AUSTIN, Texas — September 8, 2004 - Perficient, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT), a leading eBusiness solutions provider in the central United States, today announced that it has been ranked #14 overall in Deloitte & Touche's prestigious Technology Fast 50 Program for Texas, a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Austin, the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Houston and San Antonio. Deloitte & Touche USA LLP is one of the nation’s leading professional services firms. Rankings are based on the percentage of growth in fiscal year revenues over five years, from 1999–2003. According to Deloitte & Touche, the average increase in revenues among companies who made the Fast 50 for this region was 1,124 percent.
Perficient's chairman and chief executive, Jack McDonald, credited the company’s strong workforce and its focused execution with the company's substantive revenue growth from 1999–2003.
“We are honored to be recognized again by Deloitte & Touche for our solid and steady revenue growth,” said McDonald. “Placing near the top of all Texas-based firms two years in a row underscores the talent, dedication and commitment of our staff across the country and the loyalty of our clients.”
“To rank on the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, companies must have phenomenal revenue growth over five years. Perficient has proven to be one of the fast-growth success stories in Texas and we applaud their success and vision,” said Skip Moore, Regional Managing Partner for the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Group at Deloitte and Touche USA LLP.
About Perficient
Perficient is a leading provider of eBusiness solutions in the central United States. Perficient helps companies acquire and strengthen their customer relationships, reduce their costs and empower their employees by helping them create Enabled Enterprises(TM), Web-based infrastructures with dynamically-integrated business applications that extend enterprise technology assets to customers, employees, suppliers and partners. Perficient is an award-winning "Premier Level" IBM business partner and a recognized expert in IBM's WebSphere® software. Perficient's other partners consist of leading eBusiness technology and services providers including Microsoft, Stellent, Bowstreet, Wily Technology, Tibco, Adobe, ATG, Mainline, Digex, Grumium and others. For more information about Perficient, which has more than 320 professionals in the central US and Canada, please visit http://www.perficient.com/.
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