Summary
Chris Walker is a founder and engineering leader with 11 years of experience building product-driven platforms that bridge manufacturing, blockchain, and developer tools. He founded Element Robot (acquired by Jabil), led additive manufacturing software at Jabil, and later scaled product and technology at Tokensoft where he helped deliver novel on-chain offerings like the world’s first on-chain IPO and cross-chain airdrops. Now running Walker Studios and Proximum Labs, he blends systems thinking, product leadership, and hands-on engineering to ship structured, user-focused solutions. With an MS in Mechanical Engineering and a background in physics and applied research (including JPL and AUV work), he brings a rare mix of hardware, manufacturing, and crypto-software expertise. Notably, his career repeatedly pivots between deep technical implementation and founding product strategy, making him equally comfortable in the code, the lab, and the C-suite.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS Mechanical Engineering, MS Mechanical Engineering at University of Idaho