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Elaine Murphy

VP and Site Lead, Ireland Operations, Signify Health

Elaine Murphy
  • Location: Galway & Sligo, Ireland

Elaine has held multiple leadership roles across high-profile start-ups and scale-ups with a lean toward multinationals leading the way in their respective areas of technological advancements in recent years. She has a particular interest in customer-centric technologies and has been instrumental in scaling successful sites that specialise in product innovation, customer experience, business development, finance and many other critical business functions.

Elaine is the VP and Site Lead of Signify Health’s tech hub in Galway. Signify Health is a leading U.S. healthcare tech company that is currently scaling up its software engineering arm in the west of Ireland. Previous roles for Elaine include site lead with the iconic games manufacturer EA, where she worked for seven years leading a myriad of functions in both Galway and Austin, Texas. Elaine also worked for LiveTiles, a global leader in Digital workplace solutions, as country manager to set-up their product Innovation hub in the Northwest. Within 12 months, Elaine was promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations across EMEA.

Elaine is a huge advocate of driving further investment in the West of Ireland. As part of her efforts to boost greater diversity in the tech scene, to increase career opportunities in the West, she is a leading voice in clusters such as Tech Northwest, which brings tech companies, start-ups, innovators and educators together with a collective goal to stimulate the tech sector across the region. Elaine was elected to the board of the American Chamber of Commerce in 2017 and took up the reigns as chair of their finance committee in 2020 and now sits as an executive board member. She also uses the American Chamber platform to showcase the burgeoning diverse business scene and lifestyle the West has to offer.

Elaine received both her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Business Studies from the National University of Galway and the Atlantic Technological University, respectively. She is recognised as an energetic change leader who continuously challenges the status quo, builds relationships of trust, scales teams in a sustainable fashion and is passionate about building collaborative cultures, technology and innovation. Her success and steadfast interest and work in diversity and inclusion gained Elaine a place on the 2017 Women's leadership forum at Harvard Business School with an elite group of successful business women from around the world.

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