Patrick Perkins

Background

About Patrick Perkins

I participated in the CFA Institute Research Challenge as a team of five Finance majors representing the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. We analyzed a Wisconsin-headquartered, publicly traded company and created a sell-side analyst report. With the mentoring of a practicing CFA charterholder in the investment community, my team and I presented the report and our findings to investment professionals. DECA Leadership Experience- DECA Officer and High-School Store Manager: Sept.'08 - June '09 - DECA Competitor of Event Marketing, State and District Level Competitions: Sept.'08 - June '09 - DECA International Career Development Conference Attendee: Spring '09 Skillset and Specializations include- AS/400: JBA standard costing system- Oracle Software Experience: PeopleSoft Systems, Actuate Systems, CRM- Citrix Software Experience: Citrix servers, Trane Estimator, Trane Job Center- Microsoft Excel: Creating, organizing, interpreting financial models and pivot tables- Strong interpersonal communication, teamwork, and technical writing skills in a business environment- Knowledgeable in PC hardware and components, building PCs, and optimizing performance (as a personal hobby)