About us
Based on our 10 years’ experience and expertise in web-based technology, webAssist.ca will provide you with elegant, intuitive solutions to meet your business goals.
Executive team
Greg Ortbach
CEO/Senior Project Manager
Greg lives and breathes the web. As webAssist.ca CEO, Greg’s days are spent networking (both online and in person), managing the operations of his company, meeting with clients to immerse himself in their businesses, and occasionally performing onstage at an open mic.
Greg’s active social networking reflects his engaging and personal business style. His clients rave about his ability to co-ordinate and manage projects, inject effective functionality into a website and deliver ahead of schedule. Fanshawe College also requested his knowledge and expertise as an industry panel member to assist in the evaluation and development of their information technology curriculum.
Greg was named a top-10 finalist in 2005 for the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award. webAssist.ca was named a top-three finalist in 2009 at the BBB Integrity Awards and the Rotary Club of London-Lambeth's Business Citizenship Awards. The London Chamber of Commerce also nominated webAssist.ca for awards in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011.
Greg Simpson
Development Lead
Greg defies the ‘techie’ stereotype. Despite his technical expertise, he is a people person. He prefers to meet personally with clients to build an understanding of their business and the strategic role of their website before he plans and oversees the development process on key projects.
With more than 15 years in the technology industry, Greg understands a variety of technologies. This expansive knowledge helps him effectively design web-based solutions for clients with diverse needs. His technical skills include: web applications, desk-top applications, utilities, client-server solutions and websites.
He has worked as a developer for several companies, including a new-media, web and software company and a document-management software company. In addition to his diploma in Computer Science Technology from Sheridan College, Greg continues to take courses in programming, development and database design from the University of Western Ontario, the University of Waterloo and Fanshawe College.
