Is a personal friend of Tim Burton; I know this because he took me to see Tim Burton's _Batman_ and because of Rick and Julie from Tae Jong, I got my name in pictures, that is, Jack's line, "where does he get all these wonderful toys?!!!" is mine. I have the old paper where I originally wrote that line. The same old paper that I write and send letters, btw. My son also received a gift on his birthday, "Timberrrrrr!".
Brigade Solutions is the name of the company that hired me shortly after my conversation with University of Chicago's Jason Cawley, who has the same relationship to Alan Greenspan as Bob Hennis does to Tim Burton. Brigade Solutions is now Brigade Corporation, 101 2nd Street in San Francisco, in a big green building, very nice and tasteful foyer with 2 pumas decorating, 25th floor. Their website is www.brigade.com, some of that script is mine, but not much. I mostly wrote and maintained their intranet; the architect of the intranet is one Brian Armstrong. Brigade has offices in San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Dublin, New York, Chicago, Hyderabad, Chennai, probably a lot of others by now. www.brigade.com I interned at Risk Management Solutions, near the Geological Survey in Menlo Park. They're now located on the East Bay, near Newark, iirc. They have offices in the Bay Area and in New Delhi. I met Uday Eyunni there. Nice guy, father's a maniac. I'll let you judge from an excerpt of my employee's handbook. Welcome to Brigade! We are excited to have you as a part of our progressive team. You were hired because we believe you can contribute to the achievement of our goals and to the bottom line of success, and share our commitment to our mission. Brigade is committed to distintive quality and unparalleled customer service in all aspects of our business. As part of the team, you will discover that the pursuit of excellence is truly a rewarding aspect of your career with Brigade. As a team member, you must "own" the results of your productivity. This employee handbook contains the key policies, goals, benefits, and expectations of Brigade Solutions Inc., and other information you will need as part of our team. The success of Brigade is determined by our success in operationg as a unified team. We have to earn the trust and respect of our customers every day in order that the customer make the decision to choose our services. We sell service and people provide service. There are no magic formulas. Creative, productive employees who are empowered to make decisions while thinking "outside the box" guarantee our success. Your job -- every job -- is essential to fulfilling our mission to "provide distinctive quality and unparalleled customer service" everyday to more people who "trust and respect" us. The primary goal at Brigade, and yours, is to live our mission statement and continue to be an industry leader. We achieve this through dedicated hard work and commitment from every employee. It is the desire of Brigade's management, to have every employee succeed in his or her job, and assist in achieving our goals. You should use this handbook as a ready reference as you pursue your career with Brigade. Additionally, the handbook should assure good management and fair treatment of all employees. At Brigade, we strive to recognize the contributions of all employees. Welcome aboard! We look forward to your contribution! Russ, Jose, Gertrude, Ajay; a consultant, a marine, a housewife, and a race car driver. When I joined Brigade, everybody, about 100 people, were all thin and sexy people. We got rid of the thin and sexy for thin and sexy's sake, and kept the efficacious [about 20]. I recommend trusting these people, but you don't have to. I see Mrs. Clinton on the Today show this morning, my friend, the original huntress.
