Robert is on the Advisory Board and a Partner of Perlinski & Company and is based in Newport Beach, California. His extensive experience includes several operating roles with major corporations, starting his own company in the medical device industry and as a private investor serving on over 24 boards in the past sixteen years. His focus has been on corporate and strategic planning, organizational issues, marketing and new product development. He has worked extensively in North America, Europe and Asia.

Recent Projects

Relevant Experience
Chairman and CEO of Life Support Products, Inc., a medical device company. Robert led the company from its start-up phase to exit. Robert grew the company substantially achieving a return on capital of 415% over a 30 month period for the venture partner. With 38 patents and another 20 in development the company held dominant positions in the emergency medical field. The company averaged a 36% increase per year in audited after tax profit over the last four years of his management. The company was sold to a public company.

Director of Marketing, Allergan Pharmaceuticals. Robert’s primary focus was on new product development supporting growth of 20% of annually.

Robert has held senior positions in sales and marketing for companies such as Atari, Spalding, William B. Meyer and Boise Cascade Corporation.

Robert has served on more than 24 company boards of for profit companies in medical technology, internet-enabled financial services, computer services outsourcing and nutraceuticals. He has been the lead on eleven completed related acquisitions.

Background
Robert has a BA of Marketing and a BA of International Business from the University of Washington. He has an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management at Phoenix, Arizona where he was honored with the Barton Kyle Yount Academic Scholarship.

He has chaired numerous volunteer boards to include Chairman University of California at Irvine Medical Center Executive Council, Chairman Accelerate UCI Graduate School of Management, Chairman Life Science Industry Council/SoCalBio, Chairman Venture Point SBDC. Robert was also Vice Chair of Orange County Business Council and has held several other volunteer board assignments.