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Horsham Recruiting Firm Helps Fill Need for Bioscience Experts
Klein Hersh, a Horsham-based recruiting firm, is helping bioscience companies find the experts they desperately need, writes Jane Von Bergen for the Philadelphia Inquirer. “Talent is being incubated here, and then it’s leaving,” said Jason Hersh, managing partner at Klein Hersh. Specialty recruiters like Klein Hersh focus on employment trends in biosciences, covering the front…
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Aqua America Partners with Villanova to Improve Water Quality in Developing Countries
Water treatment experts from Aqua America will be lending their knowledge to developing countries through a new partnership with Villanova, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Bryn Mawr utility is linking its experts with students as it tries to improve access to better-quality water in countries that are struggling to overcome the…
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Montgomery County Careers – Susquehanna International Group
Headquartered in Bala Cynwyd, Susquehanna International Group is a global quantitative trading firm founded with an entrepreneurial mindset and a rigorous, analytical approach to decision making. SIG commits its own capital to trade financial products around the world. Building virtually all of its trading technology from scratch, the company is full of leaders and innovators…
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Entrepreneurial Couple Behind Conshohocken’s Waffatopia Celebrates National Waffle Day
What do you get when you pair an enzymologist with a marketing major after each spent a decade swiftly climbing their individual ladders in Corporate America? An enormous bank account? A house in the Hamptons? Perhaps a timeshare in the Bahamas? No. You get waffles. Huh? Yes, waffles. And ones better than any you’ve ever…
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CFO of Blue Bell’s Unisys to Retire; Successor Promoted from Within
The Blue Bell-based Unisys Corporation has announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Janet Haugen will retire on Nov. 1, 2016, after 20 years of service with the company, including the last 16 years as CFO. Unisys also announced that it has named Inder M. Singh, who currently serves the company as Chief…
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Hatboro’s Clean Earth Recognized as Top Environmental Firm
Hatboro-based Clean Earth – a leader in disposal and recycling solutions for contaminated soil, dredged material, drill cuttings, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste – has announced that it ranks at No. 54 on Engineering News-Record magazine’s Top 200 Environmental Firms of 2016. “We are strategically entering new geographies and waste streams that align with our…
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Olympic Hurdler, Abington Graduate Represents Jamaica in Rio
Competing for Jamaica despite being born in the Keystone State, Leah Nugent qualified for the finals of the 400-meter hurdles at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing sixth overall with a personal best time of 54.45. Nugent was the 2011 Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year in Southeastern Pennsylvania during her senior…
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KOP’s Universal Health Services Buys Nevada Hospital
King of Prussia’s Universal Health Services has bought Desert View Regional Medical Hospital in Pahrump, Nevada, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Close to the Nevada-California border, the 25-bed hospital will add to Universal Health Services’ existing portfolio of six acute-care hospitals that it currently operates in Las Vegas. It also owns and…
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House of the Week: Octagonal Masterpiece in Mont Clare
With its distinctive, octagonal design inspired by the personal retreat of Thomas Jefferson, this unique Mont Clare home offers oodles of style combined with exceptional privacy. The 4-bedroom 4.5-bath house is designed for entertaining. After entering the grand foyer with open stairways, there is easy access to the living room with its gas fireplace and…
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Bike Riders Celebrate Opening of Valley Forge’s New Sullivan’s Bridge
The rubber tread of both bicycle tires and shoe soles broke in the brand new Sullivan’s Bridge Friday morning during a ribbon-cutting ceremony that celebrated the solution to a cycling dilemma that spanned two and a half decades. “The cyclist community has been waiting for the completion of Sullivan’s Bridge for some time now, and…
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Fort Washington’s GLOBO Cream of Region’s Crop on Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Firms List
Fort Washington tech company GLOBO has risen to the top of the Philadelphia-area companies included in Inc. magazine’s list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies in America this year, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. GLOBO showed just how fast it is growing by moving up from 672nd last year to 118th. GLOBO,…
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Blue Bell Attorney Named Lawyer of Year in Philly Area for Land Use and Zoning
Marc D. Jonas of the Blue Bell firm Eastburn and Gray has been named the 2017 Lawyer of the Year for Land Use and Zoning Law in Philadelphia by The Best Lawyers in America. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Only…
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King of Prussia’s CardConnect Goes Public after Being Acquired by FinTech
FinTech Acquisition Corp. has announced the completion of its acquisition of CardConnect, a payment processing and technology solutions provider based in King of Prussia. The transaction was just approved by a vote of FinTech’s shareholders. Its Board of Directors had previously approved the transaction and recommended that the company’s stockholders vote in favor. CardConnect’s Board…
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After Latest Expansion, King of Prussia Mall Now the Eighth Wonder of the World
The British have Stonehenge. The Italians have the Colosseum. The French have the Eiffel Tower. Shopaholics have the King of Prussia Mall. Like that trio of European landmarks, the latter can now stake its claim to being the Eighth Wonder of the World. Thursday morning, before a throng of media, Simon, a global leader in…
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Merck Announces 148 Job Cuts in North Wales
Following its decision to stop promoting the heart drug Zontivity, Merck has announced that it is cutting 148 jobs at its North Wales campus, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The cuts, which are effective Sept. 12th, come just a month after Merck announced it was moving more than 300 positions from Pennsylvania…
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KOP’s Kairos Real Estate Scoops Up Blue Bell Office Building for $3.3 Million
King of Prussia’s Kairos Real Estate Partners plans to renovate a 124,000-square-foot office building in Blue Bell that it has bought for $3.3 million in partnership with a Maryland firm, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Kairos, along with its partner Artemis Real Estate Partners of Bethesda, Md., purchased the building at 518…
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Launch of Destination Shop Montco Proves ‘Montgomery County Owns Shopping’
On the eve of the opening of the expansion of King of Prussia Mall – one of the highest-profile retail magnets in the world – the Valley Forge Tourism and Convention Board has launched Destination Shop Montco, the latest in its family of brands designed to bring tourists to Montgomery County. The campaign cites the…
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Montgomery County Careers – CardConnect
Located in King of Prussia, CardConnect is a rapidly-growing payments technology company that provides solutions for companies accepting bank card transactions, storing sensitive data and seeking to push the boundaries of innovation. CardConnect is trusted by more than 65,000 businesses, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to independent coffee shops. QA Analyst This position will design,…
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