2018 – Presence Fitz Walker Appointed to CTECS Board By Governor of Connecticut Technical Education and Career System
2014 November 14 Fitz Walker was a Presenter at the United States and Africa Development Organization focusing on Energy, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Agriculture. The presentation was held at the Henry R. Luce Hall, Yale University
2014 April 21-24 Fitz Walker and Enidia Santiago-Arce, Tech Manager of the Innovative Technology Partnerships Office USA/NASA made a power point presentation “The HSEG Software Suite” to the Federal Laboratory Consortium National Meeting.
2013 December 21 Fitz Walker was honored at the Conn. NAACP state convention in New Haven where he was recognized as one of the 100 most influential black leaders in the State.
2013 May 9 Fitz Walker received the Freedom Fund Foundation Business Award from the Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP.
2013 May Honorable Rosa L. DeLauro, 3rd Congressional District of Connecticut, Certificate of Special Recognition to Fitz Walker-Bartron Medical Imaging.
2013 May State of Connecticut, General Assembly, Official Citation to Bartron Medical Imaging being honored at the 96th Annual Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP, Freedom Fund
2013 May State of Connecticut Office of the Treasurer, Denise Nappier, an Official Citation to Bartron Medical Imaging in recognition of the Freedom Fund Foundation Business Award from the Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP.
2013 May Official Commendation to Fitz Walker from the State of Connecticut Commissioner of Education on the receipt of the NAACP Freedom Fund Business award
2012 November 7 Fitz Walker spoke at the Johnson Space Center’s SAIC and Safety and Mission Assurance Forum. His topic was: NASA Technology Transfer and Spinoffs: How Space Technology Improves Life on Earth.
2012 August 30 Fitz Walker was interviewed on Live, National Public Radio for their NASA technology segment along with three other panelists.
2012 July 24-26 Fitz Walker did a poster presentation at the SBIR and Global Trade Summit held in Uncasville, CT
2012 May Fitz Walker appointed to Connecticut’s State Apprenticeship Council by Governor
Dannel P. Molloy.
2011 June 30 “2011 R & D 100 Awards Announced” In the Imaging Technologies Category: Bartron Medical Imaging’s MED-SEG product using NASA/GSFC Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation Software. Fitz Walker attended the award ceremony held in Orlando, FL October 13, 2011. The award is given to one of the 100 most innovative technologies, having ‘technological significance.’
Fitz Walker and Grace Schaefer were invited to speak at the 62nd International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, October 2011, to present their manuscript “The Effect of Visualization Tools in Commercial Markets.”
2011 July White Paper “Corrosion and Cracks in Water Pipes: Can We See Them Sooner?” written by Fitz G. Walker, Jr. and Grace M. Schaefer published by National Institute of Standards.
2011 June 2 Bartron Medical Imaging won the Maryland Incubator Company of the Year Award in the Technology Transfer Category.
2011 February 20 Fitz Walker was the Keynote Speaker at the Latter Rain Christian Fellowship and received the Great Achievement Award for the “Development of the new MED-SEG™ System, A Most Revolutionary Product.”
2010 October Published Story on Aunt Minnie.com and many other websites. For a listing contact bartron@bartron.ws
2010 October Feature story on the NASA official website in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month
2010 October 14 Telecon podcast put on by NASA with Nona Cheeks of OTT/NASA; Dr. James C. Tilton of NASA/GSFC; Fitz Walker, Pres/CEO of Bartron; Molly Brewer, DVM, MD of UCONN Health Center
2010 May 26 Mr. Walker spoke at the Maryland Small Business Development Center “Real World Success in Technology Transfer.”
2010 February 16 Fitz Walker was a Guest Speaker at the Healthcare Diversity USA for the Month of February, Black History Month at SIEMENS.
2009 June 4 Honored at: Goddard Celebrates 50 years-Technology Spinoffs, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, for the 2000-2010 decade.
2009 February 2 Mr. Walker as a speaker at: Technology Transfer and Spinoffs: How Space Technology Improve Life on Earth, Huntsville Alabama
2008, 2010 One of 100 “Companies to Watch in Life Science” by the Connecticut Technology Council Innovation Pipeline Awards.
2008 November 20 Mr. Walker spoke at the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) Power of Ten Angel Investor Presentation.
2008 July Bartron Medical Imaging, Inc. won the Prince George’s County Trailblazer Award.
2008 August Article in The Business Monthly “20 Unique Maryland Inventions” by Carrie Oleynik.
2008 Finalist in Incubator Company of the Year Award by the Maryland Dept. of Business and Economic Development and the Maryland Technology Development Corp.
2008 March 26 Fitz Walker was chosen to present at World’s Best Technology in Arlington, TX.
2008 Mr. Walker became a member of the Multicore Computational Center at the Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County.
2007 Fitz Walker, Jr., keynote speaker for Plasmon at Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Management Summit
2004, 2007 BMI was featured in Spinoff magazine, Innovative Partnerships Program NASA publication
2006, 2007, 2009 Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnerships, Inc. The Innovation Silver Award
2004, 2006 Fitz Walker, Jr. speaker at Sigma Xi (scientific research society) seminar, “From Outer Space to Medical Imaging,” Quinnipiac University
2005 September 21, First CRADA in history of NASA – “Method of Implementation of Recursive Hierarchical Segmentation on Parallel Computers” for 3-D development of RHSEG imaging “NASA Deal With City Firm a First” New Haven Register
2005 Grant from MTIP in cooperation with Morgan State University, A Historical Black College.
2004 Fitz Walker, Jr., keynote speaker at the Twelfth Annual New Technology Reporting Program at NASA
2004 April NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Office of Technology Transfer recognized Bartron Medical Imaging for its commitment to the transfer of Goddard’s Hierarchical Segmentation Software. Entrepreneur of the Year
2004 Became a member of the Technology Assistance Center Clients Prince George’s County, Maryland
Fitz Walker is also a member of the NASA (NSPIRES) Solicitation and Proposal Integrated Review and Evaluation System and is a member of IEEE.