Success stories

We know it's a big deal when deciding to move to live and work in a new country.

That's why we've interviewed some electronic technologies professionals who have already made the move to Scotland.

Read their success stories below.

Welcome to Success Stories

Anne Wuebbenhorst, Germany

Scotland’s reputation for video games attracted Anne Wuebbenhorst from Germany to study programming in Paisley. Shortly after qualifying she got a job with Digital Goldfish, the award-winning games developer based in Dundee.

Pierpasquale Curto, Italy

Pierpasquale Curto was fascinated by a career in the gaming industry but there was little scope for one in his native Italy, so he moved to Scotland to start his dream career.

Sven Soell, Germany

German-born electronics engineer Sven Soell joined Scottish fables mixed signal semiconductor company Elonics in 2008 as part of its design team.

Brian Mohr, USA

Brian first came to Scotland four years ago. He chose to settle in Edinburgh where he now lives with his fiancé and works for Toshiba. He hopes to gain permanent residence in the next year.

Sethu Vijayakumar, India

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar holds a Personal Chair in Robotics and is the Director of the Institute of Perception, Action and Behaviour (IPAB) at the University of Edinburgh’s School of Informatics. He moved to Edinburgh with his wife in 2003.

Martin Thomson, Scotland

Working for eye imaging manufacturer Optos, Martin Thomson uses his specialist skills as an optical engineer in a world-leading firm while living in Edinburgh, the city he loves.

Omid Darani, Iran

Omid Darani considers he was lucky to get a chance to study in Abertay University’s world-famous computer games centre of excellence. This has led him to a full-time job with Proper Games, the Dundee based software firm.

Tom Kronberg, Germany

When it comes to games development, German-born Tom Kronberg thinks Dundee in Scotland is the place to be.

Anderson Rodrigues Meise, Brazil

Anderson Rodrigues Meise loves Scotland, where he feels there are loads of opportunities and a great quality of life.

Graham Galvin, Ireland

At an early age Graham Galvin knew he wanted to be an animator - and today he's doing just that as Lead Artist for Dynamo Games in Dundee.

Pim Van Oerle, the Netherlands

Pim Van Oerle came to Scotland in 2008 and liked it so much that he decided to stay. He’s a Senior Software Engineer for Codestuff; a West Lothian-based video management solutions company.

Tim Lloyd, England

Tim Lloyd made the move to the Highlands from England to join LifeScan’s R&D department in August 2010 – and he says he’s never been happier.

Farhad Mirza, India

Electronics engineer Farhad Mirza, from India, tells TalentScotland why he loves living in Scotland and working for ATEEDA

Ramezah Yusof, Malaysia

Ramezah Yusof came to Scotland with a sense of adventure and immediately fell in love with the country. Her skills in software engineering helped her to gain a ‘cutting-edge’ job with international company NCR in Dundee.

Nikodem Goszczynski, Poland

Nikodem Goszczynski originally came to Scotland in 2004 to find work. Today he runs his own company in Edinburgh called Braindead Ape Games which is ready to launch its first game this spring.

Wenjia Yin, China

Wenjia Yin has never regretted moving from Beijing to Scotland to pursue his career in software development. In fact he says it is the perfect place to live and work.