Inga Fredrickson
Inga F. is a senior executive assistant and strategic operations partner with nearly two decades of experience supporting founders and C-suite leaders across both high-growth startups and global enterprises. She began her career unusually early—earning an associate’s degree before graduating high school and completing her bachelor’s degree in political science and history by age 19—which set the foundation for a career defined by maturity, discretion, and outsized impact. What began as an interest in law and advocacy evolved into executive operations, where Inga discovered her ability to unify teams, represent leadership with integrity, and influence organizations at scale.
Over the course of her career, Inga has worked in complex, fast-moving environments including early-stage startups and global companies such as Amazon and Meta. Her work consistently centers on connecting strategy to execution—translating ambitious goals into clear plans, building durable systems, and guiding cross-functional stakeholders through change. She has led initiatives spanning international expansion, large-scale hiring and onboarding, return-to-office programs, annual and quarterly business planning, and high-stakes executive operations, all while protecting leader focus and driving accountability.
Currently, Inga serves at Flexport in a hybrid executive assistant, chief of staff, and program management capacity, supporting senior leaders across legal, compliance, people, and finance functions. Known as the person teams rely on when things are complex or broken, she brings a calm, service-oriented approach grounded in clarity, consistency, and follow-through. Inga believes that impact is not defined by title, but by the ability to bring people together, create structure where it’s needed, and help organizations move decisively toward meaningful outcomes.
• Northwest University- B.A.
• Powerlifting Competition Winner (August
• Local Church Involvement
• City of Allen
What do you attribute your success to?
I think a lot of resilience, and I think it's important for women in the workplace to find their voice. I think women often get tasked with the helper role in the business environment, and I think being strategic about your impact and how you show up is just super important. You may not be on the front lines, per se, but you can have a lot of impact. I think that no matter what your role is, it doesn't have to limit your impact on a team, and I have driven results that have made many big leaders super successful.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
I had a mentor, a long-term friend and mentor that I had the opportunity of working with a couple times now, and he always coached me to think big and to challenge my own thinking of how I was solving problems. He is super strategic, a big leader, and him pouring into me for like 30 minutes every day for almost 5 years really taught me so much about the way I think and the way I solve problems. I also will just say there's always one more thing you can do. There's just always one more thing that you can explore when you're tackling problems and trying to MacGyver your way through a situation. That resourcefulness of just don't limit yourself, think like an entrepreneur. If you kind of have this mindset that not all the rules are meant for following, and you think outside the box, sometimes you break a little bit of structure to solve big problems, and you can be really impactful.
What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would encourage them to be courageous and to see themselves as one of the most critical parts of the organization, and to operate as such. The job is what you make it, and so don't limit yourself. Think as big as you want to. I think it's important for women in the workplace to find their voice, and I think being strategic about your impact and how you show up is super important. Women often get tasked with the helper role in the business environment, but you can have a lot of impact no matter what your role is.
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I think the people connection is never-ending. The blessing of having access to unlimited information, unlimited people, and just being able to connect and really form genuine relationships, and just doing the struggle together, you can build these amazing, incredible relationships, and that has supported me throughout my career. I think one of the challenges in a support role is always going to be managing up, so there's a lot of EQ required. You are cultivating an environment where that leader can be impactful and successful in what they do, but you are guiding the guardrails of how that leader lands. You are a trusted thought partner, and you are responsible for the feedback you provide to them and how they show up.
What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Absolutely, it's not about you. Very few things in life are actually about us. That's something that guides me daily, especially when you're just navigating a lot of people all at once. Other values are, it's really important to me to be comfortable in my own skin, and just really honor my integrity and who I am as a person. Consistency, showing up consistent, liking who I am, and making sure that is how I show up in every response, every situation, or hurdle. I'm showing up as myself and staying true to who I am, always.