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HighWire’s Belfast office ‘will extend library collaboration’
HighWire Press, the publishing technology platform provider for scholarly publishers and societies, has announced it will open a new office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, adding 74 full-time employees over a three-year period. The Belfast office will include global leadership for technology and customer support teams, to expand platform development capabilities rapidly, and work more directly with European publishers and societies. This investment reflects HighWire’s long-term commitment to advance the goals of its publishing partners to serve the global research and scholarly communities across diverse disciplines, the company says. ‘Belfast’s stable and talented developer community is highly motivated and a great fit with our organisational culture. We’re pleased with the strong talent pools for developers, professional services, and
support.’ said Dan Filby, CEO of HighWire Press. ‘We are pleased to announce Rob Smyth, director of engineering quality assurance, will lead a team of technology professionals to supply innovative solutions that meet demands in today’s more open, integrated publishing landscape.’
In 2016 we plan to reach 50 full-time employees
Smyth added: ‘I look forward to connecting the creative, dynamic developer community in Belfast with our world-leading publishing partners to meet strategic goals and advance the architecture of research communication. Ten employees have been hired to date
and we continue to recruit for developers, support, and professional services roles. ‘In 2016 we plan to reach 50 full-time employees. We will work quickly to build new collaborative teams across Belfast and Redwood City, extending our workday across time zones to deliver innovation for our clients’ global readership.’ Founded at Stanford University, HighWire Press has a strong tradition of working with top research institutions. ‘We are delighted by how quickly we have been able to collaborate with faculty and program leaders at local colleges and universities, including Queen’s University Belfast and Ulster University, on programs to attract innovative developers,’ concluded Filby. ‘We look forward to extending our collaboration with librarians, researchers and students in the community.’
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