Thomas J. Walter

Tom Walter, CEO of Chicago-are Tasty Catering, is a serial entrepreneur. He has been a business owner for over forty years. During that time he has started twenty-nice companies and acquired three. He remains a principal in nice of those companies, six of which were co-founded by his staff.

Those companies include:

• nuphorIQ – a creative, edgy marketing agency

• that’s Caring – a sustainable, eco-friendly gift company

• T.F. Processors – a food manufacturer

• Touhy Capital – a capital funding entity

• N. 44th – An Arizona based real estate investment LLC

• Wahalla - An Arizona based real estate investment LLC

Tasty Catering has won local, region and national awards. Some recent awards:

• Crain’s Chicago Best Places to Work - #2

• Top Small Workplace Winner Awarded by Winning Workplaces and Inc. Magazine

• Governor's Sustainability Award Winner

• Cater of the Year by Catering Magazine

• ACE (Achievement in Catering Excellence) Award by CaterSource Magazine

• Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics

He is a member of the:

• DePaul University Marketing Advisory Council

• University of Illinois-Chicago’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

• Academy of Management, Entrepreneur Division

• Midwest Academy of management

• Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame

Tom is a national speaker and co-author of a book that will be published in October of this year titled: IT’S MY COMPANY TOO: How Entangled Companies Move Beyond Employee Engagement for Remarkable Results.