The nature of our business demands that we be fast, flexible, and agile in our leadership and in the way we work. DataHouse was designed from its beginning to be a gazelle, not an elephant. This includes everything from organizational structure, job roles, policies and procedures, decision-making, communications, solutions, and how we interact with ourselves and partners.
• Our organizational structure is dynamic. At the end of the day, we all do whatever it takes.
• Our titles describe our individual role to our partners, not our status.
• Our work days and hours are flexible, what matters is getting the job done.
• Our decision-making is quick and based on empowerment and accountability.
• Our policies and procedures are for consistency, quality, and compliance, not bureaucracy.

At DataHouse, learning is a continuous journey. Through our consulting engagements, our staff become fluent in different industries, subject matter, and roles, including software development, client relations, team leadership, business analysis, and project management. Throughout this journey, we learn and gain the experience and confidence to excel further in our careers.
Along the way, employees may discover new areas of professional development and growth. We support individuals who take the initiative to pursue new skills. Self-directed professional development is key in an industry that changes so rapidly. Once an employee identifies an area of interest, DataHouse supports that employee through training programs, mentorships, and other enablement programs that align to the company’s business strategies.

DataHouse has made stopping Hawaiʻi’s brain drain a top priority. From the beginning, our founder Dan Arita understood that information technology would play a key role in the future of not only Hawaiʻi, but globally. And finding locally available IT resources would be required for any business operating in their community. DataHouse was formed to fulfill that vision and we continue to believe that a vibrant IT economy is vital for any local community’s future.
Bringing them home – the next generation is about creating this IT economy in Hawaiʻi and any local community we’re a part of. We strive to offer challenging and rewarding careers to attract and nurture the best talent so that they become vested, contributing members of their communities and help pave the way for future generations. Specifically, for our Hawaiʻi-born youth, after graduating from top mainland universities, many opt to build careers elsewhere, hoping to someday return to friends and family. We bridge this gap by offering meaningful career opportunities back home with a high quality of life balance.

People are our greatest asset and we strive to make DataHouse a place where the best and brightest want to work. A company without walls reflects our philosophy of valuing our people by providing flexibility to live and work without location constraints. We organically became a virtual company when one of our best developers moved to another state for family reasons. In the days of dial-up lines and modems, we figured out a way for him to work effectively from the mainland. Today, your office can be anywhere you can connect to the Internet and effectively perform your job.
A company without walls also reflects our openness to include partners, customers, the community, and other stakeholders to expand our company into a true virtual organization. There is much to be done and we cannot do it all ourselves. We welcome others that are aligned with our purpose, culture, and strategic destination to be part of our virtual organization.

Teamwork is paramount to DataHouse’s success. The teamwork culture starts with the premise that everyone is valuable and assumes that everyone has a strong professional desire to create quality solutions for our clients by leading with their strengths. It allows us to be bigger than we really are. When a client is working with a single.
DataHouse employee, they soon come to realize that one person can represent all the cumulative knowledge of the entire DataHouse ʻohana — many minds for one.

All of us are on a continuous journey in life. Perseverance is an individual trait that permeates the entire DataHouse ʻohana. The grit and resolve that enable us to weather the toughest storms and find fulfillment in our personal lives translate into the long-term perspective we bring to our partners to support them through the challenges of their journey. We will always be there to support our partners.
We see every project as a step along the journey that leads to each partner’s success. Building trustful relationships among peers, partners and the community takes years. This bond becomes the foundation of business, ensures growth from year to year and aligns to our business philosophy: Clients are Our Partners.

The cookie jar is a metaphor for our shared contributions/shared reward philosophy. Everyone fills the cookie jar for everyone to enjoy. Likewise, everyone contributes to DataHouse’s success and shares in the returns. Some fill it with cookies, some candy, some keep it clean. Everyone contributes in their own way whether it be finding work, building trusted relationships, solving customer problems, writing code, or managing HR and accounting. This shared contribution/shared reward philosophy permeates at all levels throughout DataHouse. Project team members all contribute to the success of the project and share in the recognition and rewards.

We see clients as strategic partners, not as opportunistic sources of revenue. Our goal is to establish a long-term, win-win relationship by caring for clients and actively contributing to their success. To achieve this goal, we choose our clients wisely, build trust and relationships, and always deliver on our commitments. We value long-term, meaningful engagements with our clients over short-term, profit-driven transactions.
Whether in Hawaiʻi, on the mainland, or internationally, we treat our clients with the same sense of caring and commitment. We are proud when mainland partners comment that our spirit differentiates us from other companies, and we carry our aloha spirit wherever we go.

Joy and happiness are core to a person’s well-being and “playing hard” is our way of expressing that, which goes far beyond company events and social activities. At DataHouse, it’s a way of working. It’s how we treat each other, and how we create an enjoyable and fulfilling place of work. Laughing and having fun is healthy for the soul and for business. Humility is an essential element of this principle and one of DataHouse’s core values. You need to be humble to laugh at yourself and to make it fun and enjoyable for others.

Whether the call is to clean up the beach or to use our technical skills to help others, the people of DataHouse all have that altruistic characteristic to offer support. Community and caring for our future speak to the heart of our purpose, which is to make our local and global communities better today and for future generations. It’s about strengthening the community, caring for those who live next to us, and guarding the environment we live in.