Sarah Marshall: Strategy & Operations Leader
Bringing Order to Chaos | Driving Change | Delivering Impact
Sarah Marshall is a powerhouse in strategy, operations, and transformation. A dynamic leader with a track record of turning complex challenges into streamlined success, Sarah excels at bridging the gap between vision and execution. Whether leading nascent startups, navigating the rapid evolution of technology at Google Search or orchestrating large-scale operational shifts in biotech, consumer tech, and enterprise SaaS, she thrives in environments that demand agility, foresight, and structured execution.
Her career has been defined by stepping into ambiguity, building coalitions, structuring high-performance frameworks, and driving lasting change. From designing Google’s strategy and portfolio management infrastructure to leading multi-billion-dollar integrations and operational overhauls, Sarah's expertise spans business transformation, PMO leadership, and cross-functional execution.
Beyond the boardroom, Sarah is an advocate for community leadership and mentorship, having served as Board Chair for the Tenderloin Resource Center, Co-lead for San Francisco’s Transgender Task Force, and Co-President of the Feminine Leadership Academy. Her experiences—ranging from serving in the US Navy’s submarine service to managing high-growth startups—give her a rare ability to navigate complexity with a people-first approach.
With a global reach across the US, Europe, and Asia, and deep expertise in software, hardware, and operational ecosystems, Sarah brings a holistic, pragmatic, and execution-focused approach to leadership.
🔹 Industry & Functional Breadth: Software & Hardware, SaaS, Biotech, B2B/B2C, OEM, Finance, Supply Chain, Marketing
🔹 Core Expertise: Strategy Execution, PMO Leadership, Organizational Transformation, Business Model Innovation
🔹 Passion: Scaling businesses, optimizing execution, and mentoring the next generation of leaders.
Sarah doesn’t just build strategies—she builds the systems that make them real.
GLOBAL REACH
Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, Guam, Ireland, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, and US Markets.
BREADTH
Industry/Business Model Breadth: Software and hardware development, Consumer Electronics/Products, Biotech, B2C, B2B, OEM.
Functional Breadth: Engineering, supply chain, IT/IS, finance, marketing, aftermarket, enterprise process and system architecture and platforms, enterprise SAAS, web analytics, web applications.
VALUE DELIVERED
Strategy development & execution management; Annual & Business Planning, Organization transformation to high performance; Customer Engagement; Enterprise program portfolio, design & delivery; Operations design, delivery, management; Transformational leadership; Business analyst; Design engineer
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD