Mike Perkins

With a technical focus on digital signal processing (DSP), video compression and communications theory, “Perk” co-founded Cardinal Peak in 2002 and helped guide the company as co-CEO until 2016 and as chairman until 2017.

Prior to co-founding Cardinal Peak, Perk held positions ranging from staff scientist to vice president of engineering at various organizations, including the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Scientific Atlanta (a Cisco company) and DiviCom before co-founding Vantum alongside fellow Cardinal Peak management team member, Howdy Pierce. Perk currently teaches courses in AR/VR systems and digital signal processing at Carnegie Mellon University Africa as well as at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Perk holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford, an M.S. in statistics from Stanford, and a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Kansas.