Hartford Business Journal

innovation goals and talent pool to support their next expansion. Within weeks, Cigna connected Bryan to Hart- ford Mayor Luke Bronin, Gov. Ned Lamont's office and other business and community leaders to discuss launching downtown. It was a similar effort that brought Infosys to Hartford. "Cigna served as the convener," Boxer said. "Our role is to promote innova- tion and economic develop- ment right here in Connecti- cut." Bryan, whose firm did not receive financial incentives to create Hartford jobs, says he is looking to capitalize and build on recent progress downtown, which includes the addition of more than 1,000 new apartment units. Hartford, he says, also provides GalaxE employ- ees with a better work-life balance because it's far cheaper to live here compared to other tech hubs in Silicon Valley, New York City and Austin, Texas. "I would say Hartford is ahead of Detroit com- pared to when we started in Detroit," Bryan said. 2020 goals Bryan in recent months hired Chandra Dyaman- goudar to lead GalaxE's hiring, business develop- ment and civic efforts in Hartford. Dyamangoudar, a Maryland native, says he moved downtown after spending about 14 years in various mid-level management and senior-leader- ship roles in the healthcare industry. Dyamangoudar, who serves as vice president of GalaxE's Hartford innovation center, says his team is helping healthcare clients modernize their old pharmacy-benefit management systems with new and existing products under the GxFource umbrella. For example, GxFource tools can scan a clients' tech infrastructure to determine whether code needs to be tweaked or modernized. Meantime, other tools ensure that insurance claims are being properly processed with the click of a button. "We need to personalize health care," he said. "We are moving away from old-school technologies to the newer, much more customer-focused technologies." Dyamangoudar said he is recruiting and hir- ing business and tech analysts, cloud and quality engineers, software testers and Java developers, among other positions, with salaries ranging from $80,000 to $150,000. Future hires will support new potential clients and major employers in Greater Hartford that GalaxE hopes to sign up in the coming months. "I think Hartford is not too big of a city, it's not too small of a city either," he said. "The talent we have here is untapped. If you take all of that and connect them to local industries, Hartford could be an exciting place for future innovations." Whether you're looking to advance your career, gain access to better job prospects, make a difference in the world, or acquire new business skills and knowledge, UConn's graduate programs will get you there. grad.business.uconn.edu Part-Time Full-Time Executive MBA PRO GRAMS SPECIALIZED MAS TERS Accounting (Online) Business Analytics & Project Management Financial Risk Management Human Resource Management GalaxE employees during a recent meeting at the Stilts Building, 20 Church St.

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