Walter is a senior vice president in Callan’s Information Technology group.
Walter J. Meerschaert is a senior vice president of Callan’s Information Technology group. He joined Callan in 1988 and is a shareholder of the firm.
He has previously served in the roles of personal computer manager, software developer, and manager of the Client Software department (now called the Analytical Solutions Group).
In his long career with Callan, Walter was responsible for the creation of Callan’s PEP (Performance Evaluation Program), ASSETMAX (Asset projection optimizer), and EdWin (Electronic Documents for Windows) programs (among many others).
Prior to Callan, Walter was a forest scientist at the University of California, Berkeley and for the United States Forest Service at the Southern Forest Experiment Station in New Orleans.
Walter earned a BS in forestry from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in forestry from the University of California, Berkeley.