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Who is David Anderson?
Since my previous "About David Anderson," post was lost with ISOU V.2, Angel suggested I put up a new post. I have taken the opportunity to expand it a bit. It will no doubt be a work in progress. I was born in a little town called Pulaski Virgina in April of 1960. I grew up and attended public schools in Los Angeles California. Following College at Los Angeles Southwest College and The University of Southern California, I spent several years working as a journalist and civil rights activist. I began my high tech career as a consultant for Cap Gemini America in the early 1980s. In the early 1990's I was responsible for building call center operations for Packard Bell Electronics in the United States, Mexico, Europe and Australia. While at Packard Bell, I developed the first toll (900 Number) support line in the consumer electronics industry. I also helped to conceptualize the, "Packard Bell Desktop"; one of the first Graphical Front ends to run on a consumer PC. In 1995, I founded Acer Information Services S.A., a call center organization supporting Acer customers in the United States from Costa Rica. The Acer facility employed over 450 highly trained PC hardware and software technicians. I also launched two subsidiaries for Acer Information Services; one was an Internet startup, hosting some of the most dynamic commercial sites in the country. Since Acer's founding, several high-tech giants including Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco have developed presences in Costa Rica. My forte is known for being a startup and turnaround wizard. The mark of my organizations has always been rapid deployment, execution and conversion. I have managed call centers world wide and I am known by some as a visionary and consummate people manager. Many of my protègè's have went on to become senior managers and executives with some of the world's largest companies including Dell, Oracle, Western Union, Sykes and others. I studied Journalism at Los Angeles Southwest College and later attended the University of Southern California where I studied Political Science and International Relations. Upon graduation I worked for three years with a small but respected community newspaper, The Los Angeles Capsule. My Company, Grupo Utopia Internationale S.A. was founded in August of 2001 by Maribell Anderson, Federico Esquivel, Paul Strasburger and M.J. Best. The company was originally founded as a vehicle for outsourced call center services. As the founder of the first bilingual call center in Costa Rica, I returned to Costa Rica in August of 2001 with a vision of founding a call center and a software development company. Grupo Utopia is parent to two companies, PDA Utopia S.A., which develops software for the wireless LAN and WAN market, and Utopia Professional Services S.A., which focuses on consulting and professional services, with a specific focus on IT consulting and Contact Center consulting and development services. I am married to the lovely Lourdes Maribell Anderson,  with Three Children, including Jean Carlos (13):  Elsie (7):  and the famous Apollonia(19 Months):  I have lived in Costa Rica (This Time), for nearly five years, and love it here. My Company has had much success at creating a niche for itself here, and our Brand:  is one of the most well known and respected in the country. We have formed powerful alliances with some of the largest companies in the world, including Intel, Cisco, HP and IBM. In Search of Utopia (Version 1), was started in October of 2003, as an outlet for my political writing. The Blog has had three different versions resulting from changes of host and a catastrophic loss of data earlier this year. ISOU was conceptualized as a place to discuss politics, reflect on life, look at new technology and make friends. It has been successful on all counts. For a view of my politics, please review this post. Posted by David A at June 24, 2005 03:17 PM
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You certainly have a full life, David. Your wife and kids (and dog!) look great. Read your political statement (P.S., 6/22/05) and I'm further to the left than you but I'm in accord with all of your points. No real purpose behind this note. Just a pleasant wave hello. Posted by: Wordlackey at August 1, 2005 01:14 AM David I am new to this site (today). My husband and I are 50ish living in Montana (I am originally from Texas). We have been counting our stored nuts and think we might can swing early (part time) retirement. I am very interested in Costa Rica. I need lots of help researching this option...where to go...what it will cost...etc. We DO NOT want to live in a "closed" community with everything American. That is the whole point of retiring outside USA. Can you help? Any material I can get my hands on? Posted by: Jo at August 18, 2005 06:22 PM Dave, I tried to email you but it bounced back. I just wanted to say Hi, but you know me: when im determined, im determined. So HI Dave and give me your current email please. best to you, jane Posted by: Jane at November 20, 2005 10:11 PM Hi David, I came across your site through a posting on the Costa Rican elections, since I am an American who just became a resident here and the politics here makes no sense to me. You have an interesting perspective supporting a libertarian and also calling yourself a progressive democrat, but then again we are living in times of change and crisis... On a selfish note, I have worked customer service and some technology related jobs in the states and am now looking for similar work here... you sound like a very busy man, but I thought it was worth a shot to ask you if you have any recommendations or if any of your clients or operations are looking for people right now. Thanks for your time, Christian Posted by: Christian Larsen at January 31, 2006 07:26 PM Christian, send me your resume to davidscottanderson@gmail.com And on the Liberatarian thing, Otto is the best candidate for Costa Rica. Costa Rica needs new blood, not the same old bullshit. Posted by: David Anderson at January 31, 2006 09:39 PM I am glad to have found your website and I had almost been taken in by a 419 scam. Maybe I'm just stupid but it sure sounded good, until today when I received a really strange response with all kinds of weird grammar, hence my arrival at your website. Posted by: Stefani at March 22, 2006 10:57 PM Dear David Anderson, Thanks Umesh Posted by: Umesh at June 16, 2006 08:08 AM Hey this is some good stuff and a great family you have. Your little one is the cutest. For outsourcing voice, chat, email or back-office support, visit the website http://callcenter.ramshyam.com Posted by: Call Center Outsourcing at June 30, 2006 12:00 AM Apollonia is realllllllly cute David. I am expecting right now. Hope my kid is half as cute atleast! Posted by: Medical Questions at July 28, 2006 03:52 AM Hello Brother David, The Coca cola promotional thing which said I won 85 thousand dollars through a random selection of emails worldwide was just too great to be true. However even greater was when i checked at a search engine, typed in the promotion with "scam" at the end, and eventually led me to your site....I saw many signs....You're a traveller. I am too. Freemasonry is alive and well in the Philippines. My lodge is Talavera Lodge #273 under the jurisdiction of RIII-D, under the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. I have a school which offers call center trainings at the moment in partnership with Informatics Computer Institute. I would like to explore some things regarding putting up a call center in our school, and eventually find the market for that. Or just be a subcontractor which ever may be the case. I hope to discuss to you this my brother... Fraternally yours, Brother Carr Espinoza Posted by: carmelo espinoza at August 9, 2006 08:22 PM You are one of the nicest guys I have ever met and when you get a chance give me a call we need to talk about one of my dreamsto come down there an live finally getting close to coming true. I also have tons of new Amanda Jilesse photos :) Oh and we wee married on july 20th! Posted by: Todd Alan at August 25, 2006 03:33 AM You are one of the nicest guys I have ever met and when you get a chance give me a call we need to talk about one of my dreamsto come down there an live finally getting close to coming true. I also have tons of new Amanda Jilesse photos :) Oh and we wee married on july 20th! Posted by: Todd Alan at August 25, 2006 10:23 PM Hi David, Posted by: Steve Hook at October 19, 2006 02:22 PM Hello to all. This is my first day on the Internet. What should I do? Posted by: JPillband at November 8, 2006 08:25 PM Dear David, If anyone doubted the dangerous liaison between political and religious bedfellows, the last several years should have erased that doubt. Now, author Andrew Feder thoroughly explores that topic in his novel, When the Angels Have Risen.
May I offer you a review copy or excerpt for your site?
Sometimes funny, sometimes irreverent, and sometimes downright scary, When the Angels Have Risen traces the journey of hard-luck case Jerry Fletcher from alien abduction to his rise to power when President Halliburton's manipulative administration is revealed for what they truly are, and civil war begins between the so-called red and blue states.
If you've ever questioned the government's secret agendas, When the Angels Have Risen is a must read. For more http://www.andrewfeder.com Thanks for your consideration, Andrew Feder Posted by: Andrew Feder at January 16, 2007 03:50 PM Post a comment
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