ABOUT US.

Real Negotiation Experience. Built for Performance.

RED BEAR is a team of negotiators, facilitators, and consultants who’ve worked in complex, high-stakes environments, not just taught about them.

Disciplined methodology. Enterprise perspective. Measurable impact

MEET OUR TEAM

Professional Highlight: Former Special Investigator with the DOJ and FBI

Fun Fact: He’s a lover of math and all things Chicago sports (except the White Sox, but they don’t really count)

BRANDON WILSON

Professional Highlight: One of RED BEAR’s earliest hires

Fun Fact: Shares a birthday with Bruce Springsteen and owns multiple cats who love her keyboard

Bridget Healey

Professional Highlight: Founded RED BEAR after leadership at BayGroup International

Fun Fact: Fishaholic—always outside enjoying what God created.

Chad Mulligan

Professional Highlight: Former medical sales executive and C-suite consultant

Fun Fact: Lives on the water and cheers loudest for his daughters

VINCE SCHUESSLER

Professional Highlight: 10+ years of experience supporting operations, sales, and executive teams

Fun Fact: Lifelong golfer- still waiting on that first  hole-in-one!

ABBY MAVIS

Professional Highlight: Master's Graduate and Advanced AI skills and development. 

Fun Fact: Huge Chicago sports fan (except the Cubs, but they don't really count). I take all of Chad's money in Texas hold'em, and I eat Chinese food/sushi 3 days a week minimum.

Dylan Matusak

Professional Highlight: CPO at 3 Fortune 100s; deployed RED BEAR to 6600+ professionals

Fun Fact: Served on a nuclear submarine in the U.S. Navy

MIKE SLOMKE

Professional Highlight: 20+ years of training Fortune 500 companies, including GM, Maersk, and Bank of America

Fun Fact: Invented an award-winning board game that teaches children social skills

AIMEE SYMINGTON

Professional Highlight: Built memorable training programs through passion and energy

Fun Fact: Lead singer in three bands ranging from Classic Rock to Brazilian humor music

ALFREDO LAGO

Professional Highlight: Former PwC partner, expert in strategic change and transformation

Fun Fact: Trusted sparring partner for CEOs

ANDREAS BUERGI

Professional Highlight: Decades of facilitation experience across Asia

Fun Fact: Practices Taiji and is a proud mother of two

Catherine Zhou

Professional Highlight:  20+ years consulting after roles in various industries like wine, waste management, and handling profitability and process improvements for a Fortune 500 company.

Fun Fact: Loves cooking and a good glass of wine

Deborah Reynolds

Professional Highlight: Entrepreneur and sought-after facilitator

Fun Fact: Great basketball player and avid book lover

Erhan Imamoglu

Professional Highlight: Led sourcing for Ericsson, Vizient, and Staples

Fun Fact: Martial artist, wakeboarder, and mountain biker

Eric Imrie

Professional Highlight:  Multilingual ex-Navy trainer with global experience

Fun Fact: Accomplished photographer and oil painter

Gopa Kumar

Professional Highlight: Longtime facilitator and keynote speaker

Fun Fact: Obsessed with the color orange and leads a local potato festival

Helen MacDonald

Professional Highlight: Delivered training across 6 continents

Fun Fact: Enjoys watching court proceedings more than Netflix

Jaren Chan

Professional Highlight:  Former litigator, actor, and business coach

Fun Fact: Completed a 10-day silent meditation retreat

Jason Mitchell

Professional Highlight: Business owner turned negotiation expert

Fun Fact: Proud Canadian sports fan, father, and grandfather

Jim Stewart

Professional Highlight: 25 years in enterprise sales from SF to Barcelona

Fun Fact: Cold water swimmer and curious dad

Joseph Brakoiapa

Professional Highlight:  Trains in 5 languages and 19+ years of experience

Fun Fact: Still competes in gymnastic acrobatics

KRISZTINA LORINCZI

Professional Highlight: Former Skywalker Ranch employee and media strategist

Fun Fact: Worked for George Lucas

Matthew Mitchell

Professional Highlight:  2M+ miles traveled for client work

Fun Fact: Negotiates for broccoli-centered meals at hotels

Nori Mizutani

Professional Highlight: Former Army officer and GE Appliances sourcing leader

Fun Fact: Cycled to the top of Victoria Peak on his birthday

Shawn Malone

Professional Highlight: Known for impactful storytelling and facilitation

Fun Fact: Keeps bees—100,000 of them

Tyler Croft

Professional Highlight:  Integrates brain science into negotiation training

Fun Fact: Brings a plastic brain to class

WOJCIECH MENDYKA

Professional Highlight: Over 20 years in negotiation training

Fun Fact: Scuba diver fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese

Yvonne Lam

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