Brian Tierney is happy to announce Tierney Business Networks will continue where Streamline Payroll left off.
The attached brochure is a golf outing supporting Family Services of Buck County. This organizations has supported families in need in our area for years. Brian is on the board for the golf committee helping to promote and support this event. He will be there on October 5th continuing to network, promoting business and charity event similar to this.
Bentley Systems Inc., an Exton software company founded by a team of five brothers 36 years ago, reached a milestone Wednesday when it debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Shares opened at $22 and shot up more than 52% to close at $33.49.
The company, a maker of leading software applications for engineers who design large infrastructure projects like the new Tappan Zee Bridge in New York — raised more than $235 million in its IPO under the ticker symbol BSY.
Unlike other IPOs, where a company issues new shares in order to raise cash and fuel expansion, Bentley Systems is only selling shares already owned by its more than 4,000 employees. The idea is to reward those employees with liquidity, CEO Greg Bentley said, after they helped the company get to where it is today.
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Irish drug that could cure Parkinson’s Disease sold for $446 million
IrishCentral.com
Dr. Jeremy Skillington, Vice President of Business Development for Inflazome, travelled to Philadelphia to participate in our Life Sciences Forum this January. In one of the largest deals in Irish biotech history, Inflazome, based out of Trinity, has been sold to Roche.
The Dublin-based drug sells opening treatment of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and cardiovascular disease to the market.
An Irish company that develops treatments for inflammatory diseases, a collaboration between Trinity College Dublin and the University of Queensland, has been sold for an up-front payment of $446m (€380m) from Roche, plus additional payments based on the achievement of certain milestones.
Independence Blue Cross CEO Dan Hilferty retiring at end of 2020; company names successor
Philadelphia Business Journal
Independence Health Group CEO Daniel J. Hilferty will retire from the position on Dec. 31, ending a 10-year run in which he’s overseen a wave of growth at the region’s dominant insurer and emerged as one of Greater Philadelphia’s most influential business leaders.
Gregory E. Deavens, currently executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of Independence, will assume the role of president and CEO effective Jan 1. Hilferty, 64, will remain in an advisory capacity through the end of 2022.
Thank you to our colleagues from the Donegal Local Enterprise Office for sharing information about a new online programme for female entrepreneurs! It is an pre-accelerator designed and tailored to encourage and support female entrepreneurs with ambition to set up scalable businesses, and the interesting thing for you is it’s open to those connected to the Donegal Diaspora as well as those resident in Donegal.
The webpage with further details on the Programme and a link to the Application Form is available here.
