A serial entrepreneur and Internet veteran, George Favvas has over 13 years of broad experience in sales, marketing, product management and development. At SmartHippo.com, George leads the product development teams with a view to developing the next generation of user-centered financial service applications. George is also co-founder and CEO of Reflexity, a profitable company providing customer acquisition services to major financial institutions. Previously, George served as Director of Internet Communications and Senior Business Development / Engagement Manager at consumer software developer Zero-Knowledge Systems (now Radialpoint, Inc). Prior to that, George co-founded Interfusion Internet Strategies, Inc, an early provider of Internet connectivity and development services to mid-size companies, and managed the web services division at TotalNet, an Internet service provider.

Martin has more than 8 years in the software engineering sector. He has worked as both a software consultant and an employee for web businesses in Stockholm, Paris and Montreal. Prior to joining SmartHippo, he was a key member of the web & SEO team at PriceRunner, an online price comparison business with websites in 7 countries. He has also been a convinced practitioner of Agile Methodologies since the very beginning of the movement in 2001. At both PriceRunner and SmartHippo, he contributed to the adoption of Agile principles in the company's software development process.

At SmartHippo, Martin heads the tech team, which is constituted of 3 software engineers and takes care of the operations and development activities. As the Product Manager, he is committed to increasing transparency in the online financial sphere and revolutionizing the users’ experience when making important financial decisions.

Martin holds a Software Engineering degree from École Polytechnique de Montréal, as well as a Master's degree in International Relations from Sussex University.

Jean-Sebastien is a software engineer that has been building web applications since 1998. Prior to SmartHippo, he ran a software development consultancy specialized in Ruby on Rails.

He also holds a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Computer Science from McGill University where he worked on distributed systems.