Month: November 2019

TaskUs co-founders Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir named Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 National Award Winners

Posted on November 25, 2019 by - Client News

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced that CEO Bryce Maddock and President Jaspar Weir of TaskUs, the leading tech-enabled business services company delivering customer support, AI operations, and content security to the world’s most innovative companies, received the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2019 Award in the Services category. Now in its 33rd year, this prestigious award recognizes and celebrates unstoppable entrepreneurs who redefine the way we live, work and play. Maddock and Weir were selected by an independent panel of judges, and the award was presented at the Strategic Growth Forum® in Palm Springs on November 16.

“I’m proud to stand with Jaspar and represent the thousands of people who make TaskUs what it is,” said CEO Bryce Maddock. “When we started TaskUs, our mission was to create a ridiculously good team that fueled innovative companies’ growth. We’ve gone from a team of seven people ten years ago to 18,000 today, and we attribute our growth to staying focused on that mission.”

“Bryce and I relied on each other a lot in the early days,” said Jaspar Weir. “As TaskUs has grown, our success is a direct result of the people around us from our customers to the support from Blackstone to our team leaders and the many people who make up our frontline. As entrepreneurs, we’re proud to be a part of the EOY community.”

Listen to Bryce’s latest interview with Frank Mottek below.

 

 

TaskUs’ CIO gives advice to future IT leaders

Posted on November 19, 2019 by - Client News

Like technology itself, the CIO role has evolved and continues to evolve. CIO.com asked for tips and advice from IT leaders on how to become a CIO and what they’ve learned along the way. One of these was TaskUs‘ CIO, Curt Gooden.

Just because you’re a CIO, it doesn’t mean your technology decisions are always right, says Curt Gooden, CIO of TaskUs. “Recognize what you don’t know and be willing to know you’re not always right and that there are experts out there you can rely on,’’ he says.

And be adaptable to change, as IT no longer has the luxury of deploying projects over a long period, he adds. System development is now a constantly iterative process and teams have to continually monitor whether something needs to be adjusted or changed. “It’s constant evaluation and re-evaluation,’’ says Gooden.

Read the full article: Top career tips for aspiring CIOs (CIO.com)