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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.

"Alexandria delivers one of the most impactful, business-changing presentations I have experienced. In more than 25 years, few have delivered as much actionable information."

Steve Weaver, CEO of 3 Pillars

How The SPARK System™ Works

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.

Speaking Topics

Every session is designed around one question: why isn’t this working the way it should?

SPARK: How Growth Actually Works

A clear lens for what’s breaking and what to fix first

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.

When AI Shows Up

Why AI accelerates some companies and amplifies the problems in others

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.

Why Growth Doesn’t Compound

When effort is high and results keep resetting

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.

When Marketing and Sales Work as One System, It's a Game Changer.

Execution accelerates

Decisions happen faster. Handoffs disappear.

Budgets work harder

Spend shifts from activity to what actually convert.

Revenue becomes reliable

Growth compounds instead of resetting every quarter.

AI amplifies Instead of exposes

Technology accelerates the engine instead of revealing the cracks.

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What Leaders Work Through

Every session is tailored to the group. These are the core areas Alex covers:

Where the revenue system is actually breaking

Most leaders can feel where growth is stuck. Alex gives them a framework to see it clearly and articulate it to their teams.

Why results reset instead of compound

The structural reason effort stays high and momentum doesn’t hold, and what changes when revenue is designed instead of chased.

What AI finds when it arrives

How to know whether AI will accelerate your system or expose it, and what to build before it gets there.

What to fix first

Not a list of priorities. A clear diagnostic for identifying the one structural constraint that unlocks everything else.

What Changes After Alex Speaks

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.

How It Works

1

Check Availability

Submit a booking request with your event details and timing.

2

Share Your Group’s Context

Tell Alex about your members, their industries, and the challenges the group is navigating right now.

3

Receive  a Tailored Proposal

Alex’s team will come back with topic recommendations, format options, and logistics.

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Delivery Formats

Keynotes

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.

Workshops

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.

Virtual

High-engagement online delivery designed for distributed teams. Same frameworks, same precision, fully adapted for virtual format with interactive tools and live diagnostics.

Consulting Engagements

Extended guidance to embed SPARK into your organization.

Who It's For

For Conference & Event Planners

Alex delivers sessions that surface structural truth without creating blame. Her keynotes spark conversations leaders reference years later.

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For Executive Teams & Offsites

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.

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For CEO Peer Groups & Executive Communities

In high-trust rooms, Alex facilitates dialogue that challenges assumptions, surfaces blind spots, and equips leaders with frameworks they can apply immediately.

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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.

Let's Build Something That Lasts

If growth feels harder than it should, the issue is not your people. It is the system they are working inside.

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