Dave Perry received his degree in Education from the Massachusetts State College at Worcester. His prior experience includes teaching Biology and Earth Science at junior high and high school's in Hopkinton and Poughkeepsie. Additionally, Dave has over ten years experience teaching business and computer applications to the staff of several property/casualty insurance companies.

After 30 years of service in the insurance industry, Dave Perry retired in 1995 as the Assistant Vice President of Southern Regional Operations for Continental Insurance Company.

Dave Perry has been actively researching the murder of President John F. Kennedy for over twenty-eight years and has published numerous articles on his investigation of various facets of the assassination. He has been a special guest for the History America's Kennedy assassination tour in Dallas. In 2003 he was a on camera consultant to the Discovery Channel's Unsolved History - JFK Conspiracy Myths. He is also the author of the Dave Perry's JFK Assassination Website.