Background
Walker, Laurence Gordon was born on December 11, 1948 in New Haven. Son of Charles Allen and Bernice Rolf Walker.
Walker, Laurence Gordon was born on December 11, 1948 in New Haven. Son of Charles Allen and Bernice Rolf Walker.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 1970. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975.
Design engineer, group manager Hewlett-Packard, Palo Alto, California, 1975-1981. Group manager Digital Equipment, Maynard, Massachusetts, 1981-1991, vice president manufacturing technical, 1991-1992, vice president, general manager network products, 1992-1996. Chief Executive Officer CertCo, New York City, 1996-1997, C-Port, North Andover, Massachusetts, 1997—2000.
Vice president Strategy Motorola, Austin, Texas, 2000—2001. Vice president general manager Network & Computing Systems, 2001—2002. Board directors Massachusetts Telecommunications Council, McData Corporation, Propagate Networks, Silicon Laboratories.
Associate board directors Oasis Semiconductor. With United States Army Reserve, 1970-1976.
Chair finance committee, Dover, Massachusetts, 1990—1992. Board directors Hopkins School, since 1999. Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Married Katharine Alcott Adams, December 27, 1970. Children: Nancy Karin, Courtney Alcott.