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david vitek

david vitek is an australian entrepreneur .
he is the co-founder and chief executive officer of hipages group , a lead generation and online directory service connecting consumers to tradesmen .
vitek founded hipages with childhood friend , roby sharon-zipser in 2004 .
the company started as viteknologies , an online directory with a focus on natural therapies .
the founders decided to expand and change the primary focus to tradesmen as well as natural therapies and pet services .
as ceo , vitek has grown the directory to record more than 40,000 businesses registered covering over 1,200 categories with 75,000 written recommendations from homeowners , making hipages one of australia 's largest on-demand home services marketplace and leading sites for finding local tradespeople .
vitek previously worked for a startup company called report control , and then later he was an engineer at ibm .
