Bill Walker, Pratt ’90, Mattson Family Director of Engineering Entrepreneurship and Executive in Residence in the Pratt School of Engineering, concluded his tenure at Duke in May after revolutionizing Pratt’s entrepreneurship space.
In a farewell LinkedIn post he wrote: “I love Duke with all my heart, but it is time for me to take on new challenges and return to creating, which is where my deepest passion lies.” Walker intends to focus his time now on leading his fourth company, Boundless Science, which focuses on medical equipment manufacturing.
At Duke, Walker led the Clark Scholars Program and BRiDGE incubator, launched the Duke Founders’ Advancement Network Mentoring program and represented Duke on the North Carolina Board of Science, Technology and Innovation…