Brian Webb – CEO/Founder

Having majored in civil engineering and minored in computer science, Brian has always dabbled in both realms. After college, his career began with five years designing scaffold, shoring, and formwork structures as an engineering intern under David H. Glabe, P.E. dhglabe.com, as well as software projects with equipment companies. Before founding Avontus, Brian was employed by Autodesk and worked on the AutoCAD team to release AutoCAD 2000 through 2002. When there is free time, Brian travels and tries to spend all of it in the water, either scuba diving, enjoying the pool, or (preferably) taking a long open-water swim.

Andrew Smith – Vice President of Operations

Andrew started his technical career as an Artificer in the Royal Navy and, following his service, immigrated to Canada in 1995. After several years managing manufacturing companies in the material handling sector and working for 11 years in the scaffold industry with both large and small dedicated scaffolding contractors, Andrew joined Avontus. Andrew has extensive experience in business development and project, site, contract, and branch management, and he is an active member of scaffolding associations in both North America and Europe. When he is not working with customers, Andrew can be found in the kitchen experimenting, with his head in a book, or on a pair of skis.

Shaun Whyman – Implementation & Support (EMEA, Australia)

Shaun has a broad expertise of scaffolding within the differing global markets. He started his career within a civil engineering company, where he picked up the AutoCAD bug and became a proficient user of the product. Upon qualifying as an adult education lecturer, he taught AutoCAD at night school. After a couple of years, he moved on to a software company as a full-time civil engineering software trainer, and then progressed to scaffolding software training, sales demonstrations, and support for the UK and overseas scaffolding market. When he’s away from his desk, he can be seen out in the Peaks, covered in mud and sweat, mountain biking and trying to keep fit.

Ali Hajighafouri – Sales Director

Ali approaches sales with the perspective of years spent in systems administration and technical training. Prior to joining Avontus in 2011, he provided professional and technical services in healthcare, real estate, and retail, with a focus on making technology as helpful and easy to use as possible. Having implemented enterprise software and trained users on it, he’s intimately familiar with the challenges and benefits of change. He enjoys putting that experience to work in helping customers understand how they can improve and guiding them to the best software for achieving their goals. Outside the office, Ali keeps busy writing fiction, developing card games, and eating too much.

Susie Sargent – Operations and Finance (Global)

Susie pulls everything together and keeps the company running. She enjoys variety and took a course in nearly every department while earning her bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley. She has an extensive background in organizational management and event logistics, and she has worked for various nonprofit organizations in the Bay Area. She also teaches kids improv and performs frequently in San Francisco.

Tracey Williams – Implementation & Support (Global)

Tracey has many years of software training, support, and help desk management experience. Since 2011, she has been helping Avontus customers use their software to its full advantage through implementation management, software training, and support. In her spare time, she focuses on animal advocacy by volunteering with the Marine Mammal Center and the Berkeley Humane Society.

Mirko Micanovic – Support (Americas, APAC, Australia)

Mirko came from a long customer service and support background before joining Avontus in 2015. Mirko is dedicated to solving problems big and small, providing help and training, and ultimately making customers happy. In the off hours he pursues his passion in martial arts and enjoys the little things in life.

Developers

The numerous developers in Avontus use the latest .NET, Web, iOS, and Android technologies. Our architectures are selected very carefully so that our products withstand the ever-changing software field.

Testers

Avontus’ software testers are professional software quality assurance pros who have a dedicated, full-time position in our company to ensure the quality of our products. They find and fix the bugs before you do.