Bob Vanek is the chief strategist for Perficient’s supply chain practice. He has more than 20 years of experience managing project delivery across various industries and consulting environments. Denver & Dentists Madeline McDermott: Where were you born? Bob Vanek: Fort Dix, New Jersey. MM: Where did you go after? BV: When I was about six […]
Life at Perficient
Perficient Colleagues Get Jazzed About Giving in 2022
Philanthropy-Based Employee Resource Group Hosts First Event Our colleagues at Perficient truly value giving back to the communities in which we live and work. When considering the number of colleagues our growing organization has, and learning how many of these colleagues around the world hold this value, we decided to develop our Perficient Giving Employee […]
The Pandemic – Our Agile Coach
The Coaching Program I can see the quizzical look on your face with the question, “Why is she calling this pandemic an Agile coach?” My answer is: “Yes because it taught us agile principles, and imbibed agile mindset in us.” Let me explain in detail: During this pandemic: How many of us responded to change […]
Perficient Donates $80,000 to Advance STEM Education and Improve Health and Wellbeing
Perficient colleagues have always given selflessly of their time and talent to make our communities a little brighter. Each of us are committed to leaving a positive mark on the world, and we recently introduced a new way to make an impact. READ MORE: How Perficient and our colleagues have given back On the heels of the creation of the Perficient Giving […]
Perficient Commerce Solutions Director Quoted in Forrester Report
Dedicated order management systems (OMS) provide incredible functionality when it comes to effectively managing orders within your organization, and as the market continues to evolve, the time has come for B2B companies to leverage an OMS to grow business functionality and elevate the customer experience. Ninad Manelkar, Director of Commerce Solutions at Perficient, was recently […]
4 Key Project Manager Soft Skills
Interpersonal skills are a project manager’s (PM) ace in the hole. Whether you’re working on a large initiative or a simpler project with a shorter timeline, your ability to build real, honest relationships with your colleagues will yield much better project outcomes and lead to a happier and trusting team. Here are four key soft […]
Perficient Colleagues Spread Holiday Cheer at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Collectively and individually, Perficient and our colleagues are passionate about giving back to our communities. Just last year, we formalized our commitment to giving back by forming a philanthropy-based employee resource group (ERG) – Perficient’S Giving ERG. During the recent holiday season, Perficient and our St. Louis colleagues captured the giving spirit by bringing song, […]
Memories of 2021: 3rd Annual Product BA Team Event 2021 | Time to Reconnect!
2021 just vanished, but we could not let go of the good times we had! Last year, at the end of November, we got together to attend the Annual Product BA Team Event – this is the third year in a row this event is celebrated, and not even Covid could stop it! The event […]
Gary Johnson Reflects on his Career as a Technology Consultant with Perficient
When working at Perficient, you have the opportunity to collaborate with the industry’s best and brightest. Colleagues come from all different backgrounds, both personal and professional, and it’s their diversity of perspectives and expertise that is propelling Perficient into the world’s leading digital consultancy. We want to tell the stories of our people who make […]
Industry Slant // Kari Blaho-Owens on Montana, Aviation, and Pharmacovigilance
Kari Blaho-Owens, Ph.D., is Perficient’s Director of Pharmacovigilance, Safety, and Regulatory Affairs. She leads a team that provides PV, regulatory, risk management knowledge, and consulting to pharma and CROs. Perficient also hosts PV-related applications, configure, validate and maintain PV adverse event databases, and reporting solutions. At the end of the day, we contribute to patient […]
Maija Waschke Emphasizes the Value of Teamwork and Collaboration at Perficient
Teamwork at Perficient is something that’s incorporated into everything we do. As the leading global digital consultancy that transforms how brands connect with their customers to grow their business, collaboration between Perficient colleagues and clients is a vital necessity for our collective success. This important core value – Collaboration – gives Perficient colleagues the opportunity […]
3 Collaborative Goals for Finance and IT Leaders in the New Year
Goal setting occurs every year for leaders and their respective teams across all areas of an organization. Technical enhancements, process improvements, training, etc. are all typical goal topics which definitely deserve their place on the priority list. However, special consideration should be given to goals that require collaboration between teams within the organization. Finance and […]