Walter Zaharchuk

Walter Zaharchuk
VP, Systems Engineering, Lutron Electronics Co. Inc.

Walter is currently Vice President of Systems Engineering at Lutron.  He received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and has spent over 40 years in research and development of Lutron’s Commercial and Residential dimming systems.  Over the past 5 years, he has focused on Product Security for Lutron’s systems, and on building Lutron’s product security team.  He is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the RPI’s Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering (ECSE) Advisory Board. In his spare time, Walt enjoys, skiing, cycling and hiking.