Hi 😉 <br> I am Nikolai Graf-Rüssel

This is my personal lovely WordPress website.

I have been fascinated by WordPress and have been working with it for almost 20 years. I founded an agency that creates websites with WordPress. We tested with different CMS’s in the beginning, but stuck to WordPress.

The beauty of WordPress was the easy 5-minute installation and the many features it offers. I loved helping people create a useful website that has value, is fast and can be found in search engines. And when customers or myself had problems with a website, I really loved solving these challenges.

Since I mentioned speed, that was the reason I started hosting these client websites back in the day as well. Hosting is critical for any business.

After having an agency for over 15 years, I wanted to make a change for myself. This change gave me the opportunity to start as a product manager at STRATO, one of the largest hosting companies in Germany.

They were looking for a Head of Product Management for WordPress, Hosting and Domains. STRATO is part of the IONOS Group, one of the biggest hosting groups in the world.

And after 1.5 years, IONOS asked me to move to their headquarters to take over WordPress product development, performance and growth as their new Head of WordPress and deliver a strong WordPress hosting product experience.

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