Tory Schalkle is a knowledgeable Senior Vice President of Enterprise Strategy endowed with strategy and business development expertise for over a decade in management consulting, private equity, and two Fortune 100 companies. He previously acquired his MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was one of the fortunate four to be chosen as McKinsey Emerging Scholars. Tory also joined Kellogg's Leadership Circle as an alum admission interviewer for Northwestern.
Tory lives in Minnesota and loves bonding with his family and friends outdoors by going cross-country skiing, biking or hiking around Lake Minnetonka. When he isn't outside frolicking in nature, he enjoys reading and spending quality time with his beloved wife and two kids.
Tory is an esteemed professional who has an extensive career in the technology industry, offering corporate strategizing advice to senior executives while leading enterprise-wide projects, launching internal analytics ventures, managing ten people teams, increasing $300 million businesses’ yearly revenue by 13%, as well as being recognized as one of Atlanta top 25 influential young leaders.
Apart from having a flourishing professional life, Tory is deeply involved in his community by serving on Wayzata City Council's Park & Trail Board to augment Minnesota's talent retention initiatives. He further offers aid to disadvantaged families through non-profits that he helps organizations like the organisation gratefully awarded by the Obama administration as one of the ‘10 Champions Of Change’. To help run over children’s families, another fundraiser was planned, and reported on major newspapers and television channels throughout Minnesota, proving Tory’s commitment to helping those in need.