Perficient

Company acquired: RAS & Associates

Head count: 40 employees

Annual revenue: $9 million

Purchase price: undisclosed

Date of announcement: Jan. 4

Perficient purchased the 40-person management consultancy RAS & Associates, boosting Perficient's technology investment in areas including systems integration, data reporting and analytics.

The St. Louis-based company, No. 61 on the CRN Solution Provider 500, said its acquisition of RAS & Associates will enhance its management consulting offerings around strategy, operations and business process optimization.

Buying the Denver-based company will also strengthen Perficient's presence in the Rocky Mountain region, according to a company statement.

RAS is the fourth consulting firm acquired by Perficient in the past two years, and is the company's latest purchase in a buying spree that includes acquisitions of Atlanta-based mobile app consultant Bluetube in October; Ann Arbor, Mich.-based digital marketing firm Enlighten in December 2015; and Milwaukee-based e-commerce IT firm Zeon Solutions in December 2014.