Senior member of South Lanarkshire tech firm celebrating two decades with business

A senior member of a South Lanarkshire tech firm is celebrating two decades with the business after joining as a university graduate. Alyson McMenemy, from Hamilton, began her journey with Eureka Solutions as a graduate Product Specialist in 2004 when they only had four members of staff.

Progressing through the business, Alyson has been in five roles since joining the East Kilbride-based firm, ranging from a Support Manager training new members of staff to her current role as Customer Success Director, which she has been in for the past two years. Reflecting on her career, Alyson said, “When I started, there was only one developer and now there’s 20, so we’ve definitely seen big changes in terms of the size of our team, and also in the products that we’re dealing with.

However, despite all these changes, our core values are very much still at the heart of the business. We make sure that they’re instilled into each new member of staff that we’re bringing into the team, from day one.” Every year, the firm brings in a new set of graduates, investing in young people and their growth, something that they believe sets them apart from their competitors. Over the past four years, a third (33 per cent) of all hires have come straight from university, with now half of the senior leadership team, including CEO David Lindores, starting as graduates.

Alyson added, “We find that bringing people in straight from university helps them get embedded into our culture and way of working. It might be a slightly slower process than bringing someone in with experience, but the programme we have in place provides the training that develops them into highly-skilled roles. It’s much more effective in the long term and builds loyalty as well.”