RICHARD
W. PERKINS, C.F.A.
(President, Portfolio Manager and Director)
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Mr. Richard W. Perkins, President and Portfolio Manager of Perkins Capital
Management, Inc., has had over 50 years
experience in the investment business. He received a BA in Business
from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1955 and an MBA in Financial Analysis and Investment
Management from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1957. He began his business career
as Research Director at First Federal Savings and Loan Association
in Chicago, Illinois, and then became Investment Analyst and Investment
Manager with the American National Bank and Trust Company in Chicago. He subsequently moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he served as Assistant Investment Manager
of the Mayo Foundation Endowment Fund from 1958 to 1965. He
then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he became the Pension Fund Manager for Standard
Oil Company of Ohio. In 1966, he joined Piper, Jaffray
& Hopwood, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he was instrumental in establishing one of
the first investment research and sales boutiques for a regional
brokerage firm. As a Vice President at Piper, Jaffray
& Hopwood, Inc. Mr. Perkins
was involved in corporate finance and venture capital activities,
as well as rendering investment advice to domestic investment
managers. In 1970, he was instrumental in establishing Piper,
Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc.'s International
Department and as a Senior Vice President continued to provide
investment advice to both domestic and foreign institutions until
he founded Perkins Capital
Management, Inc., in 1984.
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Experience
1978-1984
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Senior Vice
President, International Department, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1966-1978
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Vice President, Piper, Jaffray &
Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
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1965-1966
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Pension Fund
Manager, Standard Oil Company (Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio
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1958-1965
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Assistant
Endowment Fund Manager,
Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota
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1957-1958
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Investment
Analyst and Manager,
Investment Trust Services Department, American National Bank
and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois
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1956-1957
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Research
Director, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Chicago, Illinois
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Education
College:
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University
of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin, BBA degree, 1955
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, MBA degree,
1957
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Professional:
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American Institute
of Banking Certificate, 1958
Chartered Financial Analyst Designation, 1966
Financial Analysts Federation Fellow, 1974
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Other Associations
President
& Director:
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Perkins Foundation,
Wayzata, Minnesota
Perkins and Partners, Inc., Wayzata, Minnesota
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Director:
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American Oats, Inc., Minnetonka, Minnesota
Duke Financial Group, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nortech Systems, Inc., Wayzata, Minnesota
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