About Us | Our Team

About Triad Hosting

Triad Hosting is a web solutions company located in Summerfield, North Carolina. Our core competencies include web design, hosting, website maintenance, and web consulting for small and mid-sized businesses. We have the technology, skills and experience to meet our client’s diverse web-based business requirements. We build… WEB SOLUTIONS THAT WORK.

It’s our passion to help you grow your business by creating a quality website. We have the experience and the expertise to handle projects both large and small. Having a website does not mean you need a degree in IT, especially if something goes wrong. Let the experts at Triad Hosting find a solution for you!

History

In 1999, we started out as Mike’s Web Design. As business grew, our name changed to Triad Hosting, Inc (THI). From the beginning, THI has always focused on providing custom-built websites, programming custom code ourselves.

THI used a third party hosting vendor at first, but as sales grew, this put a strain on the vendor we used. Unresolved technical issues and lack of fast response time made it an easy choice to look for another hosting solution, which we decided to do ourselves. In 2006, we purchased routers, switches and servers and brought the entire network “in house” – inside a world-class, local data center. This decision led to customer satisfaction, not to mention greater network reliability. It also created with new services, including "Data Backup Solutions". 

In 2016, we moved our in-house servers to “the cloud”, by partnering with a major cloud service vendor. This has greatly increased our capacity, both on the technical side and on the customer service side. This move has given us much more flexibility to respond to our clients’ ever-changing business requirements.

Today

Today we continue to stand by our goal of helping others grow their business by designing and hosting quality websites. Our team reflects our business model: to stay small but flexible, technical but personable, and focusing on quality over quantity. Over the years we have designed and hosted numerous websites, ranging from large community colleges to furniture manufacturers to small local businesses.

Click here for some examples of our experience and expertise!

Staff

Owner, President

Mike Southard graduated from High Point University in 1984 with a B.S. in Biology, and has over 30 years of "real world" business experience as a founding partner of Loc-On Treestands and Carolina North Manufacturing. Mike's strengths are networking, computer hardware and web programming (PERL, PHP, mySQL, HTML & CSS). He has a passion and desire to help others grow their business through one of their most important money-making assets – their website.

Our Development Team

Triad Hosting employs a group of talented professionals to meet the needs of our diverse client base. By collaborating with multiple creative individuals, we avoid funneling everyone into the same "look". Our team includes local web designers, graphic artists, photographers, programmers and writers.

Andrew Southard - Developer, Computer/Software Engineer
Andrew graduated from North Carolina State University in 2012 with a Bachelor's of Science in Computer Engineering, Bachelor's of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Minor in Spanish. During his college career he co-oped with Sony Ericsson and also interned for a summer with Cisco. After graduating, he worked as a Software Engineer for Oracle Corp. in their Communications Business Unit for three and a half years before joining Triad Hosting. Andrew's core compatencies are programming in various languages including PHP, PERL and working "under the hood" with Linux.
Matt Gardner - Graphic Artist
Matt is a graduate of NC State University’s College of Design with a Bachelors in Graphic Design. Working as an independent graphic designer and illustrator, he resides in Greensboro, NC. Matt has contracted with Triad Hosting on many projects, earning a reputation as a trusted contractor and excellent design artist.
Daniel Southard - Customer Support, Content Development/Editor
Daniel graduated from Appalachian State University with a Bachelor of Science in Cell/Molecular Biology and a minor in Chemistry. He has a talent for communicating with others through speaking and writing, which serves him well in the areas of copy writing, communications and content marketing for Triad Hosting. He enjoys the creative aspect of both content marketing and design layout for websites.
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