{"id":86854,"date":"2018-12-09T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T21:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=86854"},"modified":"2025-07-23T06:53:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:53:34","slug":"welcome-morgan-director-of-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/welcome-morgan-director-of-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Morgan: Director of Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Morgan,<\/a><\/p>\n

Backblaze continues to grow and as we do so we needed someone to take over helming our Sales department. We’ve hired quite a few folks over the last few months and the glue that holds them together is Morgan, our new director of sales. Let’s learn a bit more about Morgan shall we?<\/p>\n

What is your Backblaze title?<\/strong>
\nDirector of sales.<\/p>\n

Where are you originally from?<\/strong>
\nBorn and raised in California.<\/p>\n

What attracted you to Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nA workplace culture that emphasizes organic growth and employee development.<\/p>\n

What do you expect to learn while at Backblaze?<\/strong>
\nWhat makes Backblaze’s customers love our products and how we can serve them better.<\/p>\n

Where else have you worked?<\/strong>
\nFor the past nine years I’ve worked at Barracuda Networks. Phew.<\/p>\n

Where did you go to school?<\/strong>
\nSan Jose State, where I studied History.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your dream job?<\/strong>
\nMovie director.<\/p>\n

Favorite place you\u2019ve traveled?<\/strong>
\nVisiting Mexico City was magical beyond words.<\/p>\n

Favorite hobby?<\/strong>
\nDJing.<\/p>\n

Of what achievement are you most proud?<\/strong>
\nSeeing reps who I have hired and trained go on to win sales awards and exceed their annual quotas. Feels good, man.<\/p>\n

Star Trek or Star Wars?<\/strong>
\nLord of the Rings.<\/p>\n

Coke or Pepsi?<\/strong>
\nCoffee.<\/p>\n

Favorite food?<\/strong>
\nThin crust pizza.<\/p>\n

Why do you like certain things?<\/strong>
\nThey make me happy and\/or they make me see the world differently.<\/p>\n

Anything else you\u2019d like you\u2019d like to tell us?<\/strong>
\nAt age five I ruined a magician’s act. No regrets.<\/p>\n

A fun fact about Morgan is that he DJ’d a few of our employees’ weddings and we all only found this out after he had come in to interview. Welcome aboard Morgan!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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