RedCloud Adds 11 New Team Members this Summer

RedCloud continues to grow this summer! Meet the 11 new team members we’ve welcomed since June. 2022 is a big year for growth and we’ve hired 39 new employees so far this year to keep up with client demands. Read on to learn more about each new RedCloud employee, find out how they spend their free time outside of work, and connect with them on LinkedIn. 

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• Joe Piano, Senior Consultant - Joe brings over 8 years of experience building and managing reporting and analytics solutions in a variety of industries. As a Senior Consultant at RedCloud, Joe will be consulting in Microsoft Corporate Customer and Partner Experience (CPE), working to create best practice data solutions and develop a scalable data model that will support CPE teams WW. Joe enjoys spending time with his grandson, mentoring him and helping with sporting events, and is a self-acclaimed taco chef. 
  
• Jenna Varan, Content Designer - Based in Austin, TX, Jenna comes to our team with extensive experience utilizing research to drive decision making and has a background in healthcare as a Speech-Language Pathologist. Outside of work, Jenna enjoys illustration and painting. 
  
• Evsen Sinmaz, Senior Consultant - Evsen brings more than 20 years of expertise in advanced data analytics, financial forecasting, marketing opportunity assessments, and strategic client planning. As a Senior Consultant at RedCloud, she consults in Microsoft Research + Insights team on a variety of projects including Marketing Mix Modeling and database reporting improvements. Evsen enjoys hiking, wine tasting, and spending time with her family and friends. 
  
• Bidemi “Bid” Ologunde, Senior Consultant - Bid supports Expedia Group Security through Cyber Threat Intelligence consulting on the RedCloud team. He brings more than 10 years of diverse experience working in different cybersecurity roles and has a wide-ranging skillset including in-depth investigations on cases and incidents involving transnational cybercrime, financial fraud, ransomware attacks, and much more. In his personal life, Bid contributes to open-source investigations to find missing and endangered children and is the founder, producer, and host of The Bid Picture Podcast. 
  
• Paula Elsinghorst, Change Management Consultant - Bringing more than 15 years of human development and change work, Paula consults for Microst’s change management division. She has been involved in work such as SAP and Proprietary ERP implementations, business transformation, corporate expansion, high-performance culture establishment, and many other change management core competencies. Connect with Paula on LinkedIn where she often shares her ideas and professional reflections through published articles on LinkedIn.
  
• Anne Van Gessel, Learning Manager - With a background in ontological coaching, learning, and change management, Anne is known for leading with empathy and compassion and a desire to create an inclusive space for beings to bring their authentic self. She is using her more than 7 years of experience with Microsoft and Google to consult in Microsoft under the Strategy & Transformation organization in capacity, supply chain, and procurement. Anne also recently published her first book about dyslexia, Cruz Finds His Way. 
  
• Lauren Anderson, Program Manager - Lauren joined the RedCloud team to consult in Microsoft CCSM on the Xbox Premium Partner Program. She brings program and project management expertise from several industries but has always kept her focus on driving customer satisfaction and leading teams to turn innovative ideas into reality. Lauren is currently seeking ideas for a new hobby while spending most of her time chasing her toddler. 
  
• Randy Tran, HR Coordinator - Randy brings many years of experience working in support roles, customer support, HR, and office administration and is eager to support RedCloud employees. You can catch Randy dancing to jazz, swing, and breakdance in his personal life in addition to playing the guitar and piano. Ask him about being on the news in Japan and dancing with Post Malone.  
  
• Jonathan Avedovech, Financial Controller - A Portland native, Jonathan now calls Seattle home after moving here for college. With more than 20 years of experience at both a large corporation and a family-held small company, RedCloud’s corporate team is a perfect fit. Outside of work, you can find Jonathan bungee jumping (yep!) and even in the credits of a major Hollywood Keanu Reeves movie (true story!). He’s also grateful for his two college-aged daughters. 
  
• Tara Ahrens, Senior Consultant - With more than 15 years of experience from the technology, retail, and aerospace industries, Tara has found success at the intersection of cross-functional team collaboration, project management, and marketing strategy. At RedCloud, she consults with the Microsoft CCSM NA Xbox team to improve the marketing performance and conversion rates for the distribution, military, and various retailer channels. Outside of work, you can catch Tara adventuring with her husband and their two labs or playing golf and listening to her favorite music. 
  
• Michael Stewart, Senior Consultant - As a highly organized, resourceful, and results-driving leader, Michael brings more than 20 years of experience in program and project management, frontline training development, and delivery in a global environment. In his new role at RedCloud, he consults in Microsoft CSS to improve the performance of consumer agents. Personally, Michael is a life-long learner, volunteers as a science tutor for Literacy Connect, and enjoys traveling and exploring new countries and cultures.