Julie Riga is a certified ICF coach, trainer, speaker, and author with over 20 years of experience in the Pharma Industry. Riga’s education is vast with studies that include business, communications, training, and executive coaching.

She specializes in the fields of leadership, team dynamics, and organizational development. She has deep expertise working with matrix organizations in highly regulated industries.

Riga is valued for authentic connections with people and orchestrating diverse resources into coherent, high-functioning teams that consistently deliver breakthrough results on time and under budget. She is an enthusiastic lifelong learner, and Novartis TEDx Speaker.

Other areas of expertise include executive development, strategy, and stakeholder management. Riga’s diversified leadership background provides deep experience and insights into building critical stakeholder relationships, team culture and communication.

Riga is the author and podcast host of the program: "Stay on Course." The purpose of "Stay on Course" is to evolve the existing story of professionals wasting their lives on careers they hate to one where they joyfully give themselves permission to have a career that allows them to follow passion, purpose and live authentically.

Riga holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a Master’s Degree in Business.

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