Jack McDonald

Jack McDonald is currently the Chairman and CEO of Perficient, a publicly-traded company headquartered in Austin that is one of the nation's top information technology consulting firms. Jack became the company's CEO in 1999 when it was a fledgling start-up with eight employees. Under his leadership, Perficient grew from a start-up to a publicly-traded company with more than 1,200 employees, offices throughout Texas, the United States and the world and more than $200 million in sales. In recognition of his leadership, Jack was honored with the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Perficient is Jack's third successful business venture. Prior to his business career, Jack was a business lawyer at Skadden, Arps, one of the nation's top 10 law firms.

As a successful Texas business and civic leader, McDonald has been encouraged to run for U.S. Congress, representing Texas Congressional District 10, which stretches from Austin to Houston and is home to more than 800,000 Texans. Regarded statewide for his pragmatic, real-world-based and centrist approach to problem solving, Jack has already secured the enthusiastic support of Republicans and Independents as well as Democrats.