Ever since I was young, I have had a passion for entrepreneurship.

My dad launched his own company. My grandfather and his brother ran a very successful small business. I guess you could say that entrepreneurship is in my blood.

While my long term goal has always been to one day launch my own business, I even view my time as a W2 employee through an entrepreneurial lens - I’ve been intentional about seeking out opportunities to work with the brightest entrepreneurs in startup and growth companies. I invest my knowledge, skills and abilities in startups and have passed up jobs at much larger companies multiple times because my heart and my passion is for entrepreneurship.

Recently, I received an offer from Volusion to come on board in the newly created role of Chief Customer Officer. In many ways, I see in Volusion what I see in Rackspace, or what I saw in the early days of Kinko’s - an incredibly smart team, an exceptional product, an amazing customer base, and the sheer unbridled passion that can only come from within an entrepreneurial company.

After much consideration, I decided to say yes. This was a very difficult decision to make as I truly love Rackspace, and still wake up every day excited to come to work. Rackers are amazing people, and Rackspace is well on its way to becoming one of the world’s greatest service companies. And it’s because of this that I knew that saying yes to Volusion was the right thing to do - the opportunity to build a customer-centric culture at such an early stage of such a promising young company was an offer I couldn’t refuse.

I am excited to join the team at Volusion, and look forward to building a customer-centric culture that delights and engages customers. I start in March, and I can’t wait!