NxOpinion Welcomes Pete Perkinson to the Board of Directors
Mr. Perkinson spent his career advancing through the ranks of financial management achieving the position of CFO with various major corporations. He then turned his attention to investing in real estate and startup ventures and engineering inspections in the Las Vegas area. His extensive corporate experience is primarily with consumer products companies in the laundry products, food and personal products areas.
He graduated from Iowa State University in 1965 with a degree in Mathematics. Next he spent a year with The American Oil Co in credit and collections. Three years in the U.S. Army followed where he went through O.C.S., spent a year in Vietnam and left as a First Lieutenant. The next 16 years were with Procter & Gamble where he spent 8 years in Japan, the last 4 as CFO Japan Operations. His final role was a CFO of the Folger Coffee Co. a subsidiary of P&G. He then moved to Tambrands Inc becoming CFO in a year. This organization operated in 93 countries so a substantial amount of time was spent on evaluating and visiting the foreign opportunities and operations. He attended all Board meeting as an ex officio member.
From there he moved to Van Camp Seafood (maker of Chicken of the Sea products) as Executive VP and Administration. This was an LBO owned by Indonesian interests. Van Camp had extensive dealings in Asia so import/export procedures and cash management were critical. His responsibilities also included Human Resources, Legal and Information Technology. He moved to Las Vegas and began investing in real estate and startup ventures. He attended classes and got licensed as an Inspector of Structures and was employed by a professional engineering firm doing litigation inspection work.
Personal Welcome to Mr. Perkinsons from Dr. Robertson and the board of directors:
Pete,
We the Board of NxOpinion are pleased that you have accepted a seat on our board of directors. With your experience, knowledge of the company and international business, your skills will be greatly appreciated. I know personally, having worked with you for more than 3 years feel honored to have you as an advisor.
Welcome aboard during the time of our commercialization phase.
Thanks again,
Joel