First Past Chairman

ROBERT R. (BOB) WALKER
First Past Chairman

Robert R. (Bob) Walker was CFO of Agilent Technologies from its creation in 1999 until December of 2001. Walker created and managed Agilent's financial functions as the company was spun out from Hewlett Packard and completed its IPO. Since leaving Agilent, he has joined the boards of three companies: Electro Scientific Industries, based in Portland, OR, Liberate Technologies of San Mateo, CA, and Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in San Jose, CA.

Before joining Agilent, Walker served as vice president and general manager of Hewlett Packard's Professional Services Business unit responsible for consulting, outsourcing and customer education. He joined HP in 1975 and held a variety of financial and administrative positions, including the controller for the company's computer business. He spent four years leading HP's Information Technology function. Walker was named HP's CIO and elected a vice president in 1995.

Walker has been a member of FEI since 2000.

Walker received both a BS in electrical engineering and an MBA from Cornell University

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