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Regards, <span style="font-size:75%;border:2px solid red;border-radius:50px;font-color:#00008b">[[User talk:Spintendo|<span style="color:#00008b;"> <b>Spintendo</b> </span>]]</span> 19:46, 27 June 2019 (UTC) |
Regards, <span style="font-size:75%;border:2px solid red;border-radius:50px;font-color:#00008b">[[User talk:Spintendo|<span style="color:#00008b;"> <b>Spintendo</b> </span>]]</span> 19:46, 27 June 2019 (UTC) |
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== Add 2009 company history snapshot (with quote attributed) == |
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Please '''add ''' the following after "Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009" in '''Formation and early years''': |
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Lori Hawkins of ''Statesman'' noted, "When he was CEO from 1999 to 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies ... it grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statesman.com/article/20120922/BUSINESS/309229567|title=Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture|last=Hawkins|first=Lori|website=Austin American-Statesman|language=en|access-date=2019-06-27}}</ref> |
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notability
Many 3rd party sources added, so I removed the "notability" warning, which was also outdated to back in Nov 2010 anyway. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Journ3eb (talk • contribs) 2013-01-14T17:01:28 UTC
Defense Contracts
Strangely omits anything about Perficient's many contracts with Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, etc. Nor does the article mention the pre 2009 acquisitions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.116.164.204 (talk) 15:25, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
- I've added Northrop Grumman and the US Navy to the list of clients. You can add Raytheon; do you have a source? Acquisitions going back to 2001 are listed in a table, not in prose. —rybec 13:34, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
Proposed merge with TriTek Solutions Inc.
Pretty unremarkable write up of a company. Most of the information is outdated. Acquired by Perficient. Would suggest leaving redirect. Classicwiki (talk) If you reply here, please ping me. 10:06, 2 March 2018 (UTC)
- Late reply, but I agree, seems like a pretty clear case to merge and redirect. – Broccoli & Coffee (Oh hai) 17:11, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
Proposed update
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Hi, my name is Christina and I work for Upland Software, whose current CEO is Jack McDonald. I have some proposed updates to include missing historical information about Jack McDonald's former role as CEO for Perficient here Christina-UPLD (talk) 20:18, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
Reply 20-APR-2019
- The purpose of the article is not to act as a diary of individual CEO's tenures. If it were, that information should be provided by sources which are independent of the subject. Publications based in Austin Texas, the same city as the subject company, would doubtless be biased towards companies which operate within their city limits, and would not count as independent of the subject in any assurances for WP:NPOV.
Regards, Spintendo 13:06, 20 April 2019 (UTC)
Proposed update 2
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I'd like to request the following sentence be added at the end of the second paragraph of the "Formation and early years" sub-section:
Perficient nearly went out of business after the dot-com bubble ended, but then-CEO Jack McDonald returned the company to profitability by focusing on its lucrative relationship with IBM.[1]
- ^ Wright, Rob (March 9, 2004). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
My hope is that this content addresses feedback from Spintendo above. The content is cited exclusively to a mainstream, national tech publication, avoiding any local biases. It focuses more on the company. It would also address the awkwardness of the page featuring current CEO Jeffrey Davis, but not even mentioning its prior CEO McDonald, who had a substantial impact on the company's history.
Thank you in advance for your independent and objective consideration of my request. Christina-UPLD (talk) 18:09, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
- The provided reasoning does not state what it was about McDonald's focusing on the relationship with IBM which enabled the company's return to profitability. Spintendo 15:46, 16 May 2019 (UTC)
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Formation and early years
The company was founded in Austin, Texas, in August 1997 by Bryan Menell. The first angel investors in the company were Steve Papermaster and David Lundeen. The company secured its first channel partnership with Vignette, a provider of content management systems. Jack McDonald became the Perficient CEO in 1999 and served in the position for over a decade.[1] The company held its initial public offering on July 29, 1999 and reached $11.75 by Thursday in its first week of trading. In December 1999, the company completed its first acquisition of LoreData based in New London, Connecticut. In May 2000, Perficient acquired Compete, Inc., an 80-person IBM-focused consulting firm. According to the Austin Business Journal, the deal was worth a maximum of $63.2 million.[2]
In 2001, McDonald became Chairman of Perficient as well as CEO. During this period, Perficient felt the effects of the Dot-com bubble and began to struggle financially. They built a strong relationship with IBM, which allowed them to remain in business through the recession.[3] That year, revenues grew 38%, and the company was profitable for the first time.[3]
Christina-UPLD (talk) 19:33, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Hawkins, Lori (September 22, 2012). "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". The Statesman.
- ^ "Perficient to buy Internet consulting firm". Austin Business Journal.
- ^ a b Wright, Rob (March 9, 2004). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
The request does not address text which may need to be removed from the article to prevent duplication if the requested prose is to be approved. This text needs to be included in the edit request. Regards, Spintendo 05:31, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
@Spintendo: - Thanks for the quick response and sorry I didn’t provide more clarity when making the suggestion. The above content would replace the first two paragraphs in history entirely, leaving the third paragraph alone. Hopefully that provides more clarity on the edit? Alternatively I can use strike through to demonstrate what would be removed from each of the two paragraphs. Christina-UPLD (talk) 14:03, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
Early history
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Hello, some detail about the early years (2001-2009) can be included in the Formation and early years section:
before the "The company's held its initial public offering on July 29, 1999" sentence add:
Jack McDonald became the Perficient CEO in 1999 and served in the position for over a decade.[1]
before the "Jeffrey Davis was named CEO" sentence, add
In 2001, McDonald became Chairman of Perficient in addition to CEO. During this period, Perficient felt the effects of the Dot-com bubble and began to struggle financially. In 2003, Perficient built a strong relationship with IBM, which allowed them to remain in business through the recession.[2] That year, revenues grew 38%, and the company was profitable for the first time.[2]
Thanks, Naadobea1776 (talk) 22:07, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ a b Wright, Rob (2004-03-09). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
Reply 25-JUN-2019
- There are two requests here: one dated June 11 and another dated June 24. This review applies to them both.
- The edit request dated June 11 does not give the verbatim text which is to be removed.
- The suggested additions dated June 11 and June 24 describe how the company "felt" effects of a recession but does not clarify which recession this is describing.
- The suggested prose in the request dated June 11 and June 24 makes a claim regarding the working relationship with another company, which requires additional verifications.
Regards, Spintendo 18:06, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Add early history
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This request provides a more direct, and less ambiguous statement to include:
Please add the following before the last paragraph in Formation and early years:
Jack McDonald became the Perficient CEO in 1999 and served in the position for over a decade. In 2001, McDonald became Chairman of Perficient as well as CEO.[1]
By the time McDonald left his position in 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies, grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million.[2]
Thank you, Naadobea1776 (talk) 21:35, 26 June 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ "exhibit992.htm". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
Partially implemented Spintendo 12:36, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Add 2009 company history snapshot
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Shows company history at this time. For "acquired 17 companies" (see [1] and use WP:CALC):
Please add after "McDonald served in both positions until 2009." in the formation and early years section :
By the time McDonald left his position in 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies and "it grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million".[1]
Thanks,
Naadobea1776 (talk) 16:58, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
The requested prose is insufficiently paraphrased from the source material. Quotation marks have been placed in the proposed text — but because no author is mentioned in the prose — proper attribution cannot occur since no one is being described as the source of the quote. Thus, the text needs to be properly paraphrased. Regards, Spintendo 19:16, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Add 2009 company history snapshot (with paraphrased quote source)
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Shows company history at this time. For "acquired 17 companies" (see [2] and use WP:CALC). Updated with paraphrased quote.
Please add after "McDonald served in both positions until 2009." in the formation and early years section :
By the time McDonald left his position in 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies, employed 1,200 people worldwide, and had annual sales of $200 million.[1]
Thank you, Naadobea1776 (talk) 19:23, 27 June 2019 (UTC) (updated to paraphrase)Naadobea1776 (talk) 19:26, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
References
- ^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
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By the time McDonald left his position in 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies, employed 1,200 people worldwide, and had annual sales of $200 million. | When he was CEO from 1999 to 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies ... it grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million. |
I'm afraid the problem of insufficiently paraphrased text remains. Regards, Spintendo 19:46, 27 June 2019 (UTC)
Add 2009 company history snapshot (with quote attributed)
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This request provides a quote, with attributed source:
Please add the following after "Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009" in Formation and early years:
Lori Hawkins of Statesman noted, "When he was CEO from 1999 to 2009, Perficient acquired 17 companies ... it grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million."[1]
- ^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.