Sasha Spinella

Executive operations partner with 15+ years supporting EVPs, COOs, and senior leadership teams across pharmaceutical, industrial manufacturing, and media — directing the executive operating cadence, owning multi-million-dollar budgets, and running the recurring high-stakes meeting programs that keep enterprise governance, board-level reviews, and field-facing engagements on schedule. Deep experience across field-distributed and dealer-style organizations: managing executive fleet operations, territory/network coordination, and the trust-based relationships required to influence outcomes across executives, vice presidents, vendors, and field principals. Trusted with confidential business matters, audit-grade budget oversight, and the cross-functional follow-through required when the EVP's priorities cannot slip.

Builds AI-powered systems that extend executive bandwidth: prompt-engineered workflows across ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity, a self-directed "Chief of Staff" AI agent that runs day-to-day operations and expands market reach for an independent venture, and live financial and KPI dashboards that turn raw data into board-ready decisions in minutes.

Senior Executive Strategic Partner, Commercial Operations & Leadership Support at BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM (2018-01 – Present)

• Served as the operational right hand to senior commercial leadership at a global pharmaceutical organization, directing the executive operating cadence — leadership forums, governance reviews, enterprise planning sessions, and cross-functional meetings — and enforcing timelines, open-topic tracking, and follow-through on action items across department heads.
• Owned and managed multi-million-dollar operational and meeting budgets, directing forecasting, vendor selection, contract negotiation, and financial controls; zero audit findings across the full tenure.
• Led end-to-end program management for recurring high-stakes meetings: annual business meetings, leadership offsites, satisfaction-survey forums, sales and marketing roundtables, and all-field convenings — from agenda creation through presentation integration, on-site execution, and post-meeting minutes distribution to all key stakeholders.
• Directed the EVP's calendar, travel planning, and information flow in coordination with other team members — controlling what reached the executive and ensuring decision-ready briefings before every gate.
• Integrated and finalized annual business meeting presentations: aligning content across department heads, enforcing review deadlines, and producing a single, executive-ready narrative.
• Built trust-based relationships with vice presidents, senior leaders, external partners, and corporate-affiliate colleagues — translating executive intent into clear accountabilities, timelines, and downstream coordination.
• Safeguarded confidential business information, sensitive personnel matters, and pre-decisional executive materials in line with strict pharma compliance, document retention, and information-security standards.
• Implemented procedures that tightened meeting agendas, accelerated cross-functional communication, and raised executive preparedness — the operating discipline a high-pressure executive office runs on.

Executive Operations & Field Force Manager at VALMET (2011-01 – 2018-01)

• Supported senior leadership at a global industrial manufacturing organization with a national field-distributed sales and service network — an operating model directly parallel to an OEM–dealer field structure, including territory-level principals, GMs, and external service partners.
• Owned executive and field fleet operations across the U.S.: vehicle procurement and assignment, vendor relationships, maintenance and utilization tracking, policy administration, and accident/claims oversight — directly transferable to an OEM executive fleet program.
• Managed the relationships with field leaders, territory managers, and external vendors that kept national operations moving — the day-to-day analog of dealer principal and general manager engagement, built on trust, discretion, and consistent follow-through.
• Led planning and on-site execution for leadership summits, national sales and service meetings, customer-facing events, and field training programs — owning travel logistics, agenda integration, AV/venue contracts, and post-event budget reconciliation.
• Drafted, finalized, and distributed meeting minutes, action logs, and follow-up communications to leadership and field stakeholders to keep enterprise commitments on track between meetings.
• Negotiated with fleet, travel, AV, venue, and event vendors — protecting budget while holding the quality bar expected of an executive-facing program.
• Built workflow improvements that reduced cycle time for field requests, tightened HQ-to-field communication, and raised the responsiveness of the executive office.

Executive Operations Coordinator at TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEMS | CNN WORLDWIDE (2006-01 – 2011-01)

• Supported senior leadership at a major media enterprise in a 24/7, deadline-driven operating environment — comparable in pace and stakeholder complexity to the executive office of an OEM operations function.
• Managed complex executive scheduling, travel coordination, and information flow across competing priorities and rapidly shifting business needs.
• Coordinated enterprise meetings, client-facing events, and cross-functional initiatives spanning sales, programming, and corporate teams.
• Streamlined workflows and communication processes that maintained continuity through reorganizations and leadership transitions.
• Handled confidential executive and corporate materials with discretion, accuracy, and an audit-ready paper trail.

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Capella University (2010-01)