The McDonald Group, Inc.

Walter McDonald is founder of The McDonald Group, Inc., and focuses on marketing and business strategies, executive education and development. For twenty-eight years, Walter has been a highly respected construction equipment, material handling equipment, forestry, turf equipment and heavy-duty truck industry seminar leader and business consultant. Walter is a popular industry guest speaker and specializes in customized in-company training programs. Since 1975, Walter has conducted well over 2,650 management seminars and workshops throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Indonesia and the Far East. His adult education clients include Deere Construction Equipment, Ditch Witch, CASE, Komatsu, Caterpillar, LBX Link Belt, Bobcat, Bobcat Europe, Bobcat Far East, Vermeer, Vermeer Australia, JCB, Textron, Ingersoll-Rand, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America, Mitsubishi Caterpillar Europe, Mitsui Machinery, HYSTER, TOYOTA Industrial Truck, NISSAN Forklift, Clark, Volvo, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack, Peterbilt, and, numerous capital equipment distributors. Walter and his team have pioneered easy-to-use distributor development software programs used to test the profit impact of remedial management actions in each department. Prior to his 28-year management consulting career, Walter held several industrial sales, marketing and general management positions at the senior level including Vice President and General Manager of a $160 million industrial distributor. Walter received his Management Consultant Certification (CMC) from the Institute of Management Consultants in New York. He graduated Cum Laude from Louisiana State University with a B.A. in Economics, attended M.I.T."s Sloan School of Management and pursued graduate studies in marketing and finance at the University of Chicago"s Graduate School of Business. He maintains offices in Arlington Heights (Chicago), Illinois and Door County, Wisconsin.

Head Office Box 730 Arlington Heights IL 60006 USA