About the heystac Team

heystac is managed by three business partners. These three partners also manage various contractors and interns.

Please see below to learn more about our team, business partners, contractor relations, and internship programs.

Sam Chontos: SEO Expert // Business Strategist
Over the years Mr. Chontos has attained various consulting roles to businesses that employ one person to one hundred thousand. It is while consulting to law firms that Mr. Chontos recognized the need for a small and agile marketing company to provide online marketing services to small businesses. It is clear and apparent that in this connected society, relationships are more important than ever, and as a relationally oriented professional, Mr. Chontos always leans towards the person-not the business at hand.

Mr. Chontos has spoken to various groups over the course of his career, including the following:
AMEX
Bank of America
Georgia Bar
Georgia Political Action Committee
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
North Carolina Middle School Association
South Carolina School Board Association
Wachovia

Mack Kitchel: Lead Designer // Visual Creation
Mr. Kitchel has over 6 years of experience of providing design services to businesses of all sizes throughout the southeast. For the last 4 years, Mack has operated as a freelance graphic designer providing a wide range of deigns to numerous clients. Everything from Branding & Print, to Web and Clothing. Keeping up with the latest styles and trends, Mack is able to provide a creative and appropriate appearance to your company’s presence in the marketplace.

Matt Haff: Web Programmer // Coding Ninja
Mr. Haff has over 5 years experience in front-end development. Matt started his own web development firm in 2006 and since then has developed 200+ websites. Matt keeps up-to-date with web standards and SEO tactics. Matt is always looking for new projects to stretch his coding skills.

Contractors:
At heystac we seek to develop relationships with individuals that possess a strong work ethic, and also uphold the highest levels of diligence.  Currently, we leverage our contractor relationships to generate content for our client websites.  The number of contractors we employ varies due to the amount of work; however, there is a group of 6 content writers that we retain as our core content development team.

Internship Programs:
heystac is a young company, and heystac seeks to provide opportunity for young persons just getting ready to enter into the marketplace.  heystac currently works with Western Carolina University, and has developed an internship program for the betterment of the school, student, and lastly-heystac.  heystac seeks to provide real world skills and advice to students.  There are 28 students that have completed the heystac internship program.

Business Partnerships:
heystac seeks to expand their presence in the marketplace by developing strong partnerships with various businesses.  Currently, heystac is working with various businesses to develop partnerships that will benefit each business, and more importantly, the clients of each business.