Nexcess is a tech company on a significant growth curve, but things haven't always been this good for the Southfield-based company. While it has enjoyed about 30 percent revenue growth over each of the last few years, the web hosting firm had a rocky start when it launched in 2000.
"The first six years were hand to mouth," says Chris Wells, CEO of
Nexcess. "It took a long time to be able to feed ourselves."
That was then. Today, Nexcess employs a staff of 112 people and several interns. It has hired 19 people over the last year, primarily people in technical support, system administration, and software engineering. It's still looking to hire a few people now.
"We're always looking for support technicians, system administrators, and software engineers," Wells says.
Nexcess' growth ride is being powered primarily through its work with e-commerce. Wells points out a number of businesses turned to e-commerce solutions when the economy went south and that trend has not abated since. However, Nexcess is looking to diversify more with work in cloud computing and virtualization.
Source: Chris Wells, CEO of Nexcess
Writer: Jon Zemke
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