Mr. Robert E. Perez is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of P4 Partners. His distinguished career in federal law enforcement culminated with serving as the Deputy Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In that role, he was the agency’s senior career official, leading the nation’s largest law enforcement agency of more than 60,000 employees and managing a budget of over $15 billion. Over the course of his 29-year career, Mr. Perez oversaw and directed the vast range of CBP’s national security mission in various leadership positions. Mr. Perez has represented the Department of Homeland Security and CBP as a border and national security expert around the globe at scores of international business conferences, alongside senior figures in the U.S. and foreign governments, and in the national and international press. Mr. Perez has been widely recognized throughout his career for his accomplishments by multiple private and public organizations.