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Katie Perry has over 15 years of sales and marketing, operations, systems development and strategic management experience in emerging growth companies within the consumer product, engineering services and medical device industries. Most of her experience has been in building companies in their early stage of development. Her strengths include the ability to effectively manage clients, refine a projects’ strategic direction as appropriate, accomplish key objectives on time and on budget, and efficiently manage projects’ tactical implementation. Her current role at Pinchot & Company is one of marketing and sales. At Pacific Consultants LLC, an engineering consulting firm whose primary business is in the areas of electronic product development and medical device development, Katie served as the Director of New Business Development. Having joined PCLLC as one of 8 people with revenues of 1 million, she helped to grow the company to 45 people with revenues of 20 million within three years.
Prior to PCLLC, Katie worked with The Beta Group, a business engineering and technology applications company. The company was developed as an incubator for product development focusing on the creation of proprietary technology primarily in the area of medical devices. Her responsibilities ranged from idea generation, prototype development, market research, budgets, project management, marketing, packaging. In addition, she assisted in creating and building the following subsidiary companies: Beta Development was created to move promising technologies from idea stage to prototyping for feasibility testing and, further, to finished products. Three specific products in development were: 1) NiTi golf clubs, 2) eyeglass frames, and 3) medical devices. The golf club technology is currently licensed to PING and is being sold direct under the name PIXL. The eyeglass frame worldwide patents were sold to a large distributor in the US and are now distributed under the name FLEXON. Nitinol Devices & Components, a manufacturing plant developed for prototyping and product development of shape memory alloy medical products, was sold to Johnson & Johnson.
Launching Katie’s career was her experience at Vail Associates. She served as a marketing representative responsible for managing and conducting Focus on Vail marketing meetings to large groups of tourists and travel agents. She also served as a contract ski instructor & trainer. Katie taught individuals and groups of all levels to ski, designed curriculum for training new employees and skill development, and hired and trained new ski instructors. She is fully certified in the areas of communication, teaching, technical ski knowledge and skiing ability. Katie was also elected to the Management Task Force responsible for employee and management relations. Katie received a BA from Northern Arizona University. | 