Jim Perakis is chairman of Netkey, Inc., a provider of self-service and digital signage software. He also serves on the boards of Unica Corporation (NASDAQ: UNCA), the leader in enterprise marketing software, and Sparta Systems, Inc., a provider of quality management software and is an advisor to several other technology firms. He was CEO of Hyperion Software Corporation, a pioneer in enterprise financial management and planning software, from 1985 to 1998, overseeing growth from startup through IPO to sales of over $300 million. Hyperion was acquired in 2008 by Oracle. Previously, Perakis was general manager of Chase Decision Systems, CFO of Interactive Data Corporation, and vice president on the corporate staff of Chase Manhattan Corporation.

Perakis holds a BSEE degree from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

He has been an investor and served on boards of a number of public and private technology companies, including Mapinfo Corporation, Bristol Technology, Inc., Vurv,Inc. and Microbank Software, and has served on the board of the Connecticut Technology Council.