Ric Urrutia has spent the last 25 years building Taos into one of Silicon Valley’s most respected and well-known technology services firms. Prior to starting the company, Urrutia helped Apple develop its first Unix implementation and worked as a technical manager and independent consultant for Olivetti and others. Industry leaders in the ever-changing tech world turn to Urrutia’s Taos first for expert advice regarding transformational, automation, and operational needs—his customers include major players like Uber, Facebook, Apple, and Vmware. Urrutia holds a BS in Computer Science from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala City.

Hamilton Yu has spent over 20 years partnering with the Global 500 to solve complicated business challenges by integrating the latest technologies into best of breed solutions. Prior to Taos, Hamilton was the VP of Cloud Operations and Professional Services where he built, scaled, and optimized the Nuance Communications Global Cloud Customer Care Platform and Services handling over 100+ Fortune 500 customers globally in both the Public and Private Cloud. Hamilton previously led key teams within Microsoft that advanced the Microsoft Speech Platforms. At Tellme, Hamilton’s teams leveraged Cloud technology to create the first automated cloud voice solutions in the Retail as well as Telecom verticals. Hamilton started his technical career at Accenture where he worked with companies such as AT&T and Verizon to solve complex business challenges associated with rapidly growing ERP solutions. Hamilton Yu holds a MBA from the Haas School of Business as well as a BS from University of California Berkeley.

Mary developed and manages Taos’ administrative infrastructure and financial processes and is responsible for the financial, legal, and human resource functions of the company. Prior to joining Taos in 1997, Mary held several financial management positions in the banking industry—most recently as Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Silicon Valley Bank. Prior to her career in banking, Mary was a CPA with Deloitte.  She earned a BS in Accounting from San Jose State University.

Dan has led strategic programs for many of Taos’ top clients including Facebook, Intuit, Seagate, and Juniper Networks since joining in 2010. He has an extensive background in both technology infrastructure and application development, having worked for large international financial institutions such as Barclays and CIBC. Dan has a degree from the University of Toronto, and also holds multiple patents for his work in developing optimized remote graphical interface technologies.

Patty is the architect of Taos Managed Services offering, focusing on building a team that provides clients with highest level of service. Patty works one-on-one with clients to develop customized solutions that will fit their business’s unique needs, along with overseeing day-to-day operations of the Taos Technical end-user service desk in Boise, Idaho. A Taoser since 2009, Patty was with Albertson’s for 22 years, where she advanced to Director of IT Technical Services and received the company’s CTO Award for Excellence in Execution. Previously, Patty managed IT client services and L2 operations for BMHC.

Trish serves as Taos’ VP of Talent Management, designing and leading the strategy for attracting, hiring, retaining, and developing top technical talent. Trish’s passion for cultivating technical talent has led her to collaborate with outside organizations such as St. Mary’s College, University of San Francisco, Year Up, and Girl Scouts of Northern California to design and deliver pertinent technical classes and programs for in-demand technical skills. She originally joined Taos during the height of the dotcom days and has since worked in a variety of roles that have consistently focused on aligning people, strategies, and programs to business objectives. Prior to moving to the Bay Area in 1998, Trish worked in Social Services and held administrative roles in New York City.  She earned her B.A. in Psychology from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.

Peter is the driving force behind our Professional Services offerings. With more than 20 years of experience in business development, general management, and technological enhancements. He is a thought leader in the field through his work with EDM and Nuance Communications, where he was responsible for the execution and delivery of technical services revenue as well world-wide ownership of the quality assurance team. Newton served as primary interface to numerous Fortune 500 clients and orchestrated and managed all key sales and delivery milestones.   

Aditya “D” Joglekar has more than 20 years of experience delivering IT, infrastructure, software development, and cloud services across private and public sectors.  Prior to joining Taos, Joglekar led the Cloud Sales practice for QTS Data Centers as it established and grew its hyperscale presence and Hybrid IT services.  Aditya played a key role in the launch and go-to-market of the cloud services offering, leading up to and following QTS’ IPO on the NYSE.   Before QTS, Aditya led cloud pre-sales and solution architecture for Savvis, before, during, and after its acquisition by Centurylink.  Joglekar’s earlier experiences at Deloitte and ACS/Xerox serving large-scale and mid-size companies were formative in his approach working with clients.  Joglekar holds an MBA from the University of Memphis, and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University.