Sauce Labs Sauciers

Jason Huggins, Executive Software Chef

Jason Huggins co-founded Sauce Labs and currently leads product direction. Prior to Sauce Labs, Jason was a Test Engineer at Google where he supported the grid-scale "Selenium Farm" for testing Google applications such as Gmail and Google Docs. Jason's experience also includes time at ThoughtWorks in Chicago as a software developer. While at ThoughtWorks, Jason created the Selenium testing framework out of the need to cross-browser test a new in-house time and expense system.

When not programming in Python or JavaScript, Jason enjoys hacking on Arduino-based electronics projects. Jason has spent time in New York City, LA, and the Bay Area, but Chicago is his kind of town.

Favorite Cooking Story: I can't wait for the day I figure out how to make my own croissants from scratch. Until then, I'm doodling plans for building a 'Mr. Croissant' kitchen complement to Mr. Coffee.

Favorite Sauce: Iams Savory Sauce. When dogfooding your applications, don't forget the sauce!

John Dunham, CEO

John Dunham enjoys turning great ideas into great companies. With his executive experience in Marketing, Sales, International, Business Development, Finance, and Operations, Dunham is able to create a value-based foundation and focused idea that allows for a functionally-balanced and achievable strategy to be built. Prior to Sauce Labs, John cofounded Caw Networks Inc, where he also served as a board member. Before negotiating and managing the sale of the company, John led Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Business Development. He raised $25M in venture, private and partner investment including Series B in October 2001 at a 100% premium over Series A. John has also held previous executive and senior leadership positions at iChat, Auspex, and Sun Microsystems.

Favorite Cooking Story: I successfully salvaged a tasty meal from the spectacle of three foot flames billowing out of a gas grill from a rack of lamb gone awry.

Favorite Sauce: John's own 10-point marinade used for steaks and lamb - so good, guests always beg for the recipe!

Steven Hazel, Senior Director of Development

Steven Hazel has been working in startups since Britney Spears first appeared on the pop charts. Before co-founding Sauce Labs, Steve created codepad.org, an online compiler and simple collaboration tool. Previously, he served as Director of Engineering at BitTorrent, Inc, and held senior development roles at Grouper Networks (acquired by Sony Pictures in 2006), FolderShare (acquired by Microsoft in 2005), and Audiogalaxy.

Despite having a home and an office, Steve lives and works primarily in a small number of cafes in San Francisco.

Favorite Cooking Story: A college roommate once convinced me to try putting bananas in a curry. Pro tip: don't put bananas in curry.

Favorite Sauce: Steve grew up in Austin, Texas, and is sure he'll never get tired of salsa.

Santiago Suarez Ordoñez, Customer Success Engineer

Santiago or "Santi" comes from an old style software development shop, where he started as a manual tester and led the company towards test automation in the search for productivity. At first, Santi was a Mercury QTP practitioner, but later focused on Selenium and Python. Santi set up the functional automation environment and first tests for eduCommons (OpenCourseWare Consortium, MIT) and has worked on several Python development projects. Addtionally, Santi handled some writing and the entire infrastructure of the Selenium 1.0 official documentation and remains a top forums contributor.

Santi works and lives in Rosario, Argentina and loves to sail and enjoy nature.

Favorite Cooking Story: One day on a friend's boat, we had to improvise to strain the spaghetti. We sacrificed one of the boat window screens which turned out to not be the best decision. We ended up with dirty spaghetti for dinner and mosquitoes inside the boat the whole night.

Favorite Sauce: Santi's first choice when it's time to eat: Bolognese.

Sean McQuillan, Lead Software Developer

Sean joined Sauce Labs after an abrupt transition from an academic career to the San Francisco startup scene. He has been programming since before he could type, starting with Apple Basic which built a warm place in his heart for REPLs. Sean's favorite topics are compilers and networking.

Favorite Cooking Story: Dessert for breakfast. Dessert for lunch. Dessert for dinner. Dessert for dessert. Best birthday gift evar.

Favorite Sauce: Red curry paste, clear broth, vinegar, sugar, and bananas!

Jeremy Avnet, Software Developer

A system administrator for almost a decade, Jeremy switched to software engineering in 2008 when he fell for Python. His academic background is in complex adaptive systems and he attended the Santa Fe Institute's complex systems summer school in Qingdao, China. Jeremy was a founder at Mosuki.com and was the Senior System Administrator at BitTorrent, Inc.

Jeremy is just wild about asian teas.

Favorite Cooking Story: In college, my chemist girlfriend and I wanted to make chai. In order to maximize flavor she flipped the lid of the pot and put ice in it. This created a janky reflux apparatus in which vaporized essential oils would condense on the lid and fall back into the mix. I've been using this technique ever since.

Favorite Sauce: Jeremy's robust gravy made from a mushroom stock reduction and ghee roux. I make this from the stock remaining after cooking a seitan "roast". Not only is it great to not throw away the used stock, it's one of the best gravies I've ever had.

Adam Christian, JavaScript Architect

At the Open Source Applications Foundation Adam answered the siren call of the challenge of cross browser JavaScript and DOM hacks by co-creating the Windmill Testing Framework in 2007. Since then he contributed as both senior and lead developer for web and test automation at Rearden Commerce, Mozilla and Slide Inc.

Hailing from the Pacific Northwest Adam grew up spending much of of his time hiking in the national parks and boating on the waterways there. But he doesn't miss the weather.

Favorite Cooking Story: One of my early attempts at preparing frozen breakfast for myself required some quick thinking. Still not exactly sure why, but I looked over to discover the pop-tart laden toaster fully in flames. I unplugged it from the wall and used the cord to hurl the toaster through the door into the back yard. It's been all upwards from there... for the most part.

Favorite Sauce: I have no choice here but to say Hidden Valley Ranch, it just works--on anything.

Grace Law, People Connector

Grace Law is the official people connector for Sauce Labs. When she is not recruiting, she oversees events, meet-ups, webinar, and professional services. Prior to Sauce Labs, Grace recruited for Lolapps, Slide, private hedge funds, etc. and was instrumental in building 3 IT Consulting companies, including her own. She also started sfpython meet-up. In her spare time, she indulges in photography, yoga, and travel.

Favorite cooking story: During a 4-day hiking/camping trip on the Inca Trail at 20,000 sq ft above sea level, our porters whipped out freshly made flan, complete with flaming rum one night. I knew they hiked with a tent that housed our porta-potty, but did they bring along an oven and portable refrigerator too?

Favorite Sauce: The sauce on Bananas Foster, a desert made from bananas and vanilla ice cream. The sauce is made from butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, dark rum, and banana liqueur. Yum!

Ashley Wilson, Marketing & Admin Support

Ashley is a newbie to the tech world, having joined the Sauce Labs team after a fortuitous encounter at a local coffee shop. Prior to this, she was grooming herself for the newspaper business, majoring in journalism at Indiana University and working/interning for various newspapers and magazines. A native of Atlanta, Ashley moved to San Francisco on a whim after what was supposed to be a 3-day vacation. She enjoys Saturdays at Dolores Park and living by the ocean.

Favorite cooking story: When I was 14, I was tasked with making the pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. After dinner, I proudly served it to my family and was told to take the first bite. Moments later, I realized with horror I had forgotten a key ingredient - SUGAR! I will never forget the year we went without pumpkin pie.

Favorite sauce: Ginger soy dipping sauce. I could drink it.

Eric Allen, Software Developer

The son of a software entrepreneur, Eric Allen had access to an IBM PC XT before he could talk. Since releasing his first software application at 14, he's been working at startups, taking regular 9-month breaks to socialize with people his age and learn a thing or two. After recently graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Eric is now a full-time startupper.

Favorite cooking story: Every year during middle school, my class went on a week-long camping trip. In teams of 3-4 students, we planned, shopped for, and cooked meals for 20 kids + 5 adults. Making pancakes for 20 hungry preteens on a propane stove in the middle of the woods is actually quite fun.

Favorite sauce: Tzatziki, because it goes so well with falafel.

Joe Mathes, Flying Circus

I'm a programmer. This bio should be at least three sentences long. Mission accomplished.

Favorite cooking story: I once accidentally used salsa instead of marinara sauce on spaghetti. It wasn't very good.

Favorite Sauce: Pesto.