Experience
 Education
 Other Associations

RICHARD W. PERKINS, C.F.A.
(President, Portfolio Manager and Director)

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.

Experience

1978-1984

Senior Vice President, International Department, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

1966-1978

Vice President, Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota

1965-1966

Pension Fund Manager, Standard Oil Company (Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio

1958-1965

Assistant Endowment Fund Manager, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

1957-1958

Investment Analyst and Manager, Investment Trust Services Department, American National Bank and Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois

1956-1957

Research Director, First Federal Savings and Loan Association, Chicago, Illinois

Education

College:

University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, BBA degree, 1955
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, MBA degree, 1957

Professional:

American Institute of Banking Certificate, 1958
Chartered Financial Analyst Designation, 1966
Financial Analysts Federation Fellow, 1974

Other Associations

President
& Director:

Perkins Foundation, Wayzata, Minnesota
Perkins and Partners, Inc.,
Wayzata, Minnesota

Director:

American Oats, Inc., Minnetonka, Minnesota
Duke Financial Group, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nortech Systems, Inc., Wayzata, Minnesota