Bren Walker

Bren Walker
Collaborating Partner, Integrated Systems Design
Kirkegaard

Bren founded Kirkegaard's integrated systems design practice delivering audiovisual systems design. She began her career in artists & repertoire for Island, A&M and Virgin Records, overseeing recordings and tours across North America and abroad. Next, she launched a company to consult traditional labels and digital music startups. Later she joined pioneering mobile app firm Zumobi, where she conceived and published apps for major media partners like Dwell, MotorTrend and MSNBC.

Bren has leveraged her experience in software and app development to reframe Kirkegaard's design approach to be user experience focused. She has launched new initiatives focused on extended reality and the application of artificial intelligence for performing arts research and facility operation. A former Recording Academy governor, Bren is a musician, producer and resident director for the Canadian theater company, Theatre Alive on Salt Spring Island where she lives.