Walter is a Senior Business Lender for the Washington Puget Sound region. Prior to joining the Craft3 team in September 2010, he served as Assistant Vice President – Business Relationship Manager for Plaza Bank in Kent, WA. Previously Walter held positions as a Small Business Banker for Wachovia, Bank of America and Washington Mutual Bank. He is a Peruvian native and moved to the US in 2002.

Walter received his M.B.A. from Devry University - Keller Graduate School of Management, Chicago, Illinois and B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego, Trujillo, Peru.
Craft3 is a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) providing loans that strengthen businesses, families and the environment throughout Oregon and Washington. With capital support from financial, philanthropic and religious institutions and corporations, government agencies and accredited individual investors, Craft3 has invested more than $400 million in Northwest communities since 1994.