The operator behind Cloud 9.
25 years in sales. Full GC. Flooring e-commerce. AI + automation native. Not a course. Real work.
Full General Contractor
Every trade Β· Layout design Β· Permits
Nationwide E-Commerce
Sold floors online Β· Drop ship Β· All 50 states
Xactimate Certified
Earned on the job Β· Houston, 2017
25+ Years in Sales
Nationwide sales organization
#1 in Local Search
Outranked a national chain in SA
The operator behind Cloud 9.
Willie isn't a marketer who learned about business from a course. He's a real operator β 25 years running a nationwide sales organization, then built a home improvement company from a website up. Full general contractor β designed home layouts, managed structural changes, pulled permits, and coordinated every trade from foundation to finish. Then built a flooring business that sold nationwide online β e-commerce, drop shipping, supplier relationships, national digital marketing β and outranked a national chain on their flagship product in San Antonio search.
Built a GC company from a website up. Then a flooring business that sold floors to customers in every state. The website wasn't the marketing β it was the business.
When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in 2017, Willie went to Houston to write insurance scopes. In the middle of that work β while doing the actual job β he earned Xactimate certification. Not to put letters after his name. To get better at the work he was already doing. If you run a restoration operation, that's a conversation most marketers can't have with you.
Cloud 9 isn't an agency that talks about synergies. It's an operator who knows where the money leaks β because we've leaked it ourselves.
Book a Call with Willie βHow we operate
Fixed-price always.
We quote a number. That's the number. No scope creep billing, no installment surprises.
No guarantees.
We guarantee the work. We don't guarantee outcomes. Anyone who does is lying or about to spend your money on something they can't control.
Operator to operator.
We talk like business owners. Not like a marketing agency. If we don't think something will work, we say so.
San Antonio roots.
We're based here. This is where we built two businesses. We're not remote-agency-everywhere. We're here.
