PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current

• Principal in Charge, Ryan, Atlanta office
  • Specializes in providing multistate tax services in a wide variety of industries.

Previous

• Principal, national accounting firm
  • Responsible for developing specific product and service market plans consistent with the strategic plan of the multistate tax practice.
• Practice Leader, national accounting firm
  
  • Responsible for sales and use taxes in the Midwest region and monitoring and analyzing specific judicial, legislative, and administrative issues.

PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Previous

• Senior Auditor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
  • Responsible for sales and use tax and franchise tax in various industries.
• Senior Auditor, Michigan Department of Treasury
  • Responsible for performing single business tax audits on corporations in various industries.
• Senior Auditor, Multistate Tax Commission

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
Mr. Walter lectures on various state & local tax topics for Ryan clients and has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:

• Georgia Retail Association
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
• National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives
• Research Institute of America

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Current

• Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Institute for Professionals in Taxation

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

• Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Illinois
• Certificate in Accounting, Northwestern University
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Licensed in Georgia