Annette Irwin
Articles By Annette Irwin
How DreamHost’s Daniel Gonzalez Turned Economics into Project Management
Daniel Gonzalez studied economics, which probably seems like a detour for someone who ended up as a Project Manager managing software proje ...
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DreamHost Takes Silver in the 21st Annual 2026 Globee® Awards for Technology
We're proud to share that DreamHost has won Silver in the 21st Annual 2026 Globee® Awards for Technology, with “Best of Category” recogniti ...
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When the Chef Hits 108K, He Feeds 1,100 Kids
When Shant Halajian hit 50,000 YouTube subscribers, he fed local firefighters. When he hit 100,000, he set his sights on something bigger: ...
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DreamHost Earns Top Tier Rating in Review Signal’s 2026 WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks
Today we’re proud to announce that DreamHost has earned a Top Tier rating in the 2026 WordPress Hosting Performance Benchmarks, a semi-annu ...
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Data Scientist Spotlight: DreamHost’s Jeff Ricards Took the Scenic Route
Jeff Ricards has a confession: he wasn't always good at math. "In high school, I wasn't the best math student," he says, with the easy c ...
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Spotlight on Zane DeFazio: Exploring WordPress and Digging for Root Causes
Zane DeFazio doesn’t love talking about himself. Give him a minute, though, and he’ll warm up, usually by diving into a problem he solve ...
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A Rescue Without a Website—Until It Couldn’t Wait Anymore
There’s a photo Michelle Jamieson can’t forget. A dog living in a crate. Not resting. Living.“I’ll never get that picture out of m ...
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Tech Support Spotlight: Geraldine Zapata Didn’t Plan a Tech Career—She Built One Anyway
Geraldine Zapata didn’t come into DreamHost with a traditional tech background or a long-term plan. She was looking for her next job after ...
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Tech Support Spotlight: Diego Lombana on Finding His Place at DreamHost
If you ask Diego Lombana what he loves most about working at DreamHost, he won’t start with infrastructure migrations or ticket queues. ...
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Tech Support Spotlight: Freddieraida Tañedo, DreamHost’s WordPress Problem-Solver
If you’ve ever watched Criminal Minds, you know the moment the Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) team gathers, clues are scattered, and somewh ...
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DreamHost Wins Bronze Stevie® Award in 2026 Stevie Awards for Sales and Customer Service
We’re excited to share some good news: DreamHost has won a Bronze Stevie® Award in the 20th Annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer S ...
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Meet DreamHost’s Vivian Ruiz: Making Change Make Sense
When change is happening fast, clarity matters even more. That’s where Vivian Ruiz shines. As a Tech Support Project Coordinator at Drea ...
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DreamHost Takes 2nd Place in the 2025 Monster’s Award for Best WordPress Hosting
We’re excited to share some great news with our community! DreamHost has been recognized once again in the 2025 Monster’s Award for WordPre ...
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Meet Miguel Ruiz—DreamHost’s Resilient Live Chat Captain
Miguel Ruiz doesn’t just fix WordPress problems for customers in live chat, he’s the kind of person who remembers the exact day he joined D ...
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Unmasking Digital Footprints: How DreamHost Champions the Power of Privacy
The internet once felt like a tool. It was something we logged onto. Now, it feels more like a reflection of who we are. You post a photo, ...
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