TECHCOLOR GRAPHICS, INC.
Techcolor Graphics, Inc. (www.techcolor.com) is a full service printing company. They have a full service preparation department, full service press department, compete in-house bindery, and a full service shipping department. Sempra is one of Techcolor’s major accounts. Richard Garavito’s company prints the inserts that are included with each gas bill. Richard started the business by mortgaging his house, used a little bit of savings and relied on relationships with customers to get the business up and running. “I am a visionary,” his says “I can foresee what to expect next in the industry.” He says that he has grown the business to what the $6 million company is today by the productivity of his personnel. Richard shares both his visions and his wealth with his staff. Richard recently purchased the building he is in. The company has a projected growth for 10 million in the next 3 years.

CC OPS.

Making It! first profiled CC OPS (www.ccops.com) in 2001. Today the company continues to offer the same services, which include networking and communications, computer consulting, cabling, IP telephony and telecommunications, plant design and implementation. Owner Mary Ann Mitchell experienced hard times after the dot.com bust of 2001and had to layoff half of her staff. Since then business has picked up and Mary Ann now has locations in Tucson, Arizona, Washington D.C., San Diego, and Los Angeles. CC OPS is doing 50% higher revenue than before the dot.com bust. Mary Ann is currently working on a youth entrepreneur program, where she takes 150 young people between the ages of 11-18, all from underprivileged communities and places them for six weeks in a Microsoft co-sponsored program. Each participant gets a computer and software. Seven of the participants are awarded internships and earn $7 an hour at working CC OPS.

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Studio Guest is Hal Snyder, Vice President of Gas Distribution at Sempra Energy (www.semprautilities.com).