About the Owner
ECAT was started as a company in the web development sector in 2002 by Hugo Gauthier. His initial business strategy was to deviate from the 'shot gun' effect that most online companies used during those years and to focus on a more specialized approach and to serve a specific clientele niche on a customised basis. After many years of development, the ECAT 'Complete Online Marketing Solutions' strategy was finally born, enabling ECAT to offer ECAT clients all the necessary online functionality, which will ensure their immediate online success.
Hugo Gauthier is now, undoubtedly, one of the few experts in South Africa, specialising on online systems for the building industry. His knowledge in all the fields of online development make him a valuable asset for his clients and alliance partners. Hugo has developed over the years strong relationship with key players in the electrical, plumbing & hardware industry and his good understand of the industry, combined with his knowledge of Google, makes him the perfect choice of any online marketing strategy. His business skills, online knowledge, language and acute understanding of the building & online marketing industry make him the perfect choice of any alliance partners based locally or internationally.
Hugo Gauthier can be reached at the following email address:
email:Personal history
- Hugues (Hugo) Gauthier was Born in Montreal (Quebec), Canada, the 22nd of May 1969
- Graduated as an Electronic Engineer at Ecole Polytechnique in 1992
- Has done his final year project at the CNRS research centre in Toulouse, France
- Worked 4 years in the electronic engineering field before deciding to travel at the age of 27
- Was part of the university ice hockey team and has been representing the university at national level
- Was part of the drama association and did play in Quebec and France
- Started is own company in the Republic of South Africa in 2002 and currently owns 65% shareholding of ECAT (cc)
Programming Skills
Hugo Gauthier has been programming since the tender age of 12 and has been working over the years with not less than 20 different programming languages. His most recent
- Windows platform: assembler for micro processor, pascal, c, c++, clarion
- Online programming: html, css, javascript, xml, xslt , ajax, .NET
- Database programming: SQL