Mr. Perkins is a senior adviser to Fifth Rock Fund Development. He works with funds, operations, and high-level manager relations.

Outside of Fifth Rock, Mr. Perkins is the Founder and Managing Partner for Perkins Fund Marketing and is responsible for the overall operation of the firm, new business development, management of the sales force as well as for sales in named accounts and South America.

Mr. Perkins was born and raised in Rochester, New York. In 1973, he graduated from the Berkshire School. In 1977, he received a B.S in Economics from St. Lawrence University. After graduating from St. Lawrence, Mr. Perkins worked as a manufacturer’s representative in the ski industry from 1977–1982. In 1982, Mr. Perkins began working in the technology arena. He was involved in two start-up businesses that eventually led to the founding of Platinum Software, where he was a Director and Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. In 1989, after a bid from IBM to market Platinum, Mr. Perkins joined IBM as Manager of Software Marketing for the United States. In 1992, Platinum Software went public and Mr. Perkins and began investing in hedge funds. As an alternatives investor, he became convinced that these asset classes offer a superior investment option and decided to dedicate his career to the alternative investment industry.

In 1996 he joined Asset Management Services as a marketing and sales representative in the alternative investment field. In 1997, utilizing his years of experience in sales and marketing, Mr. Perkins formed his own alternative investment-marketing firm and broker/dealer; Perkins Fund Marketing, LLC. Since the firm’s founding in 1997, Perkins has raised assets in excess of $6.5 billion for its fund managers.

Mr. Perkins serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Berkshire School in Sheffield, MA. Mr. Perkins is also a member of the Connecticut Hedge Fund Association and has participated at numerous, domestic and international hedge fund/alternative investment conferences as a panelist, chairperson and moderator.