He worked as a designer on Puggsy, Mickey Mania, Sonic 3D Blast, the Lego Star Wars series, Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue, and A Bug's Life and has served as programmer for many of their early games.
Burton announced in 2005 that Traveller's Tales would merge with Giant Interactive Entertainment to form parent company TT Games.
He served as creative director of the Lego Star Wars series based on the toy line of the same name and the film franchise.
In October 2017, Burton announced that he would be creating an unofficial director's cut of the Sega Genesis version of Sonic 3D Blast, which was released in December 2017.
[6][non-primary source needed] Burton is a practicing Christian and included an Ichthys as an Easter egg in one of the tracks in Sonic R.[7]