Gerry Perkel

About Gerry Perkel

Gerry Perkel is a proven CEO with experience in turning around organizations, building strong teams, launching new innovative products, finding and launching successful strategies into new markets, growing revenues through multiple channels and improving operating performance to achieve growth in shareholder value. As CEO of both a software company and a hardware company and Division President of multiple Business Units in larger companies, Gerry has experience in global markets and has successfully utilized M&A strategies to help augment and grow his organizations as well as to facilitate successful and profitable exits for shareholders.As CEO and board member of Planar Systems, Gerry led the launch of a new innovative strategy to focus on the new but growing market for digital signage products. Revenues for this new market focus grew from approximately $10M in 2010 to over $110M in 2015 and drove Planar to deliver higher gross profits and Earnings Per Share. Gerry led the sale of Planar Systems to a Chinese buyer resulting in a 46% premium for shareholders.As CEO and board member of Merant Systems, Gerry led a turnaround that included building an entirely new executive team, changing the culture and delivered a substantial change in financial EBITDA improvement. Merant was listed on the London Stock Exchange and valued at approximately $140M when Gerry took the helm and was sold 2 1/2 years later for approximately $380M to Serena creating a substantial value for shareholders.Gerry\'s early career was formed at two Fortune 500 companies: Tektronix and Xerox. At both companies He had roles that took him into global markets, multiple distribution channels and multiple markets. He rose up through the ranks at Tektronix from sales person to become the youngest Division President ever at Tektronix. As Division President, he lead the sale of the Color Printing and Imaging Division to Xerox for approximately $950M.Gerry is now utilizing his skills and experience to coach CEO\'s looking to make big improvements in there companies leveraging the great systems and processes of CEO Coaching International.

Experience

1. Partner

   CEO Coaching International

   Jan 2020 — Present · US

   CEO Coaching International is the leading coaching firm for growth-focused CEOs and entrepreneurs. We follow a practical and proven methodology to help CEOs and their teams perform at their very best and achieve their business goals. Our approach ensures that clients have clearly defined goals and have correctly identified the necessary talent and the specific actions to achieve those goals. Then, through a repeated process of accountability and coaching, we systematically execute on these goals while resolving whatever may get in the way. With 11 years leading divisions of large companies and 14 years of CEO experience with multiple successful exits, I deeply relate to my clients and understand the unique business challenges of growing a company. I thrive on getting results through a repeatable process that can be reapplied to achieve increasingly greater goals.

Education

• UCLA

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Engineering

  1973 — 1978

Skills

• Strategy
• Program Management
• Management
• Executive Development
• Strategic Partnerships
• Product Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Start-Ups
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Channel
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Business Development
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Strategic Planning
• Saas
• Product Marketing
• Product Development
• Executive Management
• Solution Selling