Gayathri Narayanan, a Senior Technical Consultant at Perficient, has recently started to follow Agile-Scrum principles. As she’s realizing the effectiveness of the practice at work, she’s also taken notice of her more traditional approach to life at home. She wrote about the dichotomy for Scrum Alliance, a membership organization that encourages and supports the widespread adoption […]
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The Year in Review | Top 10 Posts of 2015
It’s been a year of growth and innovation at Perficient. Below, we share our top ten posts from 2015: Ten | Why Flexible Work is Good For Parents, Kids and Employers How a flexible work environment benefits everyone. Nine | 3 Perficient Consultants Share First-Year Success Stories Learn how employees feel empowered during their […]
VIDEO: Happy Holidays From All Of Us At Perficient
In the video above, colleagues from our offices across the globe join together to wish you and your family a happy holiday season. This is a time of year for reflection, and we feel extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with so many innovative enterprises in 2015. Our partnerships with the world’s leading […]
Office Olympics Strengthen Perficient’s Minneapolis Team
Blog post contribution by Tea Dejanovic, Associate Business Consultant Perficient’s Minneapolis office has been named one of the Star Tribune’s Top Workplaces three times in recent years thanks, in large part, to our colleagues’ collaborative spirit. Team building is a top priority, and events like the annual Office Olympics add a fun twist. This year’s competition […]
Surprise Visit from St. Louis Rams Celebrates Perficient Community Partnership
We received quite the surprise this week – a special visit from the St. Louis Rams to celebrate our Community Partnership and combined efforts to give back to the Greater St. Louis region. Rams punter Johnny Hekker and safety Rodney McLeod (pictured above) stopped by our St. Louis office to deliver pizza and tickets to […]
4 New Salesforce Hires Say the Sky’s the Limit
They’ve been on the job less than a year, but these four recent hires in our Salesforce practice say they’ve grown quickly in their new roles at Perficient. Akbar Jumabhoy, Michael Morris, Chad Wade, and Vincent Barrow recently shared their experiences in transitioning from college graduates to associate business consultants, the valuable career skills they’ve […]
Perficient Team Helps Prepare 2,700 Meals at Houston Food Bank
At Perficient, there are opportunities year-round to give back to the community, especially during the holiday season. A team from our Houston office and Oracle practice recently spent the day sorting food in the freezer at the Houston Food Bank’s 308,000-square-foot facility. Their efforts helped to provide 2,700 meals. “It was extremely rewarding to take […]
Homefront Harvest with St. Louis Rams Feeds 800 Families in Need
Rain streamed steadily from the sky for much of the day, but it certainly didn’t dampen spirits at Feed the Children’s Homefront Harvest St. Louis community outreach event. Volunteers helped serve food, essentials, children’s books, coats, hams, hugs and holiday wishes to 800 military and civilian families in need. “It was a wonderful experience and so […]
Of the 115 Books I Read This Year, These 13 Can Help Your Career
I am a big believer in goal setting. This year, I set a goal to read 120 books. In the past 10 1/2 months, I have learned, changed and questioned more than I have in most years of my life. Given that most people don’t have the interest in reading quite so much, I have […]
#OOWFightCancer Tribute Wall Proves Powerful Experience
This year at Oracle OpenWorld, our team at Perficient made a special addition to our trade show booth that had a big impact on everyone involved. Oracle OpenWorld took place during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Perficient worked with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to raise awareness and funds during the conference. Visitors […]
Room to Grow: How 3 Perficient Colleagues Broadened Their Skills
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 colleagues share firsthand how they’ve carved out successful career paths at Perficient: Amy Barnes jumped at the opportunity […]
Perficient Consultant Finds Perfect Balance of Work, Family, and Passion for Running
One way to break the ice with Bert Rodriguez: ask him about running. “I can talk running all day long,” said the lead business consultant in Perficient’s Charlotte, North Carolina, office. And, it seems, he could pound the pavement all day long, too. So far in 2015, Bert has run (and won) two 4-mile races, […]