We speak to Ian Stevenson, chief executive of Cyan, a developer of forensic data analysis tools for serious crime investigations.
Scotland has been renowned for its scientific, financial and literary innovations ever since the Scottish Enlightenment pushed it to the forefront of European thought-circles in the 18th century.
The nation was to experience a pinnacle in culture and the economy, riding the common-sense credo espoused by its national poet Robert Burns, and the imperial trading links forged through its then-recent union with England.
Today, Scotland remains blessed with some of the world’s finest academic research and possesses a stake in the engine of a global economic power.
Yet there is a reluctance to truly seize the mettle and, too often, a tendency to downplay globalisation potential of its spinouts, according to Ian Stevenson, chief executive of Edinburgh Napier University-founded crime forensics analysis software producer Cyan.
Scottish founders needed to chase bigger rewards in the international arena and find more opportunities to stress the credentials of its…
