At Sarasota Web Studios, our mission is to consistently provide visually stunning websites that are easily updated and built to last with the highest quality of modern standards. 

We believe a website in many cases is the first thing your customers and audience will see, and that it should evoke a reaction that truly wins their attention and appreciation.

We started our studio in 2011, by renovating an old building in our hometown.  

After operating mainly out of Massachusetts for many years, we are excited to expand our operation to our new home-base, beautiful Sarasota, Florida!  For our northeast customers, we still operate as Stellar Web Studios, but we have rebranded for our new market as Sarasota Web Studios, LLC.

We’re thankful for the new friends, partnerships, opportunities, and relationships we’re growing here.

Meet the Team

Brian J Bahia

  • Owner, User Experience Director

Brian’s over 20 years of experience in web design and development was acutely tuned at Bridgeline Digital, a web development company specializing in fortune 500 company websites, from 2010 to 2012. There Brian learned the ins and outs of digital marketing and professional web design and development strategy.

Brian holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Design from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Brandon Downs

  • Lead Developer

Brandon is a talented developer and WordPress specialist.  Also a songwriter and accomplished bassist, he brings a creative finesse to the development process. We are proud to have Brandon in a lead development role at Stellar Web Studios.

Dan Shedd

  • Senior Developer

Dan has been involved with Stellar since it’s inception in 2010.   He is a modest, superbly skilled back-end developer.  Dan is also a singer/songwriter as well as a performing magician.

Ariel Eglea

  • Web Developer

Ariel brings enthusiasm and creative problem solving to the table.  She has proven to be a talented team member in a short period of time since her hiring in 2021.

You may receive maintenance update notifications from Ariel detailing the effort put in for each and every update.

Autumn Avila

  • Sales and Marketing Director

Maribel Deraco

  • Administrative Accounts Manager

Vikas Jain

  • Web Designer

Tim Kulay

  • Graphic Designer