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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Many 3rd party sources added, so I removed the "notability" warning, which was also outdated to back in Nov 2010 anyway.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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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 Most of the information is outdated.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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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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]

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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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^ 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)[reply]

@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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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

Edit request declined

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)[reply]

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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)[reply]

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^ "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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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^ 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

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^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.


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)[reply]

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

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^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

Reply 27-JUN-2019

Edit request declined

The 17 companies acquired during McDonald's time are already mentioned in the table.
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.
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Regards, Spintendo 23:12, 27 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update 2009 company history

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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.^[1]

Jeffrey Davis was named CEO in September 2009.^[2] 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.

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Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009.^[3] 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."^[4]

Jeffrey Davis was named CEO in September 2009.^[2] 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)[reply]

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^ "exhibit992.htm". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
^ ^a ^b "Davis named CEO of Perficient" St. Louis Business Journal August 5, 2009
^ "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 2019-06-27.

Reply 28-JUN-2019

Edit request implemented

The request has been implemented using the following text:

Jack McDonald became CEO of Perficient in 1999 and chairman in 2001. McDonald served in both positions until 2009.^[1] 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."^[2] 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).^[3] Jeffrey Davis was named CEO in September 2009.^[4] During Davis' tenure as CEO, the firm transitioned from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market.^[5]

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

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 2019-06-27.
^ "Davis Named CEO of Perficient". St. Louis Business Journal. August 5, 2009.
^ "Davis named CEO of Perficient" St. Louis Business Journal August 5, 2009
^ Perficient, Inc. President And CEO Jeff Davis Interviews With The Wall Street Transcript The Wall Street Transcript^{[dead link]} Mar 7, 2011

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

Proposed 2003 history addition

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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.^[1] 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."^[2]

Thank you,

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

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^ "Perficient, Inc". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
^ Wright, Rob (2004-03-09). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved 2019-06-28.

The claims involving specific partnerships such as the one with IBM and the financial results in 2004 are outside the purview of a general history of the company. The specific claims involving the financials of the company in 2008 and 2009, in contrast, are germane to the section because those financial results preceded a major change in leadership of the company. Furthermore, the Wright source in stating that McDonald "buckled down and guided the solution provider to a more focused approach" does not explain how and in what way McDonald effected these changes, nor what is meant by the words "buckled down" or "focused approach". Regards, Spintendo 21:30, 28 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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in Formation and early years section

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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."^[1] 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).^[2]

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In 2005, McDonald was recognized with an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.^[3]

During McDonald's tenure, Lori Hawkins of Statesman noted that, Perficient "grew from eight employees to more than 1,200 worldwide and had annual sales of $200 million"^[4] and the company also opened offices in 22 locations across North America, India, and China; and achieved more than $200 million in annual revenue.^[5]

Reasoning: This shows an overview of the company at the time, rather than a specific comparison of two years. One award in a 10 year period seems worth mentioning as well.

Naadobea1776 (talk) 17:08, 4 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
^ "Davis Named CEO of Perficient". St. Louis Business Journal. August 5, 2009.
^ "Ernst & Young database of winners". Ernst & Young. https://eoyhof.ey.com/#!/search
^ Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
^ "form10k2009.htm". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-04.

Reply 04-JUL-2019

Even though the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award is notable in Wikipedia, this mention seems more appropriate for an article on the subject, as the award is given to a person and not a company.
The second part of the request asks for the removal of information based on the assumption that "an overview of the company" is better than a "specific comparison of two years". However, that "specific comparison of two years" is made in addition to the "overview of the company" provided by Hawkins in the Statesman. Comparing one as being better than the other would work if the article were somehow limited to displaying one or the other and not both. Since both may be included (because both are relevant to McDonald's work at the company) the comparison is unnecessary.

Regards, Spintendo 02:51, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Flag Discussion: This article appears to contain a large number of buzzwords. (February 2016)

The content of this article has changed quite a bit (the removal of several sections about specific acquisitions and their respective tech), and the terms that seem to need explanation are wiki-linked. Does this buzzword flag still apply?

Here is a link to the state of the article at that time: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perficient&type=revision&diff=704427028&oldid=702980872

Mean_as_custard, as the editor who placed the original flag, do you have a thought on the matter?

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Flag Discussion: This article has an unclear citation style. (June 2019)

I see many of the references are links and anchor text. Is a good way to correct this to go through and generate with the visual editor citations from the URLs to update them to a standard format?

I can do that if it is helpful to address this flag.

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[Wright_2004-1] Wright, Rob (March 9, 2004). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved May 2, 2019.

[2] Hawkins, Lori (September 22, 2012). "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". The Statesman.

[3] "Perficient to buy Internet consulting firm". Austin Business Journal.

[Wright_2004-4] Wright, Rob (March 9, 2004). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved April 3, 2019.

[5] Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

[CRN-6] Wright, Rob (2004-03-09). "Perficient Finds Itself Back In the Black". CRN. Retrieved 2019-06-24.

[7] "exhibit992.htm". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

[8] Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

[9] Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

[10] Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

[11] Hawkins, Lori. "Former Perficient CEO Jack McDonald to launch new software venture". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2019-06-27.

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 [[User:Naadobea1776|Naadobea1776]] ([[User talk:Naadobea1776|talk]]) 15:56, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
+== Flag Discussion: This article has an unclear citation style. (June 2019) ==
+I see many of the references are links and anchor text. Is a good way to correct this to go through and generate with the visual editor citations from the URLs to update them to a standard format?
+I can do that if it is helpful to address this flag.
+[[User:Naadobea1776|Naadobea1776]] ([[User talk:Naadobea1776|talk]]) 15:59, 5 July 2019 (UTC)