The team behind The Positioned to Win Method™

Red Fan is a senior team of advisers, brand strategists, media relations professionals, and domain experts who come together for one purpose: to ensure B2B tech companies walk into every high-stakes moment positioned to win.

We get under the tent early. We stay for the chapters that matter. The people on this page are the people who do the work. No B-team. No handoff. No exception.

Kathleen Lucente built Red Fan to be the strategic communications partner she needed when she was in your shoes.

30+ years of experience. The architect of the Positioned to Win Method™. The person who will be under the tent with you, your CEO, and your PE partner when it matters most.

Kathleen Lucente
CEO and Founder

Billions

Guided high-growth tech companies through billions in M&A, IPO, and SPAC transactions. This is the pattern recognition layer of the Positioned to Win Method: when your moment arrives, we've already been there.

Emma’s passion for communications, technology expertise and B2B strategy across every major Red Fan vertical and service has laid the foundation for Red Fan’s growth into one of Austin’s leading strategic communications firms.

Emma Chase
Director of Client Services

With nearly a decade at Red Fan Communications, Matt has contributed to multiple award-winning campaigns, including comprehensive rebrands, successful go-to-market launches and integrated marketing initiatives. As a senior strategist, he functions as an extension of his clients’ executive teams, bringing deep expertise in brand strategy.

Matt Beezley
Senior Strategist

$100M+

Announced hundreds of millions in venture capital funding.

Hope isn’t afraid to jump into the deep end of the media relations pool to help clients achieve their dream stories. She has been placing clients in such prestigious outlets as The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business TV, Bloomberg (print and TV), Bloomberg Radio, CNBC TV and USA Today since the earliest days of her career.

Hope Sander
Senior Associate

Birds of a Feather

Partner with us to solve complex client problems. We’re building a community that creates mutual referral opportunities between experienced partners.

This program rewards our community for helping us discover more like-minded (and like-driven) groups of individuals.

Collyn Burke is a passionate communicator who excels at bringing big ideas to life. With a background in journalism, she works hand in hand with clients to transform their PR goals into strategic, impactful results. Her experience spans fast-moving industries such as AI, cybersecurity, and fintech, where she has helped clients land coverage in outlets like Axios, Bloomberg and Fortune.

Collyn Burke
Client Success Manager

Jill Neuhaus is your go-to maestro for all things organization and project management. Whether it’s streamlining processes, orchestrating automation, or turning chaos into coordinated brilliance, count on her to increase engagement and exposure. She is not just a “Jill of All Trades”; she’s your strategic partner in conquering the business world.

Jill Neuhaus
Administrative Assistant

50

Successfully positioned and brought more than 50 tech brands to market across more than 15 verticals.

Robin Schaffer is an analyst relations wiz, AR evangelist and author of Analysts on Analyst Relations.  She has been entrenched in the AR world for almost 20 years, having built programs for several global vendors.

Robin Schaffer
Analyst Relations

100s

Enhanced the thought leadership footprint of hundreds of tech executives.

Anywhere that data and marketing intersect, you’re bound to find Jed tinkering nearby in his mad data lab. From his early days of taking truck parts inventories in Excel 97 spreadsheets to building machine learning and AI models today, Jed is sold on the power of data to help companies make smarter marketing, advertising and PR decisions.

Jed Jones
Data Scientist

A bastion of steadfastness, Stephanie spearheads the agency’s finances, ensuring that the team has the tools it needs to perform at full capacity, achieve exceptional results and surpass clients’ lofty expectations.

Stephanie Trusler
Accounts Receivable