Tom Walker

President and CEO, TechColumbus, Inc.

Tom Walker has been a leader in entrepreneurship and turning innovation-based discoveries into commercial opportunities for more than twenty years. As President and CEO of TechColumbus, Inc., Walker applies his experience as a seasoned founder and manager of venture funds and entrepreneurial initiatives to accelerate Central Ohio’s innovation economy.

Walker organized his first angel investment group and seed fund in the late nineties and has been involved with angel, seed and early stage investing ever since. He’s advised numerous states and the Southeast of England on the creation of high impact entrepreneurial ventures. He is the author of The Entrepreneur’s Handbook, an easy-to-understand step-by-step guide to commercialization for entrepreneurs with big ideas.

Walker holds a B.S. in Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma, and a Master of Business Administration from Oklahoma City University.

Walker is a friend of the consortium and a guest contributor to the OH-TECH blog.