Technology
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Resumes of the Future Will Help Companies Find Ideal Employees
Today’s resumes are giving potential employers a picture of a job seeker’s experiences and credentials, but they offer frustratingly little about an applicant’s personality, character, and soft skills, writes Oliver Staley for Quartz at Work. “Resumes are terrible,” said Laszlo Bock, the former head of human resources at Google. “It doesn’t capture the whole person.…
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Chadds Ford Resident’s Digital Media Company Acquired by Global Agency
Digital media company FlockU has been acquired by Becker Associates, an award-winning global consulting, licensing, strategic marketing, intellectual property, and brand management agency headed by CEO Patti Becker. Becker Associates commercializes intellectual property, offering popular brands, patented products, and proprietary concepts for global licensing and distribution. Becker works closely with her husband, Jonathan Becker, CEO…
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Safeguard Scientifics’ Dissident Investors Ensure Board Spots for Ira Lubert, Russell Glass
Safeguard Scientifics’ dissident investors have signed an agreement that puts Ira Lubert, real estate and buyout investor, and Russell Glass on the Safeguard board, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. According to Robert J. Rosenthal, Safeguard’s Chairman, Glass and Lubert will “complement the strength of the current members.” The dissidents, led by Joseph M.…
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Radnor’s Qlik Helps Businesses Work Faster, More Economically
Data systems developed by Radnor’s Qlik that can be used remotely through a mobile device are helping businesses work faster and more economically, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. One of the companies that have seen the benefits is King of Prussia’s AmeriGas, the largest propane distributor in the country. Qlik provided the company…
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Safeguard Scientifics in Radnor to Undergo Leadership Shakeup
Safeguard Scientifics CEO Stephen Zarrilli, CFO Jeffrey McGroarty, and a senior vice president are stepping down from their positions at the Radnor company, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The move follows pressure from activist investors who are blaming the company’s current management team for its recent financial struggles. Zarrilli will retire at…
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New CEO of Radnor-Based Qlik Plans to Focus on Large, Enterprise Clients
Mike Capone, the new CEO of Qlik, plans to scale the Radnor company and primarily focus its operation on large, enterprise clients, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Qlik, which was founded in Sweden in 1993 before it was moved to Radnor 12 years ago, employs more than 2,000 people worldwide. Capone’s appointment…
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SAP One of the Top Companies to Work for in California’s Bay Area
SAP America, which is headquartered in Newtown Square, has been named one of the Top 45 companies to work for in California’s Bay Area, according to Fortune magazine. A subsidiary of SAP SE, a multinational software corporation based in Germany, SAP America represents the company’s business operations in the U.S. It employs 18,379 people at…
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Wall Street Journal: How to Be Smarter About Using Email at Work
Research by experts in psychology, management, and linguistics has been looking into the smartest ways to use email at work, writes Andrew Blackman for The Wall Street Journal. While most of us tend to reply to an email promptly, it turns out that those companies with quick response times have more stressed out and less…
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Bloomberg: Pennsylvania the Frontrunner for Apple’s New Campus
According to a report from Bloomberg, Pennsylvania is currently the frontrunner for Apple’s new U.S. campus, write Urvaksh Karkaria and Alison Burdo for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The new campus is part of the company’s $30 billion plan to create around 20,000 jobs in the U.S. over the next five years. It would initially house…
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DELCO Marketplace: DJI’s Mavic Air Drone is a Game Changer
New DJI’s Mavic Air is a game changer in its field, offering all of the functionality of a quality drone in a small package, writes Mark Gurman for Bloomberg. The folding unit weighs close to a pound and is a little over six inches long, making it easy to carry around. This compact size also…
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Qlik to Leave Delaware County, Relocate in King of Prussia
Qlik, a data analytics company based in Radnor, will relocate its headquarters to King of Prussia later this year, writes Natalie Kostelni for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company signed a 10-year lease on 62,000 square feet of office space on South Gulph Road. The company will relocate about 300 employees. [uam_ad id=”52851″] Advertisement When…
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SAP to Buy California-Based Software Company for $2.4 Billion
SAP has announced the acquisition of California’s Callidus Software for $2.4 billion to help boost its cloud-based offerings, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Callidus Software has a suite of sales and marketing applications that are customer-engagement driven. This helps companies “align sales, compensation, corporate goals, and ensure the real-time flow between the…
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Radnor Startup Hopes to Deliver First American-Made Smart Gun by Next Year
Radnor’s LodeStar Firearms has been attempting to raise $5 million to design the first American-made smart gun by next year, writes Erin Arvedlund for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The startup is working on a nine-millimeter pistol that uses radio frequency ID technology to provide an additional layer of safety for users. Without the programmed ID token,…
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DELCO Review: Yes, Another iPhone Charging Pad – But Better
By Veronica Robbins The idea of a wireless charging base is not new, but one that is i-Phone optimized for the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus or iPhone X is a welcome sight for owners of newer iPhones. The Mophie Wireless Charging Base is one of two iPhone optimized wireless charging pads. It is smaller…
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Radnor’s Qlik Ends Four-Month Search, Hires New CEO
Qlik, a business analytics company based in Radnor, has hired Mike Capone, the former Medidata Solutions chief and ADP executive, as its new CEO, writes Joseph DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Capone’s hiring ends a four-month search that began after Qlik boss Lars Björk stepped down after 17 years at the helm. Qlik, which was…
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Fintech Company in Swarthmore Raises $1.5 Million in Seed Round
LoanStar, a Swarthmore-based fintech company, has managed to raise $1.5 million in a seed round as it attempts to make its lending platform available to more community banks and credit unions, writes Michelle Caffrey for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Founded three years ago by CEO Andrew Turner and President Craig Haynes, LoanStar builds white-label technology…
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New Ad Campaign Promotes Region as ‘Cellicon Valley’
The Philadelphia region will be promoted as “Cellicon Valley” in an ad blitz at this week’s J.P. Morgan Healthcare Investor Conference in San Francisco, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The annual gathering is the nation’s largest event on life sciences and healthcare. More than 8,000 attendees visit the conference, including investors, biotechnology,…
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With Democracy at Stake, Struggling Newspaper Industry Reaches Out to Big Tech
Today, as much as 80 percent of the money that used to go to newspaper advertising has ended up in the pockets of tech giants like Google and Facebook, writes Henri Gendreau for Wired. Even when newspapers went online and started making gains in digital advertising, it wasn’t enough to make up for the losses…
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