Larry Perkins Email & Phone Number

Perk joined the International Center for Entrepreneurial Development (ICED) in December 2003 during the acquisition of COMPUTER EXPLORERS® (CE). He has been affiliated with CE since 1992 as owner and director of two CE franchises and was named Franchisee of the Year in 1993. Perk joined CE headquarters in 1996 as Vice President of Operations and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1997 until ICED purchased COMPUTER EXPLORERS in 2003.Before assuming his responsibilities for ICED International Development in December of 2005, Perk served as ICED Director of Training, and, as Special Projects Manager, implemented an internet based sales management system for ICED and an internet based franchise management system for COMPUTER EXPLORERS.Prior to joining COMPUTER EXPLORERS, Perk led an international team in marketing information systems and product management at A. C. Nielsen Company. He directed the development and implementation of marketing information systems used by consumer marketing companies all over the world. Perk began his career at General Mills, Inc. in marketing information systems, and was a founder and partner of Coordinated Management Systems, a successful marketing information systems consulting firm serving top consumer manufacturing and marketing clients.Prior to launching his business career, Perk served in Sicily as a Supply Corps officer in the US Navy.

Listed skills include Information Systems.

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  Director Of International Development

  (Iced) International Center For Enterpreneurial Development

  Dec 2005 - Present

  ICED is a franchise holding company with several brands in the Print/Copy, Pack & Ship, and Childrens Technology Education industries. As Director of International Development, Perk is responsible for the develompent of ICED brands outside the United States.In addtion, because of his previous experience managing the development of marketing information systems, Perk has directed the implementation of an on-line franchise sales management system for ICED corporate and an Internet based franchise management system for the COMPUTER EXPLORERS brand.