Nonprofit business development group TechColumbus has hired a new CEO from a similar organization in Oklahoma.
Tom Walker, who began his career as a research scientist at Battelle, takes the reigns of TechColumbus. TechColumbus had been led by interim CEO Tim Haynes since the group’s former leader and founder, Ted Ford, announced his resignation in October.
Walker comes to TechColumbus from Oklahoma City-based i2E (innovation to enterprise), a nonprofit that aims to grow companies in the state. The group credits itself with “dramatically increasing” the amount of risk capital available for entrepreneurs in Oklahoma.
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