Former Xerox and Tektronix President and Three-Time CEO
The operator behind the coach
Gerry Perkel is a three-time CEO and former president at Xerox and Tektronix with more than 30 years of experience leading companies across technology, manufacturing and business services, including several successful exits. He is known for rapidly finding the keys to success in a business and assembling strong, focused teams that create value across multiple market segments and geographies.
Gerry coaches CEOs and their leadership teams across multiple industries. His work covers vision and strategy, growth planning and go-to-market, product and service roadmaps, global strategy, operational scaling, turnarounds, M&A and AI transformation. When the time is right, he helps CEOs build enterprise value and prepare the business for a transaction.
Gerry has a B.S. in Engineering from UCLA. He is married and a proud father to three successful adult daughters. Gerry is an avid golfer, having played 452 courses so far. He also enjoys traveling the world and has visited 39 countries so far.
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Working with Gerry
CEOs and leadership teams looking to grow and scale their businesses to create substantial value and, when appropriate, prepare for a transaction. Gerry works with CEOs across technology, manufacturing and business services, and is most valuable when a company needs a sharper strategy and go-to-market, a plan to scale operations, or a clear path to building enterprise value before an exit.
Gerry is a three-time CEO and former president at Xerox and Tektronix with more than 30 years of experience and several successful exits. He is known for rapidly finding the keys to success in a business and assembling strong, focused teams that create value across multiple market segments and geographies.
Direct, operator-driven, and rooted in real P&L experience. Gerry Perkel coaches CEOs the way a former operator coaches, focused on the decisions that actually move the business, the metrics that expose the truth, and the leadership behaviors that compound over time.
Gerry Perkel is based in Tualatin, Oregon and La Quinta, California, and works with CEOs across North America and internationally through 1:1 coaching, board observation, and on-site strategic offsites as part of the CEO Coaching International team.
Companies coached by CEO Coaching International for two or more years have averaged 22.8%/yr revenue growth and 37.5%/yr EBITDA growth, roughly 2-3x U.S. benchmarks. Gerry Perkel coaches to the same operating standard: measurable growth, real leverage on the CEO's calendar, and a leadership team that can execute without you.
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