Web Teks, Inc.

2009 High Tech Entrepreneur Award

May 8, 2009

CHESAPEAKE, VA - Dyanne Walker, CEO, Web Teks, Inc., was chosen as the 2009 High Tech Entrepreneur at the 12th Annual Tech Nite Awards. Hosted by the Hampton Roads Technology Council on May 7th, the annual awards program honors companies and individuals for excellence in technology. In the Center for Innovative Technology, High Tech Entrepreneur category, a total of 11 nominees were judged based on the demonstration of outstanding entrepreneurial success in the development of a technology based commercial enterprise.

As CEO of Web Teks, Inc., Dyanne has embraced the essence of this award and simultaneously financed a start up company and supported new technology, Open Source in 1999. Barely out of the gates in 2000, the dot-com implosion threatened the information technology industry and Web Teks' new initiative. Dyanne pushed forward with Open Source technology solutions and moved the company's non- proprietary, lower cost and versatile solutions to market. Today Open Source is one of the hottest IT topics in the world and Web Tek's is considered a global leader in the industry. Web Teks' is a standing board member of the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI).

"The City of Chesapeake is proud of Dyanne and Web Teks most recent accomplishment as the region's High Tech Entrepreneur of the Year. Through Dyanne's leadership, this recognition further substantiates Web Teks as an industry player and Chesapeake as a growing corridor for advancing technology companies," states Steven Wright, Director of Economic Development.

Headquartered in Chesapeake, Web Teks is a web development firm focused on business optimization through sophisticated use of open source technologies with a staff of highly trained business experts. Celebrating 10 years in business, the company has created over 500 custom solutions ranging from small entrepreneurial firm to billion dollar corporate entities.