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The Chamber of Commerce in the Kristiansand region, UiA and Business Region Kristiansand are conducting a pilot project to profile the region for international talents.
The project is carried out in collaboration with Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Reykjavik, led by Future Place Leadership and supported by Rising North. The ambassadors have an international background and live and work in the Kristiansand region. Using social media, the ambassadors promote the benefits of living and working in the region.
Five fantastic ambassadors have been selected who help to highlight exciting competence environments and attract more competent employees and businesses to the region. In this way, they contribute to making the Kristiansand region even more attractive.
Robertha Natalia Höglund is originally from Mexico, but studied in Gothenburg before her dream job came up at Elkem in Kristiansand. Today, Höglund is Head of Intellectual property at Elkem, and has been involved in Node Eyde Women and NEW Faces. Robertha has been on the list of the world's leading IP strategists for three years in a row.
Thomas Meyer is originally from France and moved to Norway in 2010. Since then, he has worked as a physicist and business developer for the research institute Teknova, and now also works as CEO of the start-up Machine Prognostics. To keep in touch with the research community, he has also taken a part-time position at the University of Agder as an associate professor in mechatronics.
Parvaneh Sarshar moved to Norway to pursue a PhD at the University of Agder in 2012. She is now Chief Technology Officer at OSM Maritime Group in Arendal. Parvaneh has been involved in Young Ship Sørlandet.
Alireza Borhani works at the University of Agder as a postdoctoral project manager. He moved to Norway in 2011 to pursue a PhD in Information and Communication Technology. He is engaged in important national and international projects, developing innovative technological solutions for a better world. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the world's largest association for technologists.
Sona Shyamsukha moved from Bangalore, India, to Kristiansand in 2016. She has a background in design, but today works in the start-up PenguinUp, which is a carpooling app. Sona and the work with PenguinUp has been noticed on several start-up scenes and has been among the top 10 in the Angel Challenge in Stavanger and is now part of a pre-program in Helsinki at Europe's largest start-up festival SLUSH.
The region has many talented and knowledgeable people, let's showcase them together!
