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Isabel
is the CEO and co-founder of Perlinski & Company.
She is responsible for general corporate management, client and partnership
development, corporate strategy, methodology, process assurance, compliance
and risk management.
Mrs. Perlinski has over twenty five years of comprehensive experience
in management, finance, and information technologies; she has proven in-depth
expertise in business development and operations assessment, program & project
management, functional business planning, and corporate and financial strategy.
Isabel has applied her skills widely in software, retail, banking & finance,
QSR, and life sciences and medical device industries. She is highly effective
in companies ranging from start-up through Fortune 50 in teams that span
from executive committees to technical project task forces.
Recent Projects
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Isabel led a team in the development of a business strategy and
operational plan to spin out a molecular diagnostics technology
developed by the Chief Scientific Officer at Hitachi Chemical Research,
a wholly
owned affiliate of Hitachi Chemical, Ltd. She was responsible
for assessing the technology, market, developing the commercialization
strategy, FDA
strategy, financial and operational models, initial valuation,
funding plan, legal and licensing framework, business and product strategy,
marketing
and sales strategy, staffing requirements, and recruiting for
an initial scientific advisory group. The project also included conducting
focus
groups, interviews and feedback reporting from relevant industry
participants and planning and coordinating prospective studies for
the technology.
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She led her team to conduct a full business operations
assessment for Advisys, Inc., a financial software company, including
review of its operational,
financial, market and technology capabilities and developed
a number of financial and operational growth options to suit the
exit and liquidity
requirements of the majority shareholders. This engagement
also included an assessment of the leadership capabilities, culture
and core business
processes within the organization and resulted in recommendations
for implementing leading practices in leadership, process and corporate
governance. Other
work completed for this client included assistance in developing
the Information Technology Framework for product development, recruiting
competent personnel,
recommendations on Advisory Board composition and compensation
and guidance on protecting and enhancing the company’s intellectual
property.
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Isabel worked with the CEO of Zebra-Net, a technology
recruiting firm, to identify key shareholders objectives and develop
an acquisition strategy
and targets, evaluating proposals and conducting the necessary
due diligence and negotiation with strategic acquisition targets.
Relevant Experience
Isabel is the founder and CEO of Perlinski & Associates, member FINRA/SIPC,
an investment banking firm providing corporate finance and M&A advisory
to small and mid-size companies.
Visa International, Isabel was responsible for Treasury Systems which
included the multi-billion dollar money transfer and FX operations.
Jamba Juice, Isabel played a leadership role in developing the strategy,
process and infrastructure that allowed the company’s expansion from
20 stores to several hundreds.
At Taco Bell, Isabel managed the development and support team responsible
for sales systems deployed to over 4000 domestic and international restaurant
sites. Her organization deployed processes and systems that supported the
company ’s expansion strategy into new-concept sales.
Background
Isabel earned her B.S. in Computer Science from Northeastern Illinois
University in 1983 where she graduated cum laude. She earned her M.B.A
with high honors in 1993 from the Graduate School of Management at the
University of California at Irvine. She was awarded outstanding student
and was selected for membership in Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society
for collegiate schools of business. Isabel holds several securities licenses
such as Series 7, Series 24, 28 and 63.
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