Dr. Perlstein has over 25 years’ experience consulting on energy- and financial risk- related strategy, management, policy, and valuation related issues. His clients have included: dozens of electric power, oil, and gas industry companies; financial services firms and investment banks; multilateral agencies, including the World Bank; and governments in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Latin America and East Asia.
Since 2003, his power industry work has focused on: integrated resource planning; renewable power project evaluations and renewable energy integration; designing and evaluating the impacts and cost effectiveness of dynamic pricing and Smart Grid-enabled energy efficiency and demand response resources; greenhouse gas emission policies and allowance markets; and valuations of energy-related derivatives and complex financial securities; and expert testimony. Earlier in his career, Dr. Perlstein served as a Senior Vice President (Enterprise Risk Management) at the world’s largest insurance brokerage firm, a Director or Principal at several of the world’s largest accounting, management, and economics consulting firms, a Director in the Corporate Development department of one of the country’s largest broadcasting networks, and Vice President (Strategic Planning) at one of the largest U.S. banks.
Dr. Perlstein has taught at Columbia University's Graduate School of Public & International Affairs and Northeastern University, and lectured at M.I.T. and Brandeis University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Politics from Brandeis University and an Sc.M. in Finance and Applied Economics from M.I.T.’s Sloan School of Management.