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Toby Nixon

Toby Nixon

Senior Product Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Experienced Technical Standards Professional, Communicator, and Public Policy Advocate

  • Education

    • California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

      1976 - 1977

  • Experience

    • Datamaxx USA Corporation

      Mar 1979 - Mar 1984
      Senior Product Engineer

    • Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.

      Mar 1984 - Jan 1993
      Principal Engineer and Standards Committee Representative

    • Microsoft Corporation

      Jan 1993 - Mar 2023
      Senior Program Manager

      Represent Microsoft is technical standards development organizations including Bluetooth Special Interest Group (chair of board of directors), USB Implementers Forum (member of board of directors), Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Forum (member of board of directors), Open Connectivity Foundation (former alternate member of board of directors), UPnP Forum (former board chair), Web Services Discovery and Devices Technical Committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (former chair), and others. Consult with teams throughout the Operating Systems Group on standards strategy. Show less

    • Washington State House of Representatives

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2007
      State Representative, 45th District

    • Washington Coalition for Open Government

      Aug 2007 - now

      • President Emeritus

        Feb 2021 - now

      • President

        Aug 2007 - Feb 2021

    • King County Fire Protection District No. 41

      Dec 2009 - Jun 2011
      Commissioner

    • City of Kirkland

      Jan 2012 - Dec 2023
      Councilmember

    • Bluetooth SIG

      Jan 2015 - Mar 2023
      Chair of the Board of Directors

    • Bluetooth SIG

      Nov 2023 - now
      Principal Technical Project Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced Certificate of Municipal Leadership

      Association of Washington Cities
      Jul 2016
      View certificate certificate

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Toby Nixon
      Heroes of the 50 States: The State Open Government Hall of Fame Society of Professional Journalist and National Freedom of Information Coalition May 2012 Heroes of the 50 States: The State Open Government Hall of Fame is a joint venture by SPJ and the National Freedom of Information Coalition. It was developed by leaders in both organizations as a way to recognize long-term contributions of individuals to open government in their respective states. Induction into the Hall recognizes “long and steady effort to preserve and protect the free flow of information about state and local government that is vital to the public in a democracy.”