Bob Walker was CFO of Agilent Technologies from its creation in 1999 until December of 2001. He created and led Agilent's financial functions as the company was spun out from Hewlett Packard and completed its IPO.
Before joining Agilent, Bob served as Vice President and General Manager of Hewlett Packard's Professional Services Business unit –responsible for HP's consulting, outsourcing and customer education business. He was named HP's first CIO and elected as Vice President in 1995.
Since retiring, he has served on public company boards where he was the chair of the Audit Committees and not-for-profit boards including FEI where he chaired FEI National and the FEI Research Foundation.
Bob has a BS in electrical engineering and an MBA both from Cornell University.