HPRC Respiratory and Established Brands Organizational Announcement

Sent on behalf of Kevin Rose and Chris Price


Dear Colleagues,


It is my pleasure to announce that Karlo Ruiz has accepted a new position within the HP Operations team, as Associate Director, Speaker Bureau Operations, reporting to Jose Oliveras beginning on September 11th. Over the last 5 years, Karlo has made valued contributions across HPRC and Marketing Operations roles at BI. For the last 9 months, he has successfully served in the Sr. Manager HPRC and Training Manager role in the Respiratory team.


We are grateful for Karlo’s numerous contributions to HPRC Marketing Operations, Medical and Marketing teams. We are excited for Karlo’s new opportunity and we wish him the best in his future contributions to BI.


I am pleased to announce that Ms. Christina Popowski has been promoted to Senior Manager, HPRC & Training, effective, September 11th replacing Mr. Karlo Ruiz. Christina joined BI from Coviden and Medtronic, as a Therapeutic Promotions Manager, in November of 2015 to support the growing Diabetes Alliance product portfolio. In just under two years, Christina has quickly established herself as a peer leader and process and system subject matter expert who leads and supports high priority brands and key Continuous Process Improvement initiatives and is highly respected by her colleagues and internal and external business partners. In addition, Christina has been instrumental in mentoring new members to the HPRC team.


Christina received her Bachelors in Science (B.S.) in Marketing from Bryant University and is currently a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Candidate who has successfully completed classroom training and exam, and is working toward certification. Please join me in welcoming Christina to the Respiratory and Established Brands HPRC team!


During Christina’s transition into her new role, please direct all Stiolto and Spiriva COPD related matters to Ms. Lia Evaristo (lia.evaristo@boehringer-ingelheim.com) and Ms. Kim Bigman (kimberly.bigman@boehringer-ingelheim.com).



Kevin Rose
Executive Director
HPRC, Content Management & Agency Operations

Chris Price
Senior Associate Director
HPRC and Agency Operations Respiratory