Walter V. (Wally) Klemp
President and CEO

Wally Klemp has established a strong history of entrepreneurial achievement. Throughout his career, he has founded three companies and filed six U.S. patents. He now serves as president and CEO of Houston-based Tyrell, Inc. In his current role, Klemp is charged with developing the core growth strategies of the business.

From 2001 to 2002, Klemp was founder, CEO and chairman of Syntronyx Global Corporation, a company formed to consolidate several electronics manufacturing service providers in three different countries to create a $300 million niche player.

Before founding Syntronyx, Klemp served as founder, CEO and chairman of Drypers Corporation, at the time the sixth largest manufacturer of disposable baby diapers in the world. He started the company with a college friend in his basement in the mid-1980s and eventually built Drypers into a $400 million publicly traded company, with 2,400 employees and operations in seven countries. Drypers received the Gold Edison Award from the American Marketing Association for the most innovative children’s product of 1997, and the company was ranked number one on the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies in 1993.

Before founding Drypers Corporation, Klemp was a CPA with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). Klemp earned a B.A. from Lewis & Clark College, graduating with honors as the business school’s “Outstanding Accounting Scholar.” While a student, he was also recognized as Oregon’s state champion orator.

Out of the office, Klemp and his wife, Laura, enjoy spending time with their daughter. Among his many talents, he is an avid skier and cyclist and enjoys fitness, boating and woodworking.

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