EXTON, Pa., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, contributed actively during President Obama's Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth at the White House last week. Mr. Bentley participated in the breakout session "Expanding Job Opportunities for American Workers Through Exports," moderated by National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers and Chairman of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Fred Hochberg. The top executives of Boeing, Ethan Allen, FedEx, Magno International, United States Steel, Walt Disney, and Xerox were the other CEO participants in the session.

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During the discussions, Mr. Bentley spoke about:

• The critical importance of open foreign markets, to enable American innovation to continue to foster job creation in the United States;
• Confidence in the ability of the U.S. software industry, in particular, to accordingly generate consistent, substantial, and increasing trade surpluses, benefiting Americans through export and job growth;
• The global recognition of superior returns on investment in new intelligent and high-performing "green" infrastructure, enabled by information modeling through software such as Bentley Systems' products, as a driver for better jobs and economic conditions.

To view a video of the Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth session "Expanding Job Opportunities for American Workers Through Exports," visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/forum-jobs-and-economic-growth-expanding-job-opportunities-america-s-workers-.

About Bentley Systems, Incorporated

Bentley is the global leader dedicated to providing architects, engineers, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 2,700 colleagues and offices in more than 45 countries, achieved in 2008 the milestone of $500 million in revenues, and, since 1995, has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions.

For additional information about Bentley, visit www.bentley.com. To subscribe to an RSS feed of Bentley press releases and news alerts, visit www.bentley.com/rss/news. To view a searchable collection of innovative infrastructure projects from the annual Be Inspired Awards, visit www.bentley.com/yearininfrastructure. For information about Be Communities, a professional networking site that enables members of the infrastructure community to connect, communicate, and learn from each other, visit http://communities.bentley.com.

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