Rob Walker Email & Phone Number

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Led Hardware Development

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Led development of a hand held product. Created project scoping, phase proposals/contracts, schedules, built the team at Synapse and structured the leadership team at the client, led team of 80+ at the client and local site. Provided strategic leadership, program, and project leadership for multiple subsystems; integrated electrical, mechanical, embedded firmware, app software, and development of custom components. Collaborated across all functions, including Electrical, Mechanical, and Software Engineering, Test and Validation, New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Engineering (client and CM), Quality, R&D, Compliance, Hazard and Safety, Marketing, and Finance.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Program Managed Console Hardware and Platform Software for Integration for new console features.Led a strategic initiative to improve cross group collaboration between the Console hardware (250+) and Platform Software (300+) Organizations. Involved aligning Waterfall based Hardware DLC with Agile/Scrum based Software DLC. Defined and Managed Implementation of Data Collection through Instrumentation of all hardware and software features across the Natal Platform to enable continuous improvement over the full product life cycle

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led Incubation of Hardware element of several new interactive entertainment experience concepts:Wireless Microphone for Lips Karoake game/microphone bundle.Multi-Drop IR remote input system for the SceneIt game/controller bundle.Depth Camera, which later became the heart of Natal/Kinect. Partnered with Microsoft Research, drove ideation, hardware feasibility analysis, Hardware/IP vendor selection and collaboration, Software interaction model tradeoffs. Lead author on technology white paper. Presented findings to Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie.Motion Wand concept, including collaborating deeply with game developers and artists to create the vision for the new platform.Set up Intellectual Property strategy team and process. Led prioritization of key of IP concepts, provided input to the value extraction process.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Xbox 360 Grew the team to scale for Xbox 360 development and launch. Set up an incubation team to define post launch peripheralsLed the definition and development of all Peripherals: Wireless Game Controllers, Battery Chargers, Memory Units, Wired and Wireless Headsets, and TV/Universal Remote.Led the evaluation and decision to include built in mult-controller wireless interface for game controllers and audio chat.Xbox 1Hired and Built the Accessories cross functional Team: Program Management, Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Test Engineering, and 3rd Party Licensing.Led the definition and development of all Peripherals: Game Controllers, Memory Units, Wired Headset, and TV/Universal Remote.Key contributor on Development Partner and Manufacturing vendor source

Everett, Washington, Us