Audra Gavelis serves as the Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations at AeroSafe Global, where she leads at the intersection of supply chain strategy, logistics, and product innovation. She focuses on building the service models that help partners navigate the complexities of parcel distribution while meeting the ever-shifting needs of their customers and the complex requirements of today’s pharmaceutical products. As a pivotal leader in AeroSafe’s mission to "reframe the last mile as the first moment of care," Audra ensures that the world’s most sensitive biopharmaceuticals are delivered with 100% integrity, balancing business growth with the technical precision and sustainability required for patient safety.
With a deep background in product development and strategic management, Audra has been the driving force behind the operationalization of AeroSafe’s most critical assets. She oversees the industry-leading Full-Cycle Reuse Program, where her focus on operational excellence has resulted in a staggering 98.7% return rate. By pioneering the "Cold Chain as a Service" (CCaaS), Audra has successfully scaled a circular economy model that allows global biopharma partners to reduce landfill waste by 90% and carbon emissions by 65% without sacrificing efficiency and reliability to patient care.
Audra’s expertise further extends to the Delivery Intelligence Navigator™, AeroSafe’s proprietary visibility and control tower. By championing the platform’s evolution into a proactive risk-mitigation tool, she has helped pioneer the frameworks for navigating cold chain growth through data transparency.
In today’s session, she draws on this experience to highlight the metrics for operational success in 2026, specifically how the synchronization of physical logistics with digital data is essential for protecting both product integrity and margins.
Throughout her career, Audra has established herself as a leader in building resilient, sustainable, and data-driven commercial operations. Her ability to translate complex technical capabilities into high-performing service solutions has set a new benchmark for the biopharmaceutical cold chain, proving that environmental responsibility and operational high-performance are not just compatible, but essential for future success.
Audra Gavelis serves as the Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations at AeroSafe
Global, where she leads the intersection of global supply chain strategy, product innovation, and commercial scale. As a pivotal leader in AeroSafe’s mission to "reframe the last mile as the first moment of care," Audra ensures that the world’s most sensitive biopharmaceuticals are delivered with 100% integrity through a high-performing model that balances aggressive growth with uncompromising resiliency and sustainability.
Audra’s expertise further extends to the Delivery Intelligence Navigator™, AeroSafe’s proprietary visibility and control tower. She has championed the platform’s evolution into a proactive risk-mitigation tool. By integrating real-time IoT data and predictive analytics into the commercial workflow, she provides AeroSafe’s partners—including 45 of the world’s leading biopharma companies—with the transparency needed to safeguard life-saving treatments across 85 countries.