About Us

Learn more about the people and technology behind Webvanta.

Michael Slater

President & CEO

Michael is cofounder of Webvanta. He's been involved with building content-rich web sites for more than 15 years. He was previously Director of Technology Strategy at Adobe Systems, which he joined when it acquired Fotiva, a venture-funded photo software startup he cofounded. Prior to Fotiva, he created and ran the Microprocessor Report newsletter and the Microprocessor Forum conference. Long ago he was a hardware engineer and assembly-language programmer. Follow Michael on Twitter at @mzslater.

Christopher Haupt

Chief Technology Officer

Christopher is cofounder of Webvanta. With more than 20 years of Internet-related software experience, he leads Webvanta's architecture, engineering, and web operations. In his 10 years with Adobe Systems he was Director of Engineering for Consumer Hosted Applications and Online Services, and he held engineering management roles for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and PhotoDeluxe. Prior to Adobe, Christopher was a co-founder or lead engineer at a number of start-ups focused on educational and game software. Follow his technical musing on Twitter at @chaupt.

Hasan Luongo

Director of Marketing

Hasan leads Webvanta's marketing and business development efforts. He is cofounder of hoodiepeople.com, a niche online retailer, and has held sales, business development, community management, and business consulting roles at McAfee and E-Myth Worldwide. Follow Hasan on Twitter at @mistone.

Andrew DesChenes

Support Manager

Andrew manages Webvanta's technical support programs, which include our support and helpdesk sites; chat, email, and phone support; and custom setup services. Andrew has more than a decade of experience in software development, web development, and IT, with experience at Michigan State University, Motorola, Computer Sciences Corp., and as an independent web developer. Follow Andrew on Twitter at @andrewdeschenes.

Board Members

David Hehman

David Hehman is an entrepreneur and angel investor who focuses on Internet-based businesses. He has co-founded and sold 5 technology businesses: HealthDesk, GetawayZone, MarketHome, EscapeHomes, and Pagewise.com. He is the cofounder of Spartina Ventures, LLC, an angel fund for Internet start-ups.

Greg Seal

Greg Seal spent 30 years with Deloitte Consuting. He worked with clients in manufacturing, high technology and consumer products to improve their operations and profitability. Over the course of his career he built and led several global and national practices for Deloitte.

About Webvanta

Webvanta provides a hosted service that dramatically reduces the time and effort required to build and deploy a dynamic web site.

Webvanta was founded by Michael Slater, CEO, and Christopher Haupt, CTO, in September 2007. Webvanta is funded by angel investors.

The company also produces the BuildingWebApps information portal for Ruby on Rails developers and created the Learning Rails online course.

Technologies

Webvanta is based on a variety of open-source technologies. See the details on our Technology Credits page.

More About Webvanta

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A separate stream is available for Webvanta system status and update notices at @WebvantaStatus.

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You can contact us by email, phone (888.670.6793), or even by snail mail:

Webvanta Inc.
708 Gravenstein Hwy. N., #162
Sebastopol, CA 95472