She is registered in Canada and has been a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1991. Ms. Perley worked in public practice for four years with Coopers & Lybrand in Mississauga, Ontario as an audit supervisor. She spent five years in the private sector with a focus on business analysis, financial reporting and wholesale finance and planning. She also served two years as the Director of Finance for a biotech firm. The past 2 years have been spent working as a part-time CA for a tech company in Austin, Texas.