Datavant, the data collaboration platform trusted for healthcare, has officially opened its new state-of-the-art Global R&D Centre at Bonham Quay in Galway. The company also announced that it has already hired 100 employees in Ireland – well ahead of its target to fill 125 roles by the end of next year.
Datavant CEO Kyle Armbrester made the announcement at the official opening of Datavant Ireland’s new home in Galway by Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton which took place last on Tuesday night.
IDA Ireland Executive Director Mary Buckley also attended the launch along with other senior members of the IDA Ireland team. Datavant Ireland is supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland.
Minister of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke TD, 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. I wish all the team at Datavant the very best as they take the next exciting step on their growth journey. “
Minister of Education and Youth, Hildegarde Naughton TD, said this is a fantastic milestone for Galway and for the wider West Region.
“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.”
At the opening were the 100 Irish employees as well as members of the global Datavant Senior Leadership Team who have been instrumental to the establishment of the Galway R&D Centre. They include: Chief Technology Officer, Josh Builder; Chief Product Officer, Sam Diederich; Chief People Officer, Susan Yun; Global Technology Operations and Site Lead, Deirdre Giblin; and, Engineering and Delivery Lead, Ciaran O’Toole.
Local business leaders and members of the Galway ecosystem joined Datavant Ireland at the company’s new headquarters which is in a 15,000 square foot office across the top two floors at the Calatrava building at the modern building complex, situated on the waterfront in the heart of the city centre.
The team at Bonham Quay owns some of Datavant’s most crucial roadmap items, focusing on advancing platform enhancements, automated record retrieval, security and privacy practices and product development. The impact of the Irish office will 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 new space can 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.
With executive headquarters in New York, Datavant is the world leader in secure, compliant healthcare data exchange and has nearly 10,000 employees. It is making the world’s health data secure, accessible and actionable. Datavant’s vast and diverse health data exchange in the U.S. serves as a “network of networks”, enabling seamless, privacy-preserving data exchange between life sciences, payers, and providers through its platform.
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 while the fit-out of Bonham Quay was being completed. Datavant Ireland is fully integrated into the company’s global operations.
The company continues to recruit for a range of engineering roles, with a focus on experienced software professionals. Visit the Datavant Ireland careers page.
Kyle Armbrester, CEO of Datavant, said the global healthcare industry is undergoing a profound shift with AI accelerating demand for comprehensive, accurate, patient-consented health data.
“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 was 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.
“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,” she added.
