Tom Walter, serial entrepreneur, is best known as the Chief Culture Officer of the award-winning Chicago Caterer, Tasty Catering. He started his first business—a fast food restaurant called Tasty Pup—in 1971. From that humble beginning to today, Tom has participated in the startup of 29 additional companies and the acquisition of three others.

As the CCO of Tasty Catering, Tom and his team have created, nurtured and led an employee-focused culture that has amassed over 20 “best places to work” awards, such as Psychologically Healthy Workplace Awards (2014-2012), Crain’s Chicago Best Places to Work (2013-2011) and Inc. Magazine & Winning Workplaces Top Small Workplaces Winner (2010). He was inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2010.

In 2012, Tom and his three co-authors wrote It’s My Company Too!, a business text that explores how the highest-performing organizations “entangle” employees, systems, culture and leadership into a unified drive for excellence and realizations of extremely high levels of success.