William G. Walters – Co-Chairman of Silver Shield Foundation

Mr. Walters has over 40 years experience raising money for small-cap public companies.  He has successfully completed over 140 transactions and has raised over $2 billion as founder and CEO of Whale Securities.  Some of his successful companies include Cheyenne Software, Nationwide Cellular, Asta Funding, Take Two Interactive Software, Presstek, Parkervision, Universal Display, Delcath, e.Diets, Workstream, Turbochef, Traffix, Amarillo Biosciences and Top Image Systems. 

Mr. Walters is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania.  Mr. Walters currently oversees the origination team at Commonwealth Associates and invests the firm’s capital in early stage companies.