Meet our CEO coaches
Guiding business leaders to greater success.
BACKGROUND
Accelerate your growth in afterburner as a member of one of Perdue’s Peer Advisory groups and join a list of high-performing CEOs as we work together to outgrow our competitors through our confidential groups.
As an officer and pilot in the USAF, Perdue developed exceptional leadership skills by training and leading top Air Force pilots from the USA and NATO to fly multiple aircraft for combat missions in hot spots and wars around the globe.
These experiences provided top-scale skills and processes that he has employed in his businesses and coaching practices for 30 years. Participating in life-threatening experiences develops team and performance skills seldom learned in the private sector. His ability to share and coach CEOs in those skills offered the best of the best.
⇒ Activated on 9/11, Perdue flew over 100 combat support missions: Operations Noble Eagle & Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, and Operations Northern & Southern Watch, Iraq.
⇒ Driven by a relentless goal for growth and innovation, Perdue achieved remarkable milestones as he pioneered and sold one of the first B2B broadband internet companies (ISP) and managed security providers (MSP) with over 920% CAGR customer growth & over 1500% CAGR revenue growth.
⇒ His persistent growth efforts were recognized by the Memphis Business Journal as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Executives in the Mid-south in the second year of the award, 1998.
⇒ Perdue also founded a Financial Services firm specializing in asset-based lending for corporations seeking to finance telecom, data equipment, or avionics averaging an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 30%.
⇒ Perdue developed a consulting practice employing his 13+-year Air Force career best practices to optimize operations for private jet ownership organizations, serving billionaires to over 100 Fortune 500 companies, 8 of the top 50, including #1.
⇒ Perdue invested in, syndicated, and brokered commercial real estate. Additionally, he held a real estate broker license in several states. He also provided financial reporting in several dozen countries for a billionaire investor who was a market-maker in commodities averaging more than 20% IRR, 9+% CoC.
⇒ Additionally, Perdue had profitable investments in a long-distance company, a telecom refurbishment & remarketing company, a cellular company, a fiber optics company, and a de novo bank.
⇒ He’s held Board seats for 10 Profit and non-profit organizations, leveraging military leadership principles to propel these organizations to the next level. He was appointed to a board by the Mayor of Shelby County and
approved by the County Commission. He was also a founding member of Infragard – a public-private collaborative in cyber security between the FBI, NIPC, and the private sector.
Additionally:
• Honorably Discharged at the rank of Major after serving over 13 years in the USAF.
• TN Real Estate Broker license & licensed in several states.
• TN Commercial General Contractor license.
• Held FINRA Series 7 and 66 licenses.
• USAF Instructor Pilot to the highest performing US and NATO military pilots, in the world.
• Current FAA Licenses held, CFI, CFII, MEI, and ATP with 4 Type Ratings including the 747-400 with 8,000
hours flown in over 100 countries.
• Current PADI Certified Dive Master and Rescue Diver.
Helping Leaders Reach Their Full Potential
Janet Fogarty
Vistage Florida Chair since 1993
The rewarding part about being a chair is working with the members and watching the growth over time that they can’t even see.
“The rewarding part about being a chair is working with the members and watching the growth over time that they can’t even see.”
Janet Fogarty
Vistage Florida Chair since 1993
Linda Gabbard
Vistage Florida Chair since 2005
I’m a huge believer in the power of a group. Vistage combines this with the opportunity to work with high-performing CEOs and entrepreneurs. Together we create growth and value for each member, their employees, their families and their entire community.
George Glover
Vistage Florida Chair since 2016
As a CEO, I was blessed to have worked in five countries on three continents, and I thought that just the impact on people I’ve worked with and led was life-changing. But to be able impact those who I don’t directly work with—and their organizations—has been life-changing.
Allen Hauge
Vistage Florida Chair since 1994
The life of a Chair for me has been extraordinarily rich. If you have any orientation toward learning, it’s the best learning experience you will have as an adult, hands down.
“Chairing demands I give others the full range of my experience”
Chair Guillermo Hysaw fought racism on the football field and persevered through Jim Crow. He became a pioneering auto exec and, ultimately, a leader of leaders.
Arturo Lopez
Vistage Florida Chair since 2014
My approach to Chairing is firm, compassionate and resolute. I come from a military background and have worked hard to be an agile Chair. I help my members bring a warrior mindset to challenges so they’re prepared to face anything.
Liza LeClaire
Vistage Florida Chair since 2017
It’s not just helping them be more successful, it’s not just helping them make more money, it’s helping them be a better person.
Dwight Frindt
Vistage Florida Chair since 1994
What unleashes individual’s motivation? What gets team members focused, collaborating and acting effectively for a shared purpose? What keeps organizations productive and agile? These are the questions that drive my passion as a business leader and trusted advisor.
Mark Murphy
Vistage Florida Chair since 2012
I work with CEOs individually and in a peer advisory board format to help them lead more strategically, effectively and substantially on both personal and professional levels. I am passionate about calling forth a leader’s clarity and courage to act boldly in advancing their business.
“I work with CEOs individually and in a peer advisory board format to help them lead more strategically, effectively and substantially on both personal and professional levels. I am passionate about calling forth a leader’s clarity and courage to act boldly in advancing their business.”
Mark Murphy
Vistage Florida Chair since 2012
