Walter Cromer

About Walter Cromer

I\'m an enthusiastic leader with broad experience in agriculture, healthcare, medical devices, professional services and research. I\'ve worked with nearly all areas of business from engineering, sales and marketing, finance and accounting (reporting to four CFOs in my career!), legal, product development, compliance, manufacturing and customer service. I identify and implement improvements using innovation and creative problem solving. I\'m skilled at quickly forming strong relationships so we can work together and get things done. I love collaborating to identify opportunities for technology to deliver value and provide outstanding client service. High growth, dynamic companies from entrepreneurial startups to multi-national conglomerates have been the norm in my career. Plus, I like to have fun working together! I\'m a fast, life-long learner, a good listener and have a high EQ. Key experience in - Strategic planning - Analysis - Project management (waterfall, agile/scrum and scrumfall)- Portfolio management - Budgeting - Vendor management - Agricultural technology (instrumentation, controls, computer models, irrigation, chemigation, machine vision)- Healthcare delivery - Medical equipment (PET/CT, Cyclotrons)- Radiopharmaceuticals - High tech (hardware, handheld devices, and software)- Manufacturing - Management consulting services - Process design and development - Global IT - CRM - ERP - Enterprise social networking

Experience

1. Chief Idea Officer and Founder

   Eden Concepts Llc

   Feb 2018 — Present · Knoxville, TN, US

   I lead all aspects of Eden. I establish the vision and strategy, conduct customer discovery, raise funds, handle administrative tasks and perform product engineering and development. I identify opportunities for new products and services and complete preliminary analysis to determine the feasibility of the concepts. This includes technical as well as business analysis. I develop initial prototype designs and build virtual teams of experts to assist in the technical and business development.

Education

• The University of Georgia

  B.S.A.E, Agricultural Engineering

  1979 — 1982

• The University of Georgia

  M.S., Agricultural Engineering

  1982 — 1985