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In This Edition
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A video
interview of
Ric & Alexis
and their
reflections
on the past
20 years
-
Coco's
article on
Taos'
community
involvement
-
A "By the
Numbers"
Quiz on 20
years of
Taos
-
Quotes from
longtime
Taos Clients
&
Consultants
-
1989 Fun
Facts
-
Facebook
Contest
What our
Clients &
Consultants are
Saying About Us
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I've come to
really place
a lot of
confidence
in Taos'
judgment.
Since Taos
is always
interested
in investing
in the
long-term
relationship,
their
decision-making
process
continuously
results in
what's best
for the
customer.
Read More...
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During my
nearly
twenty years
of working
in Silicon
Valley, I've
worked as a
contractor
on eight
different
assignments
prior to
joining
Taos. In
each
assignment,
I found
myself
feeling a
bit like the
"Lone
Ranger," not
an employee
of the
company and
somewhat on
my own.
Read More...
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I view Taos
as a true
partner.
From Ric
Urrutia and
Coco Brown
and down the
chain of
command, I
call upon
Taos
whenever I
feel that I
need
reliable and
competent
resources. I
know I'm
going to get
my needs
taken care
of. Read
More...
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Returning to
Taos was an
easy
decision for
me. As an
organization
with its
finger on
the pulse of
Silicon
Valley, it
offers a
collaborative
work
environment
that
recognizes
and rewards
hard work
and results.
Read More...
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Staying with
Taos and
consulting
at Apple has
been a great
decision.
Taos'
strategy of
helping me
grow is
helping
everyone by
allowing me
to be an
added value.
- Jonathan
Chen, UNIX
Consultant
of 3.5 years
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Taos is a
wonderful
place to
work. When
you are on
your
assignment,
you have the
entire Taos
consultant
team to
support you.
The VTC
Forum is
your buddy
which you
can really
count on. I
like Taos
and Taos'
Culture.
- Richard
Ding, Sr.
Windows
Consultant
of 3.5 years
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I came to
Taos in 2006
after the
company I
worked for
drastically
downsized
after
September
11th and
after I had
worked with
my share of
staffing
agencies
doing
various
projects.
Read More...
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One of the
things I
like the
most about
working for
Taos is
that, with
every
assignment,
I learn new
things and
gain more
valuable
skills.
Another is
the
supportive
environment. Staff
Management
has always
been there
to help me
with my
assignments
and with my
career.
Read More...
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Taos has
provided me
with a
unique
opportunity
to both
reach out to
the
community
and let the
community
reach out to
me. I have
never worked
in an
environment
as cohesive
and with as
many skilled
and talented
people
helping each
other as I
have both
internally
at Taos and
in its
client
community.
Read
More...
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After being
a Taos
consultant
turned
client
twice, I
rejoined
Taos in the
summer of
2008. My
previous
position at
Yahoo was
fun, but
being a Taos
consultant
is a lot
more fun,
challenging
and
rewarding!
Happy 20th
Anniversary!
- Jong Yoon,
Sr. UNIX,
Windows and
Networking
Consultant,
return
Taoser of 8
years
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Dear
Reader,
20 years
ago, our
founders
Ric
Urrutia
and
Alexis
Tatarsky
had a
vision
to
create
an IT
consulting
company
which
would
provide
top
talent
and
services
to the
"who's
who" of
the Bay
Area.
Now, 20
years
later,
we're
proud to
say that
this
vision
of
providing
the best
talent
has been
the
basis
for our
success
all
these
years.
Through
our
broad
reach
across a
variety
of
industries
and our
ability
to
continually
add
value
for our
clients,
we've
become
an
integral
part of
the
fabric
of the
Bay
Area's
technology
community.
In this
issue,
Ric and
Alexis
reflect
on the
past 20
years,
Coco
Brown,
our COO
and
President,
discusses
how
we've
connected
and
given
back to
the
community,
and
longtime
clients
and
consultants
share
their
Taos
experiences
with us.
Last,
but
certainly
not
least,
we want
to thank
you all
- our
valued
clients,
business
partners,
consultants
and
alumni -
who have
been a
part of
our
community
and who
have
helped
shape
Taos
into
what we
are
today.
We look
forward
to
celebrating
many
more
anniversaries
with
you!
Warm
regards,
The
Executive
Leadership
Team at
Taos
Taos
from
1989 to
2009:
Ric and
Alexis
Reflect
on 20
Years of
Business
 The
Taos
Effect:
Creating
Community
By
Coco
Brown,
Taos
President
and COO
In the
twelve
years
that
I've
been
with the
company,
Taos has
always
been
three
things
at its
core: a
place
for
techies
to be
understood,
a place
for
customers
to find
true
partnership
and high
value,
and a
place
that
provides
community
for
both.
The two
founders,
Ric and
Alexis,
are
still
the
self-proclaimed
"techies"
they
were
when the
company
was
first
formed.
Although
these
days
what we
mostly
see is a
world
class
sales
guy and
relationship
master
(Ric)
and a
super
intellectual
capable
of
amazing
expression
(Alexis),
still
their "geekiness"
shines
through
from
time to
time.
From the
always
to be
expected
birthday
gathering
question
of, "Do
you know
how old
you'd be
in
hexadecimal?"
to the
game
they
play in
our
monthly
financial
review
meetings
of who
can beat
whom to
the
punch on
some
complex
mathematical
formula
to
predict
the
direction
of a key
Taos
performance
indicator
(or the
NASDAQ)
- it's
there.
It's
this
techie
in them
that
created
the
inspiration
for Taos
and that
is
behind
the core
elements
of who
we are.
Read
More...
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1989 Fun
Facts
-
English
physicist
Tim
Berners-Lee
created
the
World
Wide
Web
and
the
HTML
language
for
creating
web
pages
-
Taos did
100%
of
its
recruiting
advertising
online
using
the
Usenet
misc.jobs.offered
forum.
It
was
at
least
three
years
before
any
one
of
our
competitors
began
using
the
Internet
for
recruiting. This
gave
us
an
incredible
edge
in
reaching
the
true
techies
in
Universities
and
elsewhere
who
immediately
recognized
how
very
different
Taos
really
was.
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The
1990
San
Jose
population
was
782,248;
in
2009
it
was
1,006,892
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Average
Cost
of a
new
house: $120,000.00
Average
Income
per
year: $27,450.00
Average
Monthly
Rent: $420.00
Average
Price
for
new
car: $15,350.00
1
gallon
of
gas: 97
cents
US
Postage
Stamp: 25
cents
(source:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1989.html)
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Apple
Computer
introduced
the Macintosh
Portable, their
first
attempt
at
making
a battery-powered
portable
Macintosh personal
computer.
The
introductory
price
was
$6,500.
It
came
with
1 MB
of
RAM
and
weighed
15.8
pounds.
-
The
Exxon
Valdez
oil
spill
of
11
million
gallons
occurred
in
the
Prince
William
Sound,
Alaska
-
Microsoft
Office
was
first
released
-
The
Soviet
War
in
Afghanistan
ended
with
the
USSR's
withdrawal
-
First
full
length
episode
of
The
Simpsons
debuted
on
Fox
on
Dec.
17
-
Loma
Prieta
earthquake
struck
and
measured
7.1
on
the
Richter
scale
-
English
actor
Daniel
Radcliffe
(aka
Harry
Potter)
was
born
-
I
Love
Lucy's
Lucille
Ball
died
at
age
77
-
Rain
Man
won
the
Academy
Award
for
Best
Picture
By the
#s Quiz
on 20
years of
Taos
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# of consultants who have also been clients
-
# of clients who have also been consultants
-
Total # of engagements
-
Total # of employees ever (including both consultants & internals)
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Greatest # of offices we've ever had at once (including out of state offices)
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Total # of ITD events
-
# of consultants in 1989 vs. 2009
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# of years of our longest engagement
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# of employees in Boise
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# of years we've offered Managed Services
-
What year did we launch our OCIO practice?
Quiz
Answers
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Announcements
"Memories of Taos"
Contest:
We've shared our
memories from the past
20 years - now it's your
turn! Head over to our
Facebook Fan Page to
share your favorite
Taos memories,
photos, quotes, stories
or pictures of
memorabilia on our wall.
Just for sharing, your
name will be entered
into a drawing to win
a 2GB Livescribe
Pulse smartpen
! Post your favorite
memories by December 4
to be included in the
drawing. A winner will
be announced in our
December newsletter.
(1 drawing entry per
submission, up to 5
entries per person.
Contest open to current
or past consultants,
clients or internals.)
Want to See More?
Our 20th
Anniversary celebration
doesn't stop here! Visit
our
website to check
out our special 20th
Anniversary section with
pictures of Taos through
the years and to read
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