Dubliner David Burke is Google's Mr Android

Burke is head of an 800-strong team of engineers

David Burke, Google’s vice-president for Android Picture: Bloomberg

When the buck stops with you for more than 80 per cent of the world’s smartphones, it’s easy to feel stressed. That’s the huge responsibility facing one Dubliner – but he has an army to back him up.

David Burke is essentially Mr Android. As Google’s vice-president for Android, Burke leads a team of 800 engineers to build the software that most of the phones on the planet rely on.

Despite having been ...