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This Issue's Wonder Woman: Carrie Wheeler

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Carrie Wheeler is the President of the Liquid Web Family of Brands which include Liquid Web, Nexcess, StellarWP and Modern Tribe.

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She brings more than 30 years experience in high tech across consulting (Accenture), Telecommunications (MCI, AT&T, Cbeyond), and Cloud Hosting (Liquid Web, Nexcess).
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Throughout her career, Carrie has held executive positions across a variety of organizational functions Sales, Marketing, Information Technology & Strategy, Customer Operations, and Strategic Program and Capital Management. She specializes in transformational change, mergers and acquisitions assessment, planning and integration, and driving customer satisfaction initiatives while scaling organizations.
Carrie holds a Masters in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing & Finance from Trinity University.
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Carrie currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors, Michigan Data Center Alliance. Recently recognized as “10 Most Inspiring Women” 2022 by Outlook Magazine. Previously, she was 2013 Georgia CIO of the Year, Enterprise Business; 2012 Atlanta Technology Professional of the Year, Finalist and 2011 Women in Technology’s Woman of the Year in Technology. She served as Board Chair, Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) Education Collaborative 2010-2015; Member of Georgia CIO Leadership Association, 2011 - 2014.

What is your mantra?

Strategy without execution is daydreaming. Execution without strategy is chaos.

Tell us 3-5 tech tools that you swear by that make life & work a little easier.

Excel, ChatGPT 4.0, Slack, and Zoom or Hangouts so I can see my team

What's in your mug/glass/bottle during work hours?

Black coffee or a skinny latte

What's in your mug/glass/bottle after hours?

White wine spritzer or vodka lemonade

Knowing what you do now, what advice would you give to your younger self?

Be less insecure and trust your gut. My gut tells me to push for something, but back then I didn’t listen because I didn’t want to ruffle feathers. I wish I had been more firm. I think I wasted a lot of time being insecure about tech knowledge and how people perceived me - that was just wasted energy.

Your Twitter/X Link​
​https://x.com/cawheeler99​
Your LinkedIn Profile Link​
​https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-wheeler/​
Your Website​
​https://www.liquidweb.com/​

Wonder Women Doing Wonderful Things

• ​Jessica Lyschik has challenged Matt Mullenweg to a Speed Build Challenge - and he acceped.
• ​Laura Sacco is among the three who will lead the organizing team for WCEU 2025. PatriciaBT, Michelle Bulloch, and Gina Bialas join as local organizers.
• ​Nyasha Green has a new course on LinkedIn Learning: WordPress: Mastering Full Site Editing​
• ​Sam Alderson has ideas on ways to improve the WordPress Photo Directory​
• ​Women in WP 095: Navigating the Changing Landscape of WordPress with Tammie Lister​
• ​Michelle Frechette wrote a post on Contributing to WordPress: the Open Source Project​
• ​Cami MacNamara offers tips for agencies and freelancers at HabitsWP.com​
• ​Lindsey Miller shares strategies with Don’t Be a Bully With Your Marketing​

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