Alex Ohlinger helps leaders see exactly what’s breaking inside their revenue system and gives them the frameworks to rebuild it so growth stops resetting and starts compounding.

Steve Weaver, CEO of 3 Pillars


SPARK is the system I use to make growth visible, governable, and durable.
Urgency with priorities
Motion with progress.
SPARK does not ask teams to work together.
It creates the system that makes working together unavoidable.
When the system holds, growth stops depending on heroics and starts compounding.
Every session is designed around one question: why isn’t this working the way it should?
Most companies treat sales and marketing as two functions that need to cooperate better. That framing is the problem. The SPARK System™ shows leaders what to build instead.
AI doesn’t create structural problems. It reveals them. This keynote shows leaders what AI will find when it arrives, and what needs to be in place first.
Most teams are executing well. They just keep starting over. This keynote explains why, and what structurally needs to change.
I've worked with companies across 40+ industries to rebuild how sales and marketing work together, generating over $500 million in revenue using this approach.
It's not about working harder. It's about fixing the system so effort finally compounds.
Today, I help leaders see why growth keeps stalling and rebuild the revenue engine so it doesn't depend on heroics: predictable, reliable, and built to last.
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Decisions happen faster. Handoffs disappear.
Spend shifts from activity to what actually convert.
Growth compounds instead of resetting every quarter.
Technology accelerates the engine instead of revealing the cracks.
Every session is tailored to the group. These are the core areas Alex covers:
Most leaders can feel where growth is stuck. Alex gives them a framework to see it clearly and articulate it to their teams.
The structural reason effort stays high and momentum doesn’t hold, and what changes when revenue is designed instead of chased.
How to know whether AI will accelerate your system or expose it, and what to build before it gets there.
Not a list of priorities. A clear diagnostic for identifying the one structural constraint that unlocks everything else.
Audiences don’t just leave energized. They leave equipped.
Structural Clarity
Leaders see exactly where the system is breaking, not just where results are falling short.
Unified Direction
Sales and marketing working from the same definitions, the same priorities, and the same metrics.
Smarter Measurement
Metrics that signal constraint and momentum, not just activity.
AI Readiness
A clear understanding of how to use AI to accelerate a revenue system, not expose a broken one.
A Roadmap, Not a Rally
Specific, immediate steps to move from reactive urgency to structural leverage.
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Submit a booking request with your event details and timing.
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Tell Alex about your members, their industries, and the challenges the group is navigating right now.
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Alex’s team will come back with topic recommendations, format options, and logistics.
Talks designed to give audiences a new lens for their revenue system and a clear framework for what needs to change first. Available in 30-, 45-, and 60-minute formats.
Interactive sessions where leadership teams map their actual revenue structure, identify the real constraint, and leave with a shared diagnosis and a 90-day action plan. Half-day and full-day formats available.
High-engagement online delivery designed for distributed teams. Same frameworks, same precision, fully adapted for virtual format with interactive tools and live diagnostics.
Extended guidance to embed SPARK into your organization.
Alex delivers sessions that surface structural truth without creating blame. Her keynotes spark conversations leaders reference years later.
Designed for leadership resets. Leaders see where the system is breaking, agree on what to fix first, and leave with clarity and a shared direction.
In high-trust rooms, Alex facilitates dialogue that challenges assumptions, surfaces blind spots, and equips leaders with frameworks they can apply immediately.
Sales and marketing aren't broken because people aren't trying.
They're broken because they were never designed to work as one.
Structure, not heriocs.
Systems, not shortcuts.
Architecture, not random acts.
If growth feels harder than it should, the issue is not your people. It is the system they are working inside.