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Datavant, a company that connects healthcare data to eliminate the silos of information that hold back innovative medical research and improved patient care, welcomes Shannon Walden as Senior People Business Partner (SPBP) and Ryan Bugler as People Business Partner (PBP). Datavant partnered with Frederickson Partners on the executive search.
In her role as SPBP, Shannon will build the next generation of the organization’s talent and support Datavant’s transformation and post-merger integration. She will report to the Chief People Officer, Holly May.
Shannon joins Datavant from NerdWallet, where she served as Head of Human Resources Business Partners (HRBP). There she was responsible for recruiting, leading and managing the HRBP team in support of execution against the People Team strategy and key priorities in driving towards business objectives. Prior to NerdWallet, Shannon worked at Clear Capital, providing strategic thought partnership and assessing organizational needs in order to develop and deliver strategic people initiatives. She brings impressive HR leadership experience from KeepTruckin, Square, Fitbit, LeapFrog, Robert Half International, CBS Interactive, Wells Fargo Bank, Oracle Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Shannon holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources from California State University.
In his role as PBP, Ryan will serve as a trusted thought partner to managers on all things People strategy. He will be responsible for building the next generation of the organization’s talent and supporting Datavant’s transformation and post-merger integration. Ryan will report to Michael Cleary.
Ryan joins Datavant from Amagi Corporation where he served as the Global HRBP. In this role, he worked as a strategic HR leader in a remote start-up environment for business units including sales, marketing, content, advertisement, engineering and revenue, comprising 600 employees in 40 countries. Prior to this, he served as an HRBP at Asurion and Wayfair. Ryan holds an M.B.A. from Anderson University and a Bachelor of Arts from St. John’s University.
Datavant powers secure data connectivity on behalf of thousands of providers, payers, health data analytics companies, patient-facing applications, government agencies, research institutions and life science companies. Datavant’s mission is to connect the world’s health data to improve patient outcomes. Datavant works to reduce the friction of data sharing across the healthcare industry by building neutral, trusted and ubiquitous technology that protects the privacy of patients while supporting the exchange of identified and de-identified health data across tens of thousands of healthcare institutions.
Frederickson Partners recruits high impact executive talent for innovative companies worldwide. As a part of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Frederickson recruits executives for the entire C-suite, specializing in HR and People, and matching startups, tech unicorns, mission-based organizations and Fortune 500 enterprises with world-class executive leaders. Frederickson’s U.S. locations include San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Dallas, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta and Nashville, serving many global tech hubs, Clients include Alphabet, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Fitbit, Gartner, Gilead, Intel, Intuit, Lyft, Nieman Marcus, Pinterest, Qualtrics, Roche, SoFi, The Nature Conservancy, Twitter, Uber, Waymo and Workday.
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Frederickson Partners, a Gallagher company is a market leader in retained executive search since 1995. As one of the top-rated HR executive search and C-suite recruiting firms, we have expertise in placing Chief People Officers, Chief Human Resources Officers, Chief Diversity Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Legal Officers and many other senior leaders. We draw on a broad network of rising and established executives and leaders, and a 28-year reputation as a talent acquisition and HR Advisory provider.