Most of my work is the foundation,
the parts of a product the rest of it stands on.
The thread running through all of my work is what has to happen between disciplines, between mechanical, electrical, software, and the messy realities of factories, users, and the field. Most failures live in the seams, and so does most of the value.
I also co-host Founder's Voyage with Nancy Nash, a podcast and live event series that gives first-time founders honest access to the people a step or two ahead of them. Whatever the surface, the mission is the same: helping the next generation of important technology actually get built.
Four projects that taught me
how things actually get made.
What I'm useful for.
Systems Engineering
Whole-system trade-off analysis, requirements decomposition, and cross-disciplinary coordination — making sure the right problem is being solved at the right layer.
Sensor Development
Physics analysis, mechanical and electrical design, firmware, and the test infrastructure to qualify a sensor from PoC through DFM to factory.
Mechanical Design
CAD-led mechanism design — payloads, housings, and the kind of tight-tolerance parts that have to behave on a production line, not just on a bench.
Product Software
System architecture, API integration, CI/CD, auth, data layers — the spine that turns a working prototype into a running product.
Mass Production
DFM collaboration, test-rig design, and the on-the-ground root-cause work when a factory issue threatens a launch.
Founder Storytelling
Co-hosting Founder's Voyage — interviewing impact-focused entrepreneurs and surfacing the lessons that don't make it into the press release.
Where to find me
in the room.
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Networking for Founders
Pilpel Lime Street, 21 Ship Tavern Passage, EC3V 1LY · co-hosting for Founder's Voyage
A Founder's Voyage evening. Three founders, three fifteen-minute lessons from the journey, fifteen minutes of questions on each, then food, drinks and proper conversation through to 11pm.
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The same person,
across the rest of the internet.
- LinkedInin/spencer-walker-fooks↗
- GitHub@SpencerWF↗
- Founder's VoyagePodcast — co-host↗
- Creator ChaosFounder↗
- Email[email protected]↗
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