DEVONNE OLLILA
Summary
A versatile business professional with experience in executive support, office and facility management, marketing communications, event, and meeting planning. Ability to approach business strategies through collaboration, creativity, and overcome obstacles with tenacity and resilience.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant
SOLVENTUM (formerly 3M Healthcare)
St Paul, USA
06.2025 - Current
- Support SVP and 2 VP's, MedSurg Division, Advanced Wound Care
- Arrange complex US and International Travel and itineraries
- Manage executive's inbox
- Prepare agendas and communications for global business meetings
- Project management to support business goals
- Capture meeting notes and follow up on action items
- Coordinate in-person workshops on a global scale
- Budget management, expense reporting, employee onboarding
Executive Assistant
3M INDUSTRIAL ADHESIVES AND TAPE DIVISION
St Paul, USA
04.2022 - 06.2025
- Support R&D VP and 4 Directors, and a global lab of 400 employees
- Arrange US and International Travel and itineraries
- Calendar management
- Coordinate in-person and virtual meetings; agendas and surveys
- Created and managed global Sharepoint site and Viva Engage community
- Coordinated employee team building events
- Indirect purchasing, expense reporting, catering, employee onboarding
Marketing Coordinator/Office Manager/Exec. Assistant
AVEKA GROUP
Woodbury, USA
08.2021 - 04.2022
- Managed website consistently with new and creative content
- Developed social media schedule of postings (LinkedIn, FB, Instagram)
- Managed digital content, images and copy for easy retrieval
- Developed approval process for marketing assets and documentation
- Reported monthly performance metrics and analytical reports, review of marketing campaigns, progress and successes
- Developed digital and written content, creative design of images, logos, photography, video
- Launched quarterly newsletter and monthly employee activities in support of HR initiatives
- Calendar management, meeting and conference room scheduling, office supplies
Meeting & Event Coordinator
3M ABRASIVE SYSTEMS DIVISION
St Paul, USA
07.2014 - 04.2021
- Coordinated customer visits, sales and distributor training classes and global business meetings
- Managed facility upkeep, scheduling conference rooms and lab resources
- Teamed with stakeholders to create a world class experience for customers within budget
- Managed Technical Data Sheets
- Managed attendee registration, communications, agenda, hotel, transportation, evening events
- Designed print and digital marketing materials in support of customer and training activities
Executive Assistant
Hubbard Broadcasting, Stanley E. Hubbard
Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Arranged executive travel on private aircraft
- Managed calendar; daily briefing
- Gatekeeper of Executive's time, ensuring completion of daily goals
- Managed suites at Xcel Energy Center and Target Center
- Personal assistant; managing requests for staff in various residences; vehicle coordination and maintenance; shopping
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Marketing
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN01.2020
Skills
- Sharepoint and MS 365
- SAP Super User
- Concur, Workday, Salesforce
- Email management
- Social media marketing
- Event planning
- Relationship building
- Tech savvy
- Creative design
- Process improvement
- Organizational skills
- Travel coordination
- Executive communication
- Calendar management
- Budget management
- Project management
- Stakeholder engagement
- Document organization
- Content creation
- Adaptability
- Office management
- Policy enforcement
Hobbies and Interests
- Travel
- Fitness
- Cooking Italian
- Mandolin
- Gardening
- Polish Culture and Dancing
- Hosting Parties
- Thrifting
- Being Creative
Accomplishments
Outstanding Final Written Paper Award – Marketing Capstone
Affiliations
Volunteering, Travel, Fitness, Gardening, Connecting Family and Friends, Thrifting, and being Creative
Timeline
Executive Assistant
SOLVENTUM (formerly 3M Healthcare)
06.2025 - Current
Executive Assistant
3M INDUSTRIAL ADHESIVES AND TAPE DIVISION
04.2022 - 06.2025
Marketing Coordinator/Office Manager/Exec. Assistant
AVEKA GROUP
08.2021 - 04.2022
Meeting & Event Coordinator
3M ABRASIVE SYSTEMS DIVISION
07.2014 - 04.2021
Executive Assistant
Hubbard Broadcasting, Stanley E. Hubbard
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE - Marketing
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota