KELLY S. WALTERS - Corporate Board Profile

CVD EQUIPMENT CORP

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2009-09-25	Kelly S. Walters was appointed a member of the Board of Directors in September, 2009. Mr. Walters is the founder and presently serves as the managing member of Walters Advisory LLC, a management consulting firm. He has over 14 years of broad corporate finance and M&A experience having represented alternative energy, clean technology, climate policy, advanced materials, chemicals and nanotechnology clients. From 2007 until 2009, Mr. Walters was a principal at ThinkEquity Partners and a principal in the firm’s Greentech and Enabling Technologies investment banking team. From 2003 until 2007, he was an investment banker with Morgan, Joseph & Co. He began his investment banking career with Lehman Brothers in 2000 in the firm’s Global Chemicals and Industrials Group. Mr. Walters earned an MA at The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky. Mr. Walters also earned an MBA in Finance and a BA in Economics at the University of Kentucky. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Financial Manager (CFM).
2010-08-09	Kelly S. Walters is the founder and Managing Principal of The Forefronts Group, a management consulting firm focused on clean technology, chemicals and advanced materials including nanotechnology. He has over 15 years of broad corporate finance and M&A experience.
2011-07-28	Mr. Walters is founder and managing Principal of The Forefronts Group, a management consulting firm focused on clean technology, chemicals and advanced materials including nanotechnology. He has over 15 years of corporate finance and M&A experience serving alternative energy, clean technology, advanced materials, chemicals, imaging, coatings and nanotechnology companies.
2012-10-26	Mr. Walters is a Senior Vice President at Schwartz Heslin Group Inc., an investment banking and management advisory firm specializing in business and strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and valuation services. Prior to joining Schwartz Heslin, Mr. Walters was managing principal of Forefronts Group, a management consulting firm focused on clean technology and advanced materials including nanotechnology.
2013-10-07	Mr. Walters earned an M.A. at The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky where he also earned B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in economics and finance. Kelly is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Financial Manager (CFM).
2014-09-24	Mr. Walters is a Senior Vice President at Schwartz Heslin Group Inc., an investment banking and management advisory firm specializing in business and strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and valuation services. Mr. Walters earned an M.A. at The Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky where he also earned B.A. and M.B.A. degrees in economics and finance.
2015-09-24	Mr. Walters is a Senior Vice President at Schwartz Heslin Group Inc., an investment banking and management advisory firm specializing in business and strategic advisory, mergers and acquisitions, and valuation services.

Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-07-01