Walter joined Frontenac in 1994. Today, he focuses on sourcing new investment opportunities and working with portfolio companies. Throughout his career, Walter has led investments in a variety of industries, including consumer products and services where he is currently focused. Walter is a director at Better Than Home, CCI Prime, Crofter’s Organic, Monterey Bay Herb Co., Schlotterbeck & Foss, and Zipline Logistics. Walter’s prior investments include Aspire Media, Health Valley Foods, H-E Parts, Mercer Foods, Salient CRGT, Sigma Corporation, SI International (Nasdaq: SINT), Spice Chain Corporation, Wenner Bread Products, and Whitebridge Pet Brands. Walter serves on Frontenac’s Investment Committee and leads the firm’s Management Committee where he shares responsibility for the overall management of the firm.

Prior to Frontenac, Walter served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. A Pittsburgh native, Walter graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and earned an MBA with distinction from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.