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Introducing the Web Site Advantage team...
  Alet Pieterse  President 
Alet has acted as president of Web Site Advantage since its inception in 1997. Apart from managing the company on a day-to-day basis, she is also responsible for client consultations, requirements analysis, project management and international business development. She has more than 25 years of systems development, programming, graphics design, training and consulting experience. She was named one of the 50 Top CEO's in Atlantic Canada for 2000 and 2001 by Atlantic Business Magazine, and nominated for Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 in 2003, sponsored by the Women's Executive Network and Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario).

Alet holds a Masters Degree in Computer Science from the University of Pretoria in South Africa. Alet started her IT career as Lecturer in Computer Science at this university during the '80's. During this time and after joining a graphics software house as project manager, she managed various GIS and CAD software development projects. She also co-founded two information technology businesses in the late '80's and early '90's. 

Apart from establishing Web Site Advantage as an Internet solutions company, she also co-founded a consultancy company, Global Potato Focus  that provides technology solutions to agricultural companies and organizations, with special focus on the potato industry. This company publishes the most comprehensive potato information source on the Internet, Global Potato News.

Alet is a member of ITAP, Charlottetown Chamber of Commerce, PEI Women's Business Association and served on the board of ITAP and Happy Day Christian Kindergarten in the past.

 Leslie MacDougall  Office Administrator 
Leslie was previously Branch Manager for a car and truck rental business for thirteen years. Within this role, Leslie’s skills specialized primarily in customer service, sales, and office administration.

Since joining Web Site Advantage in 2005, Leslie is responsible for general office administration, accounting and customer service. Leslie is a people person and is always trying to go the extra mile for her clients.

  Vanessa Campbell  Web Designer
Vanessa Campbell has many years of training and experience in graphics and design and programming. Her key objectives in designing a site are to reflect the unique image of each individual client and to turn out a fully usable and functional product. Having a thorough understanding of client goals and needs is the first step to creating a successful and unique design. 

Vanessa holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Marketing from Saint Mary’s University, a 3D computer Animation diploma from McKenzie College and an Applied Information Technology diploma from the Information Technology Institute (ITI). She is proficient in the use of Photoshop, Flash, ASP, SQL, CSS, HTML, JavaScript, MS Access, Frontpage and Visual Studio.

Since joining Web Site Advantage in 2002, Vanessa has contributed to many stages within the conceptualization and implementation process of developing successful client sites. Along with designing the overall site 'look and feel' and structure, Vanessa also designs and develops e-commerce systems, online catalogue sites, e-newsletter systems and templates, content management systems, customized flash animations, logos/brand identities and more. 

 Hong Zhong  Web Programmer Analyst
Hong Zhong joined Web Site Advantage in 2005 and currently lives in and works from Vancouver. His skill set includes a variety of languages, including C#, ASP, ASP.NET, JDBC/OBDC, JSP, Java Bean/EJB, JavaScript, Java Servlets, SQL, PL/SQL, XML and HTML.  Hong worked as web developer and software developer in Toronto, as well as acted as a team member on the development of a collaborative e-procurement solution, fully integrated into the supply chain. He holds a Computer Programming & Operating Diploma from the School of Computer Studies at Seneca College of Applied Arts & Technology.

Hong is responsible for analyzing client needs, developing data models and site architectures for implementing web applications, setting up databases, programming user interfaces and functionality, and for thorough testing, quality control and support. Apart from working on local web development projects using HTML, JavaScript, ASP and MS Access, he is responsible for development on Global Potato News and FritoLay in ASP, SQL Server and XML.

 Lukie Pieterse  Researcher & Content Developer
As a shareholder in Web Site Advantage, Lukie is responsible for projects geared towards delivering new and innovative information technology solutions to our clients. With a Masters degree in Sociology and experience in agriculture, we also rely on Lukie to consult on the content of our web sites and to provide us with techniques to deliver the message in an effective manner. Lukie has a broad background as a potato farmer, businessman, social planner and university lecturer.

Lukie's current activities include:



 



PEIBWA
Real Potatoes Ltd
Travellers Rest RV & Home Centre
Southport Motel & RV Park
Rare Earth Potato Company



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