About Webvanta
We provide the most capable hosted CMS and superior site-building services.
Webvanta is a full-service solutions provider bringing the technology and expertise to help clients streamline online content delivery and drive business success through their online presence.
The websites and mobile solutions we build let you expand your reach to buyers, customers, sales people and distributors. We help you improve your online presence, save you time and reduce your cost of managing sales channel information.
Webvanta's cloud CMS is available as a hosted solution for agencies and front-end develoeprs as a self-service system that can be fully white-labeled.
Webvanta was founded in the fall of 2007 by Michael Slater and Christopher Haupt, with funding from angel investors.
See examples of sites built with Webvanta.
The Webvanta Team
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.
Christopher Haupt
Chief Architect
Christopher is cofounder of Webvanta and the chief architect of our back-end systems. 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.
Andrew DesChenes
Director of Services
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.
Justin Borton
Account Manager
Justin is Webvanta's Account Manager. Justin has 15 years of experience in account management, providing technology solutions to Fortune 500 companies and Government Agencies as well as mom-and-pop shops across the country. He sincerely enjoys working with people, problem solving, and providing real-value business solutions. When Justin is not working with clients you will probably find him online gaming or gardening with his children, dogs, cats and chickens.
Dustin Cooper
Senior Developer
Dustin leads Webvanta's mobile and app development. With a skill-set that includes xHTML, HTML5, CSS 2.0, CSS 3.0, jQuery, jQuery mobile, PhoneGap, PHP, MySQL, XML, Flash, and more, Dustin is able to combine these technologies to create a user experience that drives users to navigate through any website with ease, using desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. When Dustin is not at the computer working he is still at the computer gaming with friends or researching to increase his skill-set.
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What is Webvanta?
Webvanta builds and hosts large, high-quality websites that deliver superior business results and are easy to maintain.
Webvanta sites are built using our proprietary hosted CMS that reduces the time and effort to build and deploy a dynamic web site and makes it easy for non-technical users to maintain the site content.
Front-end developers can use the Webvanta CMS as a self-service system.
Webvanta is funded by angel investors.
Technologies
Webvanta is based on a variety of open-source technologies, including Ruby on Rails. See the details on our Technology Credits page.
Our Streams
We Tweet about all sorts of things of interest to web designers at @webvanta.
A separate stream is available for Webvanta system status and update notices at @WebvantaStatus.
You can contact us by email, phone (888.670.6793), or even by snail mail:
Webvanta Inc.
241 South Main Street
Sebastopol, CA 95472
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