Phil Perkins
Phil Perkins
President and CEO
ACUMEN Corporation
Phil Perkins is President and CEO of ACUMEN Corporation, an international supply chain and ERP consulting firm based in Richmond, Virginia. He is also the founder and principal consultant of Strategy Island, an executive peer consortium promoting life-long learning. Perkins is a noted speaker and author whose approach to managerial and industrial productivity is considered refreshing and innovative.
During his successful career he has been a technology manager in the Fortune 500 environment, a systems designer, independent consultant and ground breaking CEO. Perkins is a frequent contributor to the international conference of APICS, The Educational Society for Resource Management and is a founding member of the Institute for Enterprise-wide Solutions at Virginia Commonwealth University. In addition he has taught management courses at the University of Richmond Management Center and is a member of an international think tank on best practices.
He has written for or been quoted in several business publications including Inc. magazine and his first book, Points of Productivity; Turning Corporate Pain to Gain, was published in 2003. The second edition will be released later this year.
Mr. Perkins is a resident of Richmond, Virginia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina where he and his wife Sandra are active in community affairs.