV charger.
- Led product teams credited with more than 260 patents.
- Worked on the first notebook computer early in his career.
- Created the first dual-screen Android phone.
- Held senior roles (VP, division/group president) at HP, Flex, Nortek and Katerra.
- Raised roughly $32M total for Enteligent from backers including Taronga Ventures and Saint-Gobain's NOVA.

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Enteligent raised $6M (round led by Taronga Ventures) to scale its solar-powered DC-to-DC charger and began supplying a 25kW long-dwell charger to electrify a logistics fleet.
- **2026-05** — Company's reported total funding reached roughly $32.86M at a Series A stage per aggregated data.

## Links

- Website: https://enteligent.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/1seanburke
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/enteligent1

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Last updated: 2026-07-29