When TPI opened its doors in Alabama in 1998 as Tech Providers, Inc., foremost in everyone’s mind was Y2K. Nobody knew what would happen when the clock ticked over from 1999 to 2000. After decades of casually using two-digit years in code, technical professionals suddenly realized computers might not know the difference between January 1, 1900, and January 1, 2000. With computers controlling everything from banking to healthcare and the power grid, organizations in virtually all sectors scrambled to fix the Y2K bug on a tight and immovable deadline.

Companies needed skilled technical professionals, and they needed them fast. Typical temporary staffing services providers didn’t have the expertise or network to address this critical demand. TPI stepped up to the challenge, soon establishing themselves as an IT, Engineering, Accounting/Finance and Professional talent and services firm our nationwide partners could count on.