William Perkins
William D. Perkins is currently president of Perkins & Oglesby, a real-estate investment firm, and a rancher raising organic Black Angus beef and gaited mountain horses. He serves on the boards of Poly Advertising, Sun Trust Bank (Lake Co. Fl.), Safety Medical (advisory board / former director) and The American Civil Defense Association (TACDA).
From 1987 to 2000 he was Chairman/CEO of Florida Imaging Systems and Southeast Imaging Systems. Both were medical radiology companies specializing in heart catheterization labs, CT scanners, mammography, fluoroscopic and general radiographic equipment. He founded Florida Imaging in 1987 with five employees. In 1993 two other medical companies were merged into Florida Imaging and the name was changed to Southeast Imaging Systems. When he sold the company in 2000 they had 64 employees and sales were over 30 million dollars per year.
From 1970 to 1987 Mr. Perkins worked for Philips Medical Systems. In 1972 he started the Central Florida Branch as the only employee. He developed the branch sales to over 10 million dollars per year and grew the branch to 35 employees. His responsibilities included management of sales, engineering and operations departments. He completed the Philips Senior Management Program and numerous management and sales training programs. He was the top salesperson in the U.S. three times.
Mr. Perkins served eight years in the US Air Force. While there he attended numerous electronics and instructor schools and the University of Southern Mississippi. He was an instructor for communications/missile electronics. Major awards included:
- Bronze Star with 'V' Device
- Air Force Commendation Medal
- South Vietnamese Government's Medal of Honor
Mr. Perkins has been married to his wife Donna for 44 years. His hobbies include reading, ham radio (KD4FJL), scuba diving, target shooting and horses. He has always been interested in civil defense and recently completed the National Guard Trained Crisis Responder Course (TCR) for Terrorism and Disaster Response.
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