Houlihan Lokey Advises Perficient

Houlihan Lokey is pleased to announce that Perficient, a portfolio company of EQT, has acquired Kelley Austin, an award-winning Salesforce consulting partner headquartered in Dallas, with operations across North America. The transaction was publicly announced on October 9, 2025.

The acquisition builds on the momentum of Perficient’s recent announcement of its 360-degree partnership with Salesforce, in which Perficient and Salesforce made a joint commitment to help clients harness the full potential of AI and agentic solutions (like Agentforce) to drive transformation at scale.

“Our clients are telling us they need practical approaches to help them transform into agentic enterprises, and to achieve sustained business results. With Salesforce, we have developed a unique partnership to invest together so we can help our clients move faster to drive growth and deliver compelling customer experiences,” said Yusuf Tayob, CEO of Perficient. “In acquiring Kelley Austin, we’re further strengthening our capabilities and capacity to drive agentic enterprise transformation and deliver real business outcomes with Salesforce’s Data Cloud and Agentforce offerings. Kelley Austin has deep technical expertise, coupled with creative, client-centric delivery methods, and is making the promise of AI a reality. We are excited to welcome them to Perficient.”

Since 2020, Kelley Austin has developed and delivered tailored Salesforce solutions across the technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) and consumer business services (CBS) industries. The firm’s Revenue Cloud, Agentforce, and Data Cloud capabilities enable enterprises to enhance customer service experiences, maximize productivity, and drive revenue for their customers.

Hunter Austin and Waylon Kelley, Managing Partners at Kelley Austin, will join Perficient in key leadership roles.

“Perficient is well known for its world-class AI consulting capabilities, unmatched ecosystem partnerships with global technology giants like Salesforce, and an award-winning culture,” said Mr. Austin. “Kelley Austin’s experienced teams have been dedicated to delivering the full suite of Salesforce solutions for our clients since our inception in 2020, becoming a trusted partner as clients become truly agentic AI enterprises. We’re excited to join forces with Perficient to broaden the scope of Salesforce services and expertise we’re able to bring clients, and accelerate growth.”

Houlihan Lokey served as the exclusive buyside advisor to Perficient.

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