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Responsive, helpful, and dedicated in ways automation simply can\u2019t be. We\u2019re your team.<\/em><\/p>\n Every month, we recognize one in every of our Most Helpful Humans in Hosting\u00ae.<\/em><\/p>\n Liquid Web\u2019s Product Innovation & Marketing Manager Ken Wallace got his tech start in college by constructing web sites.<\/strong> He soon entered the world of web development and has spent the last twenty-two years working within the tech industry.<\/p>\n Previously, Ken was the GM of WP Sandbox, a Stellar brand brought into the Liquid Web Family of Brands with the Events Calendar acquisition. In his current role, Ken is a component of two teams at Liquid Web: Product and Marketing.<\/strong><\/p>\n I joined the Liquid Web family of brands to shepherd the Go-to-Market of the replatformed WP Sandbox<\/strong>, an answer that allowed agencies and developers to create temporary demo WordPress web sites.<\/span><\/p>\n After helping to relaunch WP Sandbox and see it turn out to be stable, I used to be brought into the Liquid Web Product Team to assist our Product Managers more effectively communicate<\/strong> with customers and colleagues about our wide portfolio of products.<\/p>\n I didn\u2019t select the hosting life, the hosting life selected me. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n At the start, I like learning about unique customer businesses and finding ways to assist them grow.<\/strong><\/p>\n For over twenty years, in my agency days, my team and I worked hard to dig deep into customer businesses, ask tough questions, and help customers bring their custom web-based solutions to life. On this chapter of my profession, helping customers grow their businesses means: 1) Ensuring we have now the suitable mixture of hosting products, education, and support to make sure customer sites are stable, fast, secure, and robust and a pair of) Ensuring we\u2019re doing our greatest to assist our customers, colleagues, and prospects have the clearest understanding of how our services and products help real businesses.<\/p>\n In our internal conversations, there\u2019s a concerted effort first to assume good intentions.<\/strong> In a distant company where so lots of our interactions are written and asynchronous, it might be easy to solid a cynical pall over things that, at first glance, might otherwise appear confusing or concerning. The culture here takes a stance against that very human tendency, and we remind each other gently that everyone seems to be doing their best to assist our customers grow their businesses.<\/strong> It fosters a culture of giving a measure of grace to 1 one other at any time when we are able to.<\/span><\/p>\n As an employer, Liquid Web stands out as an organization that goes the additional mile to take care of its people.<\/strong> There may be a sincere deal with worker well-being and continued skilled growth that’s missing in too many other corporations.<\/span><\/p>\n Helping to bring WP Sandbox to market<\/strong> was an accomplishment I\u2019m really pleased with here. We learned loads as we brought it over the finish line. The entire experience was difficult, exciting, and rewarding.<\/span><\/p>\n At first, I used to be the WP Sandbox guy. Since joining the Product Team, I actually have led the trouble to arrange our internal product roadmap<\/strong>, lead our Product Lunch & Learn video town hall sessions, and lead video live stream workshops that share techniques to assist our customers grow their e-commerce stores.<\/span><\/p>\n I actually have too many hobbies to list.<\/strong><\/p>\n First, I\u2019m a dad and a husband. Much of what I do revolves around regardless of the family needs. As a family, you undergo seasons where you alternate between having less time or ample time for private hobbies.<\/p>\n Amongst my traditional hobbies, you\u2019d find backpacking and mountain climbing, trumpet playing, sailing, cooking, podcasting, container gardening, yerba mate, and all things related to coffee. I actually have a growing collection of Stanley vacuum-insulated products. I\u2019m currently planning a long-distance backpacking thru-hike, and to that end, I\u2019ve been spending increasingly time on area trails increase miles and endurance.<\/p>\n A unbroken passion of mine is online entrepreneurship. In my personal time, I keep very involved in launching SaaS startups and eCommerce businesses. I founded a web-based community dedicated to helping online SaaS startup founders get candid feedback about their businesses in small peer groups. I\u2019m helping a community of sailboat owners relaunch their online community. I actually have an eCommerce site selling freshly roasted, ethically sourced, whole-bean coffee for SaaS startup founders. I\u2019m currently working on a mobile app for espresso drinkers and an internet game for individuals who appear to have a foul habit of collecting too many domains.<\/p>\n I keep busy.<\/p>\n I\u2019m unsure in case you\u2019d count a YouTube channel as TV, but this deserves mention: I actually have been watching Sailing SV Delos on YouTube<\/strong> nearly every Friday for over a decade (since 2008). Also, I like watching Survivor and old episodes of Farscape.<\/span><\/p>\n AllTrails<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u200b\u200bFrank Lloyd Wright<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n You will discover Ken at Twitter<\/a> and LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n We hope you enjoyed our series, and stay tuned for the subsequent Helpful Human profile<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nMeet Ken Wallace<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Why did you join Liquid Web?<\/h3>\n
What draws you to the hosting industry as a profession?<\/h3>\n
What\u2019s your favorite part concerning the company culture at Liquid Web?<\/h3>\n
In your eyes, what\u2019s the difference between Liquid Web and other employers?<\/h3>\n
What’s the most important milestone you\u2019ve achieved?<\/h3>\n
What are you known for at Liquid Web? What do people specifically come to you for?<\/h3>\n
Work aside, what are a few of your hobbies?<\/h3>\n
What’s your favorite TV show?<\/h3>\n
What’s your favorite app?<\/h3>\n
In the event you could have dinner with one superstar [dead or alive], who wouldn’t it be?<\/h3>\n