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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION COMPANY, BLUE.CLOUD ADDS NEW KEY HIRES TO SUPPORT RAPID 2021 GROWTH

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Tampa, Florida, September 28, 2021 — Blue.cloud, a global cloud-only digital transformation company, is pleased to welcome two new leadership hires to support its next phase of growth – Aileen Stewart to Strategic Client Engagement Manager (CEM) and Ali Riza Kuyucu appointed to EVP, Global Head of Data & Analytics Practice.

Blue.cloud enables enterprises to optimize their data and cloud infrastructure which has become a top priority for start-ups, mid-market companies, and Fortune 500 enterprises alike during the pandemic. The company is observing increased demand from verticals including financial services, insurance and compliance.

“Aileen and Ali’s extensive IT leadership experience is essential as we continue to support our enterprise clients in today’s digital economy,” said Kerem Koca, co-Founder and co-CEO of Blue.cloud. “Strong and strategic hires have played a huge role in maintaining our company’s accelerated growth since March 2020 and we are thrilled to add these standout talents to the team as we expand our client portfolio and partnerships well into 2022.”

Q3 proved to be another record-breaking growth period for the company as the demand for digital transformation and specifically, cloud data and analytics continues to become a significant competitive advantage for enterprise scalability. As a result, Blue.cloud doubled its headcount and continues to expand its world-class team globally, adding additional key leadership positions.

Former Senior Director at HSBC for nearly four decades, Aileen Stewart is a proven information technology leader, renowned for solving complex business problems and successfully delivering on the most challenging projects in both the US and global operations. Aileen has worked in nearly every technology discipline within HSBC, including managing and directing geographically dispersed, cross-functional IT teams in partnership with the business for timely, effective end-to-end delivery.

Ali Riza Kuyucu has garnered 25 years of experience in the software industry delivering analytical solutions and has held various positions including BI and EPM Sales Consulting Director covering Eastern Europe and the Middle East and the Professional Services Country Manager of Oracle and Teradata where he provided high-level solutions for clients to achieve higher customer profitability, improve internal processes, and streamline operations. Ali has experience in all aspects of the data and analytics domain starting from data warehousing to advanced analytics and has contributed to the data-oriented digital transformation processes for major organizations.

The new hires come after a global team expansion in Q2, including the appointment of Sampathkumar (Sampath) Raghava of Executive Vice President, Sales who joined the company after a 20+ year career at global IT consulting firm, Cognizant.

“We’re thrilled to welcome both Aileen and Ali to the team and look forward to leveraging their expertise as we continue to build momentum and expand our presence in the data and analytics space,” said Praveen Ramineni, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Blue.cloud. “Blue.cloud is committed to strategic hires that help us identify and implement strategic optimization opportunities for our clients as the digital transformation industry matures and evolves.”

Since the beginning of 2021, Blue.cloud has significantly grown its partnerships with leading cloud providers, expanded its AI capabilities, appointed industry leaders to its Sales and Delivery teams, and added multiple Fortune 1000 companies to its client roster. The company is focused on executing long-term, transformational cloud solutions for enterprises and expects the growth to continue well beyond the pandemic-fueled transition to digital.

For more information or press inquiries, please contact Justine D’Addio at hydeparkpr.com.

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