Robert J. Perret, Jr. - Senior Advisor

Robert J. Perret, Jr. is a highly experienced and hands-on manufacturing CEO who has been a Senior Advisor to Marwit since 2001. In 2001, Marwit and Mr. Perret formed Panapoint Manufacturing, LLC as a joint venture to directly originate and acquire promising manufacturing businesses based in California with revenues of $10 to $50 million. The first of these acquisitions was Nupla Corporation in December 2002, which Mr. Perret currently serves as President and CEO. Mr. Perret lends his expertise to Marwit on its manufacturing portfolio companies, in such diverse areas as due diligence, strategy, integration, processes, product development, foreign sourcing and sales, channel development and distribution. From 1989 to 1997, Mr. Perret was President and CEO of ASM Company, Inc., where he grew shareholder value tenfold, resulting in the sale of the business in 1997 to Harbor Group, a successful private equity firm established in 1976 whose focus is build ups of industrial manufacturing companies. From 1997 through 2001, Mr. Perret served as a Group President for Harbor Group, continued to run ASM as President, and managed the sale of ASM to Graco in 2001. Prior to ASM, Mr. Perret was partnered with Arthur J. Rosenberg, the founder of Tyco Laboratories, in Panatech Research & Development Corp., where he acquired, managed as CEO, and profitably exited several manufacturing businesses. Earlier in his career, Mr. Perret held senior management positions at Sheller Globe Corporation and Parker Hannifin Corporation.

Mr. Perret is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering Technology from Southeastern Louisiana University, a M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Columbia Pacific University, and an MBA from Western Illinois University.