eHealth SaaS company, Respiri Limited (ASX: RSH) has established a Philippine based Company Centre of Digital Innovation Excellence.
This follows an internal review of strategic competences required to enable the company’s global growth ambitions and market flexibility requirements.
This is achieved by in- housing key technology competencies and processes; further improving all aspects of Research and Development; accessing Tier 1 Filippino software engineering resources; and partnering with technology vendors and service providers to drive cost reductions and increase productivity.
Resources will focus on mobile and web apps, web portals, SaaS, Machine Learning, system integration and API, as well as full platform and IT ecosystem solutions.
These resources are in the same time zone as key local product development resources creating a more collaborative work environment. This in-housed structure became operational in September 2022.
The Centre of Excellence will undertake the design and development of software underpinning digital products and technology solutions; the final piece of in-housing IP generating core business competencies that follows similar restructuring initiatives with product design, manufacturing efficiency design, clinical development, marketing, business strategy & planning since 2020.
The result is a significant reduction in company cash burn, an in increase in development capacity and greater development flexibility to take advantage of market/customer opportunities, whilst ensuring that all IP is developed and maintained tightly within the company. The Centre employees have been selected and recruited and commenced work in September 2022.
The direct control and management of these competencies will accelerate and further enhance Respiri’s innovative productivity, operational agility, digital creativity and best-in-class user experience. This supports the company patient centric model in respiratory health by developing captivating and innovative intuitive customer engagement interfaces.
Under the initial phase, the company opted for an Employer of Record business model in the Philippines. The local partner is Yempo Solutions, a multi-award-winning company with Australian roots. The hiring phase for the first wave of new staff is completed with a total of eight employees joining over the course of September 2022 and are Respiri dedicated. These resources complement Respiri’s existing Customer Service function which had been established via the same business model in late 2021.
We are taking strategic steps in bringing critical capabilities inhouse and establishing core competencies that are central to Respiri’s business model. The newly established Centre of Excellence will accelerate our digital design and development capabilities and allow further improvements in productivity and efficiency through its low-cost location. We have been able to tap into a very capable talent pool that will significantly add to our Respiri team and are looking forward to expanding our operations in the Philippines in line with global market and customer requirements,” Marjan Mikel, Respiri’s CEO, said.