Mr. Walker has spent more than twenty five years as a small business owner. He has developed several private companies including Interlink, Inc.; HWC, Inc.; Walker, Smitherman & Smitherman; Ausmarc, Inc.; Akryl Corporation, and Fonda San Miguel, Inc. Currently, he is CEO of BizEinstein, LLC. and as a business consultant, he provides management services and technical advice for new and emerging businesses. Through his firm, Compass Development, he provides real estate analysis, development consulting, limited brokerage services and property management to individual investors, corporate investors and non-profit organizations. He has held corporate positions in real estate companies and commercial insurance agencies and staff positions in local and state governmental planning agencies. He has served on the board of directors of non-profit charitable organizations, private businesses and a City Planning Commission. Using his experience in private enterprise, he developed a course for Woodbury University in Entrepreneurship. He has been an adjunct faculty since 1990 teaching courses in Entrepreneurship, Risk Management, Real Estate Finance and New Venture Creation. He served as Woodbury University Principal Consultant in developing a local government incubator. He currently serves as Director, Entrepreneurship Initiatives for the School of Business. A native of Indiana, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Indiana University, and both a Master’s Degree in Political Science and a Certificate in Urban Planning from the University of Hawaii. He served in the United State Air Force Security Service. Mr. Walker is Co-Chair of the Pasadena Developer’s Club, member and Past President of the Rotary Club of Pasadena, and other professional and social organizations. Prior to moving to Southern California in1988, he and his wife, Dr. Karen Kaigler-Walker, author and college professor, lived in Texas.