Taso Du Val, Co-Founder & CEO of Toptal

Summary: Among other topics, Taso discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:<br> <br> * Toptal’s mission<br> * Finding, screening, and monitoring talent<br> * Toptal’s two engagement models: Talent Model and Toptal Projects<br> * Taso’s entrepreneurial journey<br> * Advantages Toptal has gained by developing their own CRM, ERP, BPM systems<br> * Future talent verticals<br> <br>  <br> Taso Du Val is the CEO and co-founder of Toptal, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed company that connects innovative companies with engineering, design, and finance talent. Taso is also a founding member and serves as an advisor for Artsy, an online database of art, architecture, and design images.<br> Prior to co-founding Toptal and Artsy, Taso was a lead engineer at photo-sharing startup Fotolog and a lead engineer at the social media company Slide.<br> Taso was selected for the Forbes 30 under 30 as a leader in Enterprise Technology, in 2015.<br>