Since the pandemic started, our DDS team has not had a chance to get together for some business talk and good food. Now that restaurants are finally opened again and life is getting back to normal, our team had a corporate lunch in Pasadena. We were a group of four consultants namely me, Ebitari Larsen, (right), Roshni Biswas (middle right), Deepti Aggarwal (middle left) and Tanisha Gupta (left). I enjoyed spending quality time with these talented team members and listened to their thoughts and ideas more openly. It was a superb day, we ordered vegetarian dishes, seafood and chicken dishes, and enjoyed water and iced tea! Do you recognize the ambiance of the restaurant? That is PF Chang’s in Pasadena. It’s a great place to eat where people with different dietary needs can find something they can enjoy!

At DDS, our team is diverse and we all hail from different parts of the world and have different backgrounds and experiences. Our expertise is diverse and richly cultivated at the best academic institutions and business and non-profit organizations in the world. Our diverse backgrounds and expertise means we all contribute to DDS in our unique and enriching ways. 

Good day friends, clients, vendors and supporters of DDS,

We last sent this newsletter with a COVID-19 message from me on March 18th, 2020. So much has happened since then; we have been asked to shelter in place which has increased working from home, schools are all on mobile learning for the indefinite future, nonessential businesses, like retail, have been closed except from mail and pick up orders, restaurants are only allowed to function on delivery and take out orders, and everyone is required to wear masks in businesses (in California at least).

Now, a month and a half later, governments are starting to address reopening and we are all talking about how to resume back to normal life. I am active in my church serving on the board of elders; our head pastor and a team of staff have come up with a ‘faithful phasing’ plan as are most prepared organizations, planning how to go back to seeing each other in person, something many of miss and find essential to a good life.

At DDS, we are fortunate that our work is mostly remote and we support our clients all over the world using technology to facilitate communication and collaboration. DDS staff have always had the option to work on a flexible schedule and to work from home or the office or a combination of both according to what will make them most productive and able to achieve their requirements. This policy has served us well during the COVID-19 crisis as we have been set up for remote work and able to assist our clients and other members of community without any loss in momentum.

As I said in March, crisis like these are always an important reminder of the resilience and awe of the human spirit … it is a great blessing to be born human. In these times, we have the opportunity to see humans at their best serving others and working together to make each of our lives better. The following blogs are about some of the ways we are dealing with COVID-19 and seeing our community deal with it. I hope you continue to stay strong, stay resilient, see the good in everything and I hope you enjoy the newsletter.

With great appreciation for all you do for this world,

Ebitari

President, Delta Data Services LLC