About Digital Hot Sauce
We take results seriously
Why Digital Hot
Sauce Exists
Whether you’re a digital marketing whiz or you don’t know your SEO from your CTR, you just want to see a return on your investment.
We know, because we’ve been there.
We were running a couple of start-ups, and we couldn’t find a single marketer who cared about our growth. We ate through our marketing budget and had nothing to show for it.
Finally, we got fed up with feeling ripped off. And we started the agency we needed.
To make marketing more effective for everyone.
Partnership Approach
Entrepreneurial Mindset
Commitment to Deliver Value
We care about:
Meaningful Work
Mastery
Mutual Care
Margin
We embrace efficiency and profitability to support a lifestyle of rest, work, and celebration.
Memories & Adventure
We’re genuinely nice people.

Kyle Harms
CEO
Kyle is a marketing strategist with a background in working with non-profit organizations, tourism and hospitality, and service-based businesses. Kyle’s uniquely humble and lovable qualities matched with sharp strategic leadership make him an easy leader to follow as our CEO. He loves connecting with people and solving complex problems. While he’s always focused on the bigger picture, Kyle is a highly technical digital marketer focused on finding solutions that will actually drive value.
He loves spending his spare time playing with his dogs, starting businesses, and exploring the world.

Reuben Zuidhof
Co-Founder / CFO
Reuben started his first business in 2007, and now has 3 under his belt. He takes his visionary partners’ ideas and puts tracks on them. He loves pretty much everything that has to do with people and won’t shy away from asking you some hard questions about your business because making order out of chaos somehow brings him satisfaction.
On the side he makes some hard cider that has become known as Zuider which will sneak up on you if you’re not careful!

Scot Sustad
Co-Founder & Strategist
Scot is a 5x start-up entrepreneur with a passion for marketing products and services that make the world better. He is a creative thinker and digital problem solver that constantly stretches our partners and team to think bigger and creatively! He is obsessed with providing real value and has little patience for fluff or inaction. His entrepreneurial experience and ability to think creatively help our clients discover unique opportunities.
When not working on Hot Sauce projects, he is focused on mentoring young leaders and building community in Vancouver.

Janice Chow
Director of Marketing Operations
Janice is passionate about collaborating with companies to identify and implement digital strategies for differentiating their value proposition, improving their web presence and growing their business online.
Outside of digital marketing, Janice is an avid foodie and board game geek.

Jane Griffiths
Director of People & Accounts
Jane is passionate about people – she loves building relationships and working with a team to reach collective and individual goals. She has a background in marketing strategy, in both eCommerce and real estate. Before joining the marketing world, Jane worked in the music industry, so you can catch her at every concert or live event possible.
She loves to hike, camp, and work remotely from cool places while meeting fascinating people along the way.

Hayley Betteridge
Account Manager
Hayley is an enthusiastic digital marketer with a background in account management and content creation. She has a passion for working with people and developing innovative strategies to drive results.
When she’s not putting pen to paper, Hayley can be found balancing on a paddleboard or on figure skates.

Candice MacAulay
Head of Strategy
Candice is a digital marketer, an entrepreneur, and a writer. She’s been in marketing for almost 15 years and works on everything from paid social to email marketing, to content and SEO strategies.
Her claim to fame is contributing to an anthology that hit the USA Today Bestseller list.

Chetan Naidu
Account Manager
I am an enthusiastic and curious digital marketer with a keen interest in Marketing Strategy and Online Growth Marketing. I have 8+ years of experience in advertising and marketing across various industries such as FMCG, Finance, Entertainment, and Retail which helps me to identify clear marketing goals for our clients and chart out strategies to achieve them.
When I am away from work, I enjoy cooking, hiking, kayaking, and learning something new.

Heloise Winterbotham
Project Manager

Shreya Shah
Content Marketing Specialist
Shreya, our content specialist, becomes deeply invested in learning about the story behind each brand. She combines her love for digital media and storytelling to help create content to further amplify a brand’s story and purpose.
When she’s not at work, you can find her scouting the city for new restaurants and cafes, or listening to some live music.

Catherine Watson
Graphic Designer
Catherine is a graphic designer and production artist coming from the IT industry. Often referred to as a controlled creative because of her love of layout and structure; design needs to make sense in order for the message to be effective. Catherine has a strong passion for problem-solving through all things digital and design.
During downtime, you can find her keeping up with design trends, toying with new computer applications, going for nature walks, and trying out the multitude of food and drink spots Vancouver has to offer.

Sagar Shukla
Sr. SEO Specialist

Ashley Juana
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Ashley is a passionate marketer who believes in the power of storytelling. She loves to be challenged to think “outside the box” and use her creative and strategic ideas to learn and adapt.
Outside of work, you’ll find her exploring nature trails with her dog or cafe hopping in search of the city’s best pastries.

Sarah William
General Accountant
Sarah has a passion for numbers, clarity and teamwork. She holds a Masters degree in Finance and is currently pursuing her CPA designation. She uses her expertise to streamline accounting operations at Digital Hot Sauce.
Outside of work, she travels, learns French, hosts dinner parties or gets lost in a good book.

Joshua McFaul
Web Developer
Joshua is an avid front-end web developer with a focus on crafting beautifully responsive, scalable experiences on the web. Coming from a role in IT and Desktop Support, his problem-solving ability applies well to the ever-shifting landscape of website development.
Joshua has been known to spontaneously break out in song (and consequently works remotely a lot of the time).

Lilo
Office Support
One of our four-legged colleagues. Lilo can be often found sleeping throughout the office.
When she isn't sleeping, she is looking for some cuddles or wiggling to get attention.

Maybe You?
If this sounds like you...
● I'm emotionally intelligent.
● I'm gritty and resourceful.
● I do what I say.
● I can prove results.
● I'm all in.
● I'm fun.