About Us

Tiger's History

As a woman majority owned company, Tiger Enterprises & Trading, Inc. started operations in Ellington CT in 1993, under the direction of Ms. Bonnie Walker, the current Chief Financial Officer and majority owner. Subsequent growth and expansion over the years led Tiger to seek larger operating facilities in Tolland CT. Tiger later moved operations two more times to other separate and larger facilities in and around Ellington CT.

Tiger's continued growth necessitated the need to add industry experienced personnel. This was accomplished in 1995 with the addition of Mr. Dwight Walker, Bonnie's husband, who brought over 18 years of industry experience from Hamilton Standard. Mr. Walker also became the General Manager of Tiger Enterprises.

By 2006 further growth opportunities led Tiger management to decide to relocate the entire business to Fountain Inn, South Carolina where it currently resides.

Executive Biography's

Mr. Dwight Walker - President, Tiger Enterprises

Mr. Walker is an aerospace industry veteran of over 31 years. Prior to joining Tiger Enterprises, Mr. Walker spent over 18 years with Hamilton Standard (now Hamilton Sundstrand), a United Technologies Company. Mr. Walker left Hamilton as Manager of Aftermarket Sales. Prior to this position, Mr. Walker was a Buyer, Supervisor of Production Control, and held various Operations and Production Control positions within Hamilton. Mr. Walker attended The King's College in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. as a Liberal Arts major. Mr. Walker was born in Springfield MA.

Ms. Bonnie Walker - Chief Financial Offer, Majority Owner

Ms. Walker is an aviation financial veteran of over 15 years. Ms. Walker started Tiger Enterprises in 1993. She is the Majority Owner of Tiger Enterprises and its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her starting Tiger Enterprises, Ms. Walker was the President and Owner of Walker Cleaning Services of Ellington; CT. She ran that business from 1985 to 1993. Ms. Walker started her business career at The Hartford Insurance Group, Hartford, CT. She was with The Hartford Insurance Group from 1977 through 1983, leaving as a statistician with the Actuary Department. Ms Walker attended Eastern Connecticut State University. She was born in Newfain, N.Y.

Mr. John Gleason - Executive Vice President

Mr. Gleason is an aerospace industry veteran of over 34 years. He has held management positions at Volvo Aero Services as Vice President - Regional Key Accounts, The AGES Group as Senior Vice President, Regional Airframe Division, GPA Pacific Aero Support as Senior Vice President and General Manager, and AAR Allen Aircraft as Vice President, Commercial Product Support. Prior to joining Tiger, Mr. Gleason was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for The Telford Group. Mr. Gleason started his career in 1974 at United Airlines and had a stint with Evergreen International Airlines from 1981 through 1983. Mr. Gleason attended DeVry Institute in Chicago. He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Mr. Michael Vallan - Senior Vice President, Operations & Quality Assurance

Mr. Vallan is an Operations veteran of over 20 years, ten of those years with Tiger Enterprises. Prior to his promotion to Senior Vice President, Operations and Quality Assurance, Mr. Vallan was the Vice President of Operations and Quality Assurance. Before this promotion he was Director of Quality Assurance. Mr. Vallan spent 10 years at Rotman's Carpet & Furniture as Manager of Operations and Warehousing. Prior to joining Rotman's, Mr. Vallan spent a number of years in the music industry, writing, arranging, and recording. Mr. Vallan holds an AD from Holyoke Community College of Holyoke, MA. Mr. Vallan was born in Holyoke MA.

Mr. Jason Adams - Manager of Finance

Mr. Adams joined Tiger Enterprises in January of 2007, after having a financial services relationship with Tiger since 2002. Mr. Adams was with Edward Jones Investments, a financial services company from 2002 through early 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Adams was with the Walt Disney Corporation in a customer service capacity. Mr. Adams has a BA from Lynchburg College majoring in Business Administration with a minor in Speech Communication. Currently, Mr. Adams is pursuing his MBA with Southern Wesleyan in Business. Mr. Adams was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.