
Thaniya helps small yet mighty companies achieve big visions. A decision designer, strategist, and leader with 20+ years of experience, her work focuses on growing organizations with a mission that celebrate the power of human potential. Operating as General Manager, Fractional Leader, Advisor, and Vice President, Thaniya held founding roles at well-known brands such as Major League Baseball, TED, Patreon, National Geographic, and Harvest. Her leadership spans new business development, product management, experience design, customer services, and data science, with portfolio range up to $60M in revenue. She is especially fond of helping social impact teams build sustainable revenue pathways. On the side, Thaniya held additional roles as a juror for One Club for Creativity Award, a global advisor at Women’s March, StoryCorp, and TED. She spoke at TEDxPortland, McKinsey, and Intuitive on designing habits for inclusion, and held a Co-Chair role for VX2020 — an impact investment earmarked to support the 2020 US Presidential Election. Her work has won numerous awards, including the Peabody, Adobe MAX, DigiDay, Webby, and the prestigious Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Award. --> https://thaniya.org
grandcentraltech.com
mlb.com
linkedin.com
getharvest.com
highergroundlabs.com
ted.com
patreon.com
New York, New York, United States
Partner, Product & Strategy
Metalabel
• www.linkedin.com/company/metalabel
May 2024 - Present
Founder / CEO
Sage Advisory, LLC
• www.linkedin.com/company/sage-advisory-llc
• Part-time
Mar 2023 - Present
Lisbon, Portugal
VP Customer Experience
Harvest
• www.linkedin.com/company/harvest_2
• Full-time
Jan 2020 - Apr 2023
Co Chair - VX2020
Higher Ground Labs
• www.linkedin.com/company/highergroundlabs
Sep 2019 - Apr 2020
Greater New York City Area
Head of Product, International
Patreon
• www.linkedin.com/company/patreon
• Full-time
Jul 2018 - Nov 2019
San Francisco Bay Area
Start-up Mentor
Grand Central Tech
• www.linkedin.com/company/grand-central-tech
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
Greater New York City Area