Meet Hot Sauce

George Carless

CEO

The Brit

Avid golfer but a 17 handicap

Animal lover with seven cats and seven chickens¹

George is an ideas guy, and has a lot of opinions. (Ask anyone who knows him.)

With a background in technology and marketing, George heads up our strategy and development teams. He has a BSc. in Computer Science from London University.

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Nisit Patel

Senior Web Developer

The Secret Weapon

Loves watching movies - but still hasn't seen all the Star Wars films.

Likes to travel, even if it's only to DrupalCon.

Nisit is driven by work that challenges him to learn new skills and techniques. He holds a masters degree in electrical engineering from Tennessee State University, and strives to stay ahead of the curve by exploring and experimenting with new technology.

Nisit spends his workday engrossed in Javascript/jQuery/Angular/Node.js, HTML, CSS/SASS, PHP, MySQL and Drupal.

When he’s not building websites, Nisit likes to spend time with his family and enjoys watching movies.

Mary-Helen Shepherd

Graphic Designer

The Queen of Karaoke

Dog Lover - She has three and may get more

Likes the idea of traveling - but hasn't left the country... yet

Mary-Helen loves karaoke and is still trying to convince her coworkers to join her. When she isn't singing her heart out, she also enjoys painting, drawing, and imagining what she'll dress up as for Dragon Con. She received a BA in Studio Art and Graphic Design from Georgia State University.

Drew Beveridge

Junior Web Developer

Chocolate Lab Dad

Atlanta Falcons fan - as painful as that may sometimes be

Drew’s background is in marketing and branding for companies ranging in size from a small college start-up to an international conglomerate. He is a part of our accounts team, and has a BA in Public Relations from the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Comm. at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs!).

Sebastian Popp

Front-end Developer

Popp Goes the World

Has been building websites since he was 12.

Loves sailing, especially on the Elbe or Alster

Sebastian lives in Hamburg, Germany, but he's still a key member of the Hot Sauce team. (We all just talk over Slack, anyhow.) He's an expert web developer who's often tasked with wiring up obscure integrations between systems that George decided might be a good idea but that then never really get used. More usefully, he's a crack full-stack coder who works on standalone sites as well as on Drupal and Wordpress-based CMS sites for our clients.

Christine Hallett

HR Manager and Quality Assurance

All-rounder and Office Mom

Obsessed with cheese. Can't get enough cheese. Needs more cheese.

Rides horses. Except when they throw her off and she breaks her arm.

Christine helps keep things together - she manages all things HR, accounting, office management, and more. She's a great proof-reader and is also handy to have around for usability testing, since she's a self-avowed technophobe.

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Our Story

We are a Digital Agency in Metro Atlanta

Hot Sauce was founded some time circa 2010 with the merger of a web development agency and a creative shop. We came up with the name "Hot Sauce Studios" after George suggested the pun "Hot Source" and Jordan pointed out that a) the pun doesn't work with American accents, and b) puns are the lowest form of wit, anyway.

We moved to our Roswell office location over Thanksgiving, 2016, lopping "Studios" off our name in the process. Sadly, in 2020 we had to close our doors and reopen them virtually due to Covid 19. In June, 2021, we were finally able to meet in person once again at our new Woodstock location.

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