Hello! I'm Lee Sammartino

Chief Innovation Officer, DX Lead

Biopharma Super Power

Ability to shape-shift from strategic to executional roles that bridge technical, creative, and communication gaps existing between the C-Suite, IT, Operations, Marketing, Agencies, and the end user.

About

Lee Sammartino

As Chief Innovation Officer and Digital Transformation Lead at Vault Bioventures, I work with senior leadership teams to clarify what’s next and build the structure to get there. My focus is aligning business and brand strategy with the technology, design, and operations needed to accelerate growth and readiness.

With more than two decades of experience leading global creative, technical, and enterprise teams, I bring a cross-industry perspective to healthcare—working at moments of inflection when organizations are evolving their brands, expanding markets, transforming business units, or unifying fragmented systems. My role is to cut through complexity, connect the right people to the right work, and build pathways that drive momentum and measurable value.

Lee Sammartino Vault Studio
The Educator, Entertainer,

Inspirer & Engager

At the core, I’m a systems thinker with a behaviorist mindset and a builder’s toolkit. I focus on how organizations train, communicate, and operate—because sustained growth depends on more than strategy. It requires consistency, structure, and the ability to lead through change at every level. I work across Vault and our client ecosystem to develop scalable frameworks, support cross-functional execution, and build environments where strong ideas turn into stronger outcomes.

Outside the boardroom, I lead Vault Studios—a dedicated practice that brings together strategic storytelling, brand design, content development, technology integration, and production. It’s how we close the gap between scientific insight and business relevance, turning thinking into influence and strategy into action.

Favorite Quote

“The birds have vanished down the sky. Now the last cloud drains away. We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”

– Li Bai

Family is Everything

Coming from a tight-knit Italian family, la mia famiglia è il mio mondo.
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Music & Production

I have always loved marching to the beat of my own drum.

Family is Everything

Coming from a tight-knit Italian family, la mia famiglia è il mio mondo.
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Music & Production

I have always loved marching to the beat of my own drum.
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Human Flight

Skydiving and BASE Jumping have taken me around the globe to the most majestic locations.
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Human Flight

Skydiving and BASE Jumping have taken me around the globe to the most majestic locations.
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Final Thought

We don’t always have to see eye-to-eye…nonetheless, we still must be able see. Too often the ego precludes the best answer for the question(s) being asked – irrational thought supplants logic. Don’t let it. As humans, we are all more aligned in our thinking than we are led to believe.
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Meet the Rest of the

Vault Bioventures' Team

Joe Young life science Chief Executive Officer Vault Bioventures

Joe Young

President, CEO
Sarah Nocchi Associate Director Vault Bioventures

Sarah Nocchi-Ruiz

Sr. Director
Kimberlee Young Operations Director Vault Bioventures

Kimberlee Young

Co-Founder / Managing Director
Chris Vohnout, Chief Financial Officer, Vault Bioventures

Chris Vohnout

Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Ruderman

Lisa Ruderman

VP, Consulting Services Group
JD Haldeman

JD Haldeman

Sr. VP, Client Services