CULTURE
LightSpeed Culture
Collaborative, innovative and forward-thinking, here is an overview of the LightSpeed Culture.
A few of our happy clients:
The work
Working at LightSpeed
Embracing Flexibility and Commitment: A Decade of Remote Excellence
Having worked remotely since 2014, our mature team is self motivated and makes the most of flexi time to meet realistic commitments and goals. Using well planned strategy, we’re able to avoid unexpected issues but are also able to step up and deal with challenges when required.
Remote Team since 2014
We’re firm believers that people are at their most productive when they’re in the most comfortable space, mentally and physically. This is why we all work from remote workspaces where we’re able to cater our work environments to our needs, this is the first sped in creating the LightSpeed Culture.
Helping your site evolve using the LightSpeed Culture
As verified WordPress and WooCommerce experts, we keep a close eye on the latest developments, updates and innovations that can improve and accelerate the performance and functionality of the websites we deliver.
As and when your needs change and evolve, we use our collaborative approach to assess and advise how and where we believe optimisations and improvements would serve your objectives best. The final outcomes and implementations will always be informed by the objectives of your business and how your website helps you meet them.
Our LightSpeed Development Team
An experienced team of thinkers, innovators and creators.
We’re a tight, self-motivated and collaborative team of individuals that contribute unique skills to every project we work on.
Ash Shaw
CEO
Barbara Kerr-Shaw
CFO
Lourens Visser
Support Happiness Engineer
Chris Vancoillie
Systems Administrator
Warwick Booth
Lead Developer
Justin Abrahamse
Developer & Web Designer
Adam Wale
Branding & Web Designer
Zared Rogers
Designer & Page Builder
What’s it like working at LightSpeed?
Remote work, international collaboration
Here at Lightspeed we’re firm believers that people are at their most productive when they’re in the most comfortable space, mentally and physically. It’s a no-brainer, really, that we all work from remote workspaces where we’re able to cater our work environments to our needs.
It’s also completely necessary that we adapt a remote work setup, as our employees are spread out across the globe, in South Africa, Brazil, Italy and Chile. Keeping the team working well while spread out is made possible through our use of well-defined daily, weekly and quarterly goals, as well as KPA reviews which happen twice a year. We rely heavily on collaborative technologies and software to keep in touch with each other and work effectively.
What we look for
We like to think of ourselves as a curious, self-motivated, friendly, independent and collaborative team that thrives on open communication and strong support of each other. Take a look at what we had to say about our hiring process if you’d like to know more or join the LightSpeed Culture.
We care about the web and the world, and make sure that the people who work for us and with us do too. In light of this, we ensure that our team members stay up to date with the latest news and technologies in their respective fields, allowing for an hour of study time every day – and we encourage them to share their learnings with the rest of the team too.
Team Retreats
While we work mostly remotely and around the world, we take time every year to have a team meetup to catch up with each other, get a rundown of what we’ve all been working on, and of course to have a bit of fun and relax and reward ourselves for the hard work we’ve been doing.