| Brett A. Perlman recently completed his term of service as Commissioner of the
Public Utility Commission of Texas. He was appointed in 1999 by then-Governor
George W. Bush and was responsible for the successful restructuring of Texas’
$17 billion electric utility industry and $4 billion telecommunications
industry to open these markets to competition. As a result of Mr. Perlman’s
leadership, Texas has been widely recognized as having the best electric
restructuring program in the country and as one of the most successful
competitive telecommunications markets. |
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| Mr. Perlman’s current activities include providing management consulting
services to telecommunications and energy clients, such as MCI, Centrica and
the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston. He also
serves on the Board of Directors of Vector ESP, $40 million
venture-capital-backed IT services company that he co-founded. |
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| Prior to his appointment to the Texas PUC, Mr. Perlman was a management
consultant with the Texas office of McKinsey & Company, a global management
consulting firm known for its leadership role in business consulting. At
McKinsey, Mr. Perlman specialized in strategic planning for Fortune 500
technology companies in identifying new market opportunities and developing
corporate strategies. Mr. Perlman has also practiced law with the Washington
D.C. office of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld and with the Houston
office of Jenkens & Gilchrist. |
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| Mr. Perlman has been actively involved in community service projects for the
State of Texas and Houston based organizations. He prepared a nationally
recognized report for then- Governor Bush’s Science and Technology Council and
provided strategic planning for the state’s Telecommunications Infrastructure
Fund Board, which was responsible for Texas’ $1.5 billion fund for wiring
schools for the Internet. Mr. Perlman also helped start the Houston Technology
Center, where he serves on the Advisory board, and is a board member of the MIT
Enterprise Forum of Houston. |
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| A native of Houston, Mr. Perlman graduated Phi Beta Kappa in economics from
Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill. He received a law degree from the
University of Texas Law School where he was associate editor of the Texas Law
Review. He also holds a master’s degree in public administration from the John
F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he focused on
business and policy issues involving information technology, telecommunications
industry and the Internet. |
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| He lives in Houston with his wife Cindy and three children, Brian and twins
Hallie and Drew. |
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