HostingCon is only two weeks away and after some prodding from the iNet team I just finished my slides. I wanted to take a minute to extol the value of attending both HostingCon and especially the PCI panel. HostingCon takes place in Austin, Texas this year – Austin is known as one of the best party cities in the US. The city is alive… music sounds better and the beer tastes colder when you are experiencing them in Austin. Not enough? The HostingCon is loaded with great information for executives from companies that provide managed hosting, shared hosting, colocation and managed services. This is the second year iNet will be running the conference; I am excited to see what they have prepared this time. According to the syllabus the speaker line-up is star studded. You can look forward to hearing from Gartner, Tier1, Digital Reality Trust and Cisco and more. Last but not least, we have assembled an awesome panel of industry experts for the PCI session: Andy Mahler from Applicure; Rick Wilson from Miva Merchant; Michael Petitti from Trustwave; Mike Auger from Pinnacle Cart; Curtis R. Curtis from UBL and yours truly representing MaximumASP will be speaking on:
- PCI in the Cloud
- Evolving PCI Specifications
- Shopping Carts for independent and small hosting companies
- How hosting companies can add value through PCI
- Our favorite tools for a PCI Toolkit.
HostingCon is going to be amazing this year, this is an incredible opportunity to exchange ideas, network and build valuable relationships with the great minds in our field. I look forward to seeing everyone and hope those who attend come home with new knowledge, stories and friends.
About Stacy Griggs
Stacy Griggs is Sr. Director of Customer Experience for Cbeyond Cloud Services , previously Stacy was the Vice President of Sales for MaximumASP which was acquired by Cbeyond in 2011. Cbeyond (NASD-CBEY) is a publicly traded provider of telecommunication and cloud services, which has been recognized by Microsoft at its 2009 Worldwide Hosting Partner of the Year and 2010 Hyper-V Cloud Provider of the Year. Prior to Cbeyond Stacy held a series of positions at Hosting.com including Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer and General Manager for their flagship Delaware data center.
Stacy has led several information technology services companies over the last 15 years. He was a Managing Director for KForce a $1 Billion publicly traded professional services firm. At KForce Stacy managed 5 business units that collectively generated $18 Million in revenue and had 140 employees. Prior to KForce Stacy was a Vice President and part-owner of Diamond Technologies, an 80 employee custom software development firm. Previously Stacy held management positions at TMP Worldwide, the University of Pennsylvania, and Humana.
Through his theWHIR blog, Stacy will touch upon sales and service in the Web hosting space, web hosting events, cloud computing and industry trends.
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