Datavant hires 100 and officially opens global R&D centre in Galway
Data collaboration platform Datavant has opened its new state-of-the-art Global R&D Centre in Galway.
The company has 100 employees in Ireland and is ahead of its target of recruiting 125 people before the end of the year.
Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Datavant, and Minister for Education Hildegarde Naughton attended the opening on Tuesday night.
“This is a fantastic milestone for Galway and for the wider West Region," said Naughton.
"The official opening of Datavant’s new R&D Centre at Bonham Quay, combined with the announcement that 100 roles have already been filled, demonstrates the momentum that exists in the West Region and the confidence international companies have in Galway as a place to grow.”
Minister of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke said: “Datavant’s decision to expand and officially open its new Global R&D Centre in Galway is a strong endorsement of Ireland’s ability to attract and support innovation-led investment.
"It speaks to the depth of our talent pool, the quality of our research and engineering capability, and the pro-enterprise environment we have built."
Also in attendance were Datavant's Irish staff and members of its global senior leadership team, including CTO Josh Builder, CPO Sam Diederich, chief people officer Susan Yun; global technology operations and site lead Deirdre Giblin, and engineering and delivery lead Ciaran O'Toole.
The new headquarters covers 15,000 sq ft across the top two floors of the Calatrava building on the waterfront in the city centre.
The team at Bonham Quay are involved in advancing platform enhancements, automated record retrieval, security and privacy practices and product development.
The Irish office is expected to have a profound effect on the company's mission, incorporating work from a wide range of business units and use cases across the organisation.
The space an accommodate up to 160 workspaces with bespoke environments for company-wide town hall meetings, team meet ups, ideation sessions and recreational activities.
The design and fit-out of the space will ensure that Datavant Ireland team members work in an environment that facilitates collaboration and innovation.
In selecting Bonham Quay, the company felt that the property team’s commitment to creating a sustainable environment was a good fit for Datavant’s culture and values.
Bonham Quay uses the One Planet Living framework to meet its sustainability objectives and has been designed to achieve Gold LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification accreditation as well as Gold in the WELL Building Standard and Wired Certification.
The New York-headquartered firm is a world leader in secure, compliant healthcare data exchange and has nearly 10,000 employees.
The company announced its intention in March last year to open its Global R&D Centre in Galway with the company operating from the PorterShed since then.
“The global healthcare industry is undergoing a profound shift with AI accelerating demand for comprehensive, accurate, patient-consented health data," said Armbrester.
"Through our investments over the years, Datavant has become the digital connector of health data across the entire healthcare ecosystem and the team in Galway is a big part of helping make this vast amount of data actionable to improve health outcomes and reduce costs.
"Our Galway technology centre is a core part of our strategy to follow the sun and work on solving healthcare’s most complex challenges 24/7. Galway is an amazing, culturally diverse city and the team here is building some of the most complex products and tech suites that we have across Datavant.
"We have already witnessed huge innovation coming out of Datavant Ireland that is a testament to our fantastic team. I am delighted to celebrate the opening of our Bonham Quay office with our team and excited about all that we will be able to achieve together.”
Mary Buckley, executive director of IDA Ireland, said: “It’s a pleasure to celebrate Datavant’s first anniversary here in Ireland, these new facilities in Bonham Quay and to witness the remarkable growth of the team in the last 12 months.
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke. (Pic: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie)
"Datavant’s success here is testament to the availability of a highly skilled and talented workforce in the West Region as well as IDA Ireland’s continued commitment to balanced regional development. I wish Datavant continued success. “
(l-r) IDA Ireland executive director Mary Buckley, Datavant global technology operations and site lead Deirdre Giblin, Datavant CEO Kyle Armbrester, Minister for Education & Youth Hildegarde Naughton, and Datavant engineering & delivery lead Ciaran O'Toole. (Pic: Andrew Downes, xposure)
