--- title: Mindy Mackenzie url: https://mindymackenzie.com summary: Wall Street Journal best-selling author and C-suite advisor category: WordPress frontPage: display: true order: 2 text: WSJ-best-selling author of The Courage Solution technologies: - WordPress: for: blogging and content management isCurrent: true - nginx: for: the web server isCurrent: true - MySQL: for: data storage isCurrent: true - Digital Ocean: for: web site hosting isCurrent: true - Azure: for: backup and recovery isCurrent: true --- ### The Client Mindy Mackenzie, the prior Chief Performance Officer of Beam, Inc., is known as the “Velvet Hammer” for her tough-yet-caring style of leadership. She is a _Wall Street Journal_ best-selling author of the book _The Courage Solution: The Power of Truth-Telling with Your Boss, Peers, and Team_, and the creator and host of the annual _You First Integrative Leadership Summit_, equipping women of influence to reach even greater heights. ### The Problem Mindy was dissatisfied with the value she was receiving with her current web designer and host; in advance of her book launch, she needed a more responsive site that could easily be updated. ### The Solution We took over hosting her site, updating it regularly for the book launch, and highlighting her media appearances in conjunction with that launch. We also created and continue to maintain the pages for her _You First Integrative Leadership Summit_, including online registration. ### The Business Impact >
Daniel is the best partner you could hope for in a web designer and for handling web maintenance! He is smart, creative, resourceful and fast. Daniel is able to produce high quality work on short time frames and with minimal creative direction and hit the mark over and over. The best part, is Daniel is a joy to work with. He is smart, customer-centric and trustworthy. If he says he will get it done, he does. After having a poor experience with another firm, I can highly recommend Daniel for all your website design and support needs – he’s terrific!
> >— Mindy Mackenzie