Kristin Brashares

Emma Goodnow joined Perficient as a business consultant straight out of college this year. In the video above, she shares her experiences and advice for making a successful transition from classroom to consultant. Emma delivers tips for making a strong first impression at a career fair as well as the first day on the job. […]

“The people I work with are my main motivation for getting out of bed in the morning,” Zach Handing, a senior technical consultant based in Perficient’s St. Louis office, recently told me. There are so many benefits to working at Perficient, and the culture and work environment are certainly at the top of the list. […]

Perficient’s dynamic and ongoing growth provides colleagues with opportunities for success and advancement that aren’t found elsewhere. We are a firm with an entrepreneurial mindset that hires self-motivated people who have a drive and desire for success. Three Perficient colleagues share how they’ve risen to new levels in their first several years on the job: […]

Our Consumer Markets team recently launched a series on how digital transformation principles apply specifically for retailers – especially retailers who feel that their digital transformations are complete, or worse yet, not needed. In the first of five posts, Jim Hertzfeld, Perficient Practice Director, Consumer Markets, wrote about why now is the time for retailers […]

 Perficient Lead Technical Consultant Adam Bryant has coached hundreds of high school students for the FIRST Robotics Competition in the past 11 years. The mentorship typically involves working with several teams of roughly 25 students to design and build a robot from scratch in six weeks. His students have been to the finals five […]

Grace Lau, lead business consultant, Perficient XD, recently wrote an article for Boxes and Arrows on building the case for taxonomy. In the piece, she explores concerns surrounding ill-defined site redesign projects and the ROI of taxonomy. She also breaks down taxonomy  and compares it to her personal task of organizing spices in her kitchen to make […]

A lead technical consultant in our Indianapolis office recently caught the attention of the Indianapolis Star for his extraordinary vocal talent. Eric Wickens, a classically trained singer, has worked for Perficient for two and a half years. Music has had a huge presence in his life since his youth, and he’s made some significant strides in […]

A team of new hires from Perficient’s Salesforce practice recently took part in a volunteer day to sharpen their skills and give back to their local community. The colleagues, based in Perficient’s San Francisco office, spent a morning at Saint Boniface Church supporting its nonprofit Gubbio Project, which seeks to create a safe place for […]

When The Irish Times contacted Andrew O’Driscoll from Perficient’s Salesforce practice to interview him about his technology career, he was both surprised and honored. “Me? You want to highlight me?” the County Clare, Ireland, native thought. “I like to stay on the down low for the most part and let my actions do the talking, […]

Meet Perficient consultants Emma Goodnow, Melanie Cudney, Navdeep Dandiwal, and Michael MoDrak. The four recent hires share their experiences in everything from internships to career fairs to landing a job and working at Perficient. The group discusses why they decided to join Perficient, projects they’ve been involved in, and what it’s like to be a consultant. They […]

During the summer, Perficient colleagues often take the advantage of the chance to get outdoors and enjoy the season together. Co-workers in our Southern California office did just that during a recent family picnic. The team decided to host the event this year for the second time in a row because it was so well-received […]

One hundred years ago, the poet Carl Sandburg declared Chicago the “City of the Big Shoulders” in praise of its industry, its drive, and its work ethic. In doing so, he articulated the can-do spirit of a city that grew from swampy transit hub to world-class metropolis in less than a century. That same spirit […]