Kelley Johnson

Is an executive specialty sales representative at Novartis pharmaceuticals with over 15 years of sales experience. Raised in Plano, Texas Kelley learned at a young age about the importance of your personal brand. Her father and grandfather instilled in her that your word is your bond.

Entering the workforce at a young age, she earned her bachelor’s degree in communications, media arts, and theater in 2004 from Chicago State University where she was a 4-year presidential scholar recipient. Her college mentor encouraged her to pursue sales even though that was not Kelley‘s ideal career path and she began her sales career with Eli Lily in the neuroscience space. Throughout her career, she has been a part of six successful product launchers. Since 2012, Kelley has earned the opportunity to sell in a more complex space focusing on specialty medications. (This space fosters a collaborative and customized approach to sales.) Kelley believes in providing the right medication to the right patient at the right time.

Her motto is: To be on time is to be late.

Half the battle to sales is showing up.