Skip Walker lives in the SF Bay Area and has performed about 5,500 paid inspections since 2003. Skip is both a CREIA Master Inspector (MCI), CREIA Inspector Fellow and an ASHI Certified Inspector (ACI). Skip is an ICC Certified Residential Combination Building Inspector, a ICC Certified California Residential Combination Building Inspector, a Certified Residential Thermographer and a F.I.R.E. Certified Inspector. Skip is the past education chair for the Silicon Valley ASHI/CREIA Chapter, past SV ASHI Chapter president, CREIA State Secretary, 2011 and the CREIA Region Three Director 2009- 2013. He has presented numerous times at both CREIA and ASHI chapters and educational events and has represented the Home Inspection profession at both the CAR and NAR conferences. Skip has also written over 30 articles. He is a co-author of the Code Check series. He has received the 2014 ASHI Monahan Award, the 2014 ASHI Presidents Award, 2014 CREIA John Daly Award and the 2011 CREIA Inspector of the Year.