Rich Milgram, Beyond.com
King of Prussia, Pa.
www.beyond.com
Beyond.com is the world’s largest network of niche career communities, powering thousands of geographic and industry-specific recruitment sites. CEO Rich Milgram has been expanding his business through strategic relationships and acquisition of key domains for 11 years. During a down year for many job boards, Milgram led Beyond.com to gains of more than 30% in new candidate registrations and advertising revenue.

Matt Reichert, Health Market Science
King of Prussia, Pa.
www.healthmarketscience.com
Health Market Science became a leading provider of accurate healthcare information and analytics by developing unique technology and expertise to continuously acquire, analyze and integrate healthcare data. Since CEO Matt Reichert joined Health Market Science in 2001, he has managed several product launches, aggressive revenue growth, and the development of company infrastructure to support future growth.

Jeff Westphal, Vertex
Berwyn, Pa.
www.vertexinc.com
Vertex is a leading provider of corporate enterprise tax solutions to manage complex indirect and direct tax processes across entire organizations. In 15 years, CEO Jeff Westphal has led Vertex through two complete reinventions of its original sales tax product line, entered new markets via acquisition, and developed a profitable consulting practice to complement its flagship software business. As a result, he has grown the company from 29 employees to more than 650.

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Evolve IP
Wayne, Pa.
www.evolveip.net
Evolve IP provides Communications as a Service — a new way for businesses to buy, manage and secure the technologies they use to communicate. Evolve IP can partner with a business of any size to design, host, manage and support a complete outsourced solution or to augment the client’s current communications infrastructure. Evolve IP’s comprehensive portfolio of services includes managed telephony, hosted applications, managed networks, and security & compliance. The company’s approach simplifies and integrates communications technology to reduce costs and improve productivity.

iPipeline
Exton, Pa.
www.ipipeline.com
iPipeline provides the insurance and financial services markets with a next-generation suite of sales distribution software as an on-demand service. iPipeline has solutions for carriers, distributors and producers that automate activities for quoting, forms processing, illustrations development, requirements ordering, contracting and content distribution. The company’s flexible, rules-based technology enables customers to market, sell and process faster.

Portico Systems
Blue Bell, Pa.
www.porticosys.com
Portico Systems provides health insurance companies with an end-to-end solution for managing their network of participating health care providers. Through process automation, data exchange and analytics, Portico’s proprietary technologies improve efficiency, reduce costs and strengthen provider relationships. Ten of the top 50 US health plans are among the insurers using Portico’s enterprise platform to drive greater value out of provider relations, ultimately improving the delivery of health care and enhancing the patient experience.

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Sponsor: Ben Franklin Technology
Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania