Talk:Perficient

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Many 3rd party sources added, so I removed the "notability" warning, which was also outdated to back in Nov 2010 anyway.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 Most of the information is outdated.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

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

  Edit request declined  

• 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

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.

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)

Proposed edits to Formation

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. 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.

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. That year, revenues grew 38%, and the company was profitable for the first time.

Christina-UPLD (talk) 19:33, 5 June 2019 (UTC)

References

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

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.

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. That year, revenues grew 38%, and the company was profitable for the first time.

Thanks, Naadobea1776 (talk) 22:07, 24 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Reply 25-JUN-2019

  Edit request declined  

• There are two requests here: one dated June 11 and another dated June 24. This review applies to them both.

1. The edit request dated June 11 does not give the verbatim text which is to be removed.
2. 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.
3. 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

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.

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.

Thank you, Naadobea1776 (talk) 21:35, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Partially implemented  Spintendo  12:36, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Add 2009 company history snapshot

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".

Thanks,

Naadobea1776 (talk) 16:58, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

References

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)

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.

Thank you, Naadobea1776 (talk) 19:23, 27 June 2019 (UTC) (updated to paraphrase)Naadobea1776 (talk) 19:26, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Text as it appears in the proposal	Text as it appears in the source material
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)

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." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naadobea1776 (talk • contribs) 19:53, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Reply 27-JUN-2019

  Edit request declined  

1. The 17 companies acquired during McDonald's time are already mentioned in the table.
2. The article already ascribes a portion of these accomplishments to Jeffrey Davis: "During Davis' tenure as CEO, the firm added over 1,000 employees and saw its annual revenue pass $200 million." The article cannot place laudets upon both individuals whilst describing said laudets as occurring during the tenures of each individual, unless the work records demonstrate an overlap in positions.
3. The COI editor is reminded to (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.).

Regards,  Spintendo  23:12, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Update 2009 company history

Hello, Please replace in Formation and early years:

Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009.

Jeffrey Davis was named CEO in September 2009. During Davis' tenure as CEO, the firm added over 1,000 employees and saw its annual revenue pass $200 million. During Davis' tenure as CEO, the firm added over 1,000 employees and saw its annual revenue pass $200 million. The company also transitioned from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

with

Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009. 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."

Jeffrey Davis was named CEO in September 2009. During Davis' tenure as CEO, the company transitioned from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

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This should clarify that period of 1999 - 2009 and removing any confusion of overlapping attributions with the addition of Hawkins quote. Thank you,

Naadobea1776 (talk) 16:19, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Reply 28-JUN-2019

  Edit request implemented  

• The request has been implemented using the following text:

1. Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009. Lori Hawkins of Statesman noted that during McDonald's tenure, Perficient "grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million." According to the St. Louis Business Journal in August of 2009, "during the second quarter, Perficient lost $196,000 on $44.9 million in revenue, compared with a $3.9 million profit on $59.1 million in revenue during the same period last year" (in 2008). Jeffrey Davis was named CEO in September 2009. During Davis' tenure as CEO, the firm transitioned from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market.

Regards,  Spintendo  18:51, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

References

Thank you! Naadobea1776 (talk) 20:21, 28 June 2019 (UTC)

Proposed 2003 history addition

In the formation and early years section, after "Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009."

please add

In 2003, IBM accounted for approximately 35% of total revenues. In 2004, Rob Wright of CRN observed, "CEO Jack McDonald buckled down and guided the solution provider to a more focused approach, strengthening its lucrative partnership with IBM Software Group ... The adjustment worked. For the fourth quarter of 2003, Perficient increased revenue 34 percent to $7.5 million and posted a long-awaited profit."

Thank you,

Naadobea1776 (talk) 21:16, 28 June 2019 (UTC)