The Latest News from Vertex

Vertex Inc., the leading provider of corporate enterprise tax solutions and services, has partnered with the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at Penn State University to become an IST Corporate Associate. The partnership facilitates Vertex sponsorship of high-level student teams focused on finding solutions to real-world problems, in this case, designing concepts applicable to some of the emerging trends that can impact tax technology.

Rich Teerlink will retire from the Vertex Board of Directors effective February 4, 2015. Kevin Robert, former CEO of the global tax and accounting division at Wolters Kluwer/Commerce Clearing House (CCH) will fill that seat.

Vertex Inc., the leading provider of corporate enterprise tax software and services, again awarded a grant to the Foundation for Learning In Tredyffrin/Easttown (FLITE). Funds will be used to support several FLITE-funded programs that provide academic support for children in the T/E School District, including College/Post-High School Preparation and Planning Workshops and Summer Learning Programs.

Today, Vertex CEO Jeff Westphal was featured in an interview with Jane Von Bergen for the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Leadership Agenda in the business section.

Fernando Silva, former Chief Operating Officer for GlobalWeb Corp and TaxWeb, hired as Director of Brazil Partnerships.

Vertex Inc., the leading provider of corporate enterprise tax solutions and services and one of the region’s most successful family-owned technology companies, congratulates Alex Smith, Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs, on being awarded this year’s Main Line Chamber of Commerce’s 2014 Chairman’s Award.

Vertex Inc., the leading provider of corporate enterprise tax solutions and services, today announced a new strategic relationship with LCR-Dixon, a leading end-to-end provider of tax integration solutions for SAP.

Denbury Resources, Gordon Flesch Company, Ingersoll Rand, Martin Marietta and The Boeing Company are recognized as tax innovators.

Vertex SMB, the primary sales and use tax solutions provider for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced a partnership with Socius, a strategic business consulting partner with a 30-year history that provides comprehensive business management across the United States.

Vertex Inc., today announced that upon receiving word of the Bash shell vulnerability, it determined that its products and services are not vulnerable and pose no risk of exposure to customers.

Vertex SMB, the primary sales and use tax solutions provider for small and medium-sized businesses, today announced a partnership with Blytheco, a leading national provider of ERP, CRM, and HRMS systems, and professional services since 1980.

Vertex SMB, the primary sales and use tax solutions provider for small and medium-sized businesses, recently received NetSuite’s Built for NetSuite certification for the Vertex SMB TaxCentral solution. ‘Built for NetSuite’ is NetSuite’s initiative to educate and assist SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN) partners with their goal to provide quality SuiteApps and shows that the solution has demonstrated compliance with documented practices for architecture, development, privacy, and security.