Scotland’s Internet of Things (IoT) accelerator, Filament Smart Things Accelerator Centre (STAC), has partnered with HR firm Jordan Talent Solutions to launch Scotland’s first IoT and smart devices recruitment platform.
STAC Jobs is set for full launch during the first quarter, aimed at addressing hiring challenges in the growing industry.
STAC is already supporting 23 companies with 70 employees from its base at Skypark in Glasgow, with a new 250-desk facility and labs planned for the second quarter.
Chief executive Paul Wilson said: “We are on track to create Europe’s largest IoT cluster in 2023 and STAC Jobs will help us get to this point, by bringing about a step change in how companies access high quality talent.
“We need to build more IoT intellectual property here, and we can only do that if we have the right people and teams in place to drive that growth.”
Jordan Talent Solutions, co-founded by LeighAnne and Grant Jordan, has a track record in working with a range of companies from early stage ventures to international corporates.
LeighAnne said: “We know we have extremely capable Scottish founders and companies in the IoT space, and STAC Jobs will support their talent acquisition strategies, processes, and policies.”
Wilson pointed to remote patient monitoring scale-up Current Health, which secured the second largest European healthcare exit in 2021, or New York Stock Exchange-listed nano-satellite developer Spire Global, as two examples of what the Scottish sector can achieve.
However, he added: “Early stage technology companies are facing a well documented funding gap, so that’s another area we are working on, and something we will be able to talk more about in the coming weeks.”
STAC marked its first anniversary in October, with former Scottish Enterprise managing director and interim chief executive Linda Hanna joining the team as head of partnerships, while Meta vice president for supply chain Sean Murphy joined a STAC Advisory Board that also includes Volvo Cars chief executive Jim Rowan.
STAC is supported by Scottish Enterprise, CENSIS and Filament. Its local partners in Scotland include Murphy Wealth, Anderson Anderson & Brown, Burness Paull, Scintilla, Arceptive, Soben, Integrated Graphene and Pivot International.
It also has international partners in San Francisco headquartered customer engagement platform Twilio; supply chain and aftermarket services company Plexus Corporation; computer chip giant Intel Corporation; and IoT test and measurement business Keysight.
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