Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 7, 2011
Jeff Davis is the CEO and President of Perficient, Inc., where he leads daily business operations and oversees the development and execution of the company's global growth strategy and initiatives. Mr. Davis has more than 20 years of experience in technology management and consulting with both Big Five and entrepreneurial firms. Together with his team of tenured executives, Mr. Davis oversees Perficient's business groups and functional disciplines, including marketing, sales and client delivery. He has played a central role in the company's dramatic growth, managing the company's organic expansion and leading Perficient's M&A program, including the integration and assimilation of acquired businesses. Mr. Davis became Perficient's COO in 2001 and President in 2003, prior to assuming the position of CEO in 2009. Under his leadership, Perficient has consistently delivered operating metrics among the industry's very best and has been routinely recognized with high-profile growth and performance awards, including being named the 15th fastest-growing public company in the United States by Fortune in 2007. During Mr. Davis' tenure, Perficient has added more than 1,000 colleagues and more than $200 million in annual revenues, transitioned from the Nasdaq SmallCap Market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market and was added to both the Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices. Prior to Perficient, Mr. Davis was the COO at Vertecon, Inc., a company Perficient acquired in 2001. Before Vertecon, Mr. Davis was a Senior Manager and member of the leadership team in Arthur Andersen's Business Consulting Practice, where he was responsible for defining and managing internal processes, while managing business development and delivery of all products, services and solutions to a number of large accounts. Mr. Davis also served in leadership positions at Ernst and Young in the management consulting practice and in the industry at Boeing Co. and Mallinckrodt, Inc. Mr. Davis earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Missouri and an MBA from the Washington University in St. Louis. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a summary of Perficient?
Mr. Davis: Perficient (PRFT)is an IT management consulting firm. We help clients improve their business through the use of technology. We do a lot
