Meet the Team
At Hinsley Consulting, we believe the strongest brands are built from the inside out—with clarity, discipline, and alignment that resonates at every touchpoint.
We are a team of strategists, creatives, and hospitality professionals with backgrounds in luxury wine, private events, digital design, finance, and guest experience. What unites us is a design-thinking approach and a shared commitment to crafting systems, stories, and experiences that endure.
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Rooted in hospitality and relational insight, our approach centers on thoughtful leadership, long-term vision, and the belief that every interaction—online or in person—shapes how a brand is remembered.
Led by our core executive team, we approach every engagement with intention and precision—assembling the right talent to meet each client’s unique goals. Our extended advisory network includes respected leaders across key disciplines, called upon selectively to sharpen strategy, guide execution, and accelerate results.
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We don’t just consult—we collaborate.
We listen deeply, lead decisively, and design with purpose—elevating not only the systems behind a brand, but the experiences that defines it.

Founder & CEO
Tyler Hinsley
Tyler Hinsley is the founder of Hinsley Consulting, where he blends strategic discipline, hospitality-rooted intuition, and brand storytelling to help wineries, lifestyle companies, and experience-driven brands grow with clarity and purpose.
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Born and raised in Napa Valley, Tyler’s leadership is shaped by deep industry knowledge and a sharp creative perspective. With a background spanning luxury wine, estate operations, and direct-to-consumer brand building, he guides clients through a design-thinking approach—aligning strategy, systems, and guest experience to create meaningful, measurable impact.
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His work bridges digital and physical spaces, internal culture and customer experience—ensuring every touchpoint reflects the values and vision behind the brand. Known for his grounded, collaborative style, Tyler partners with clients to lead with intention, build lasting loyalty, and strengthen every layer of the business.

COO & Creative Strategist
Emily Hinsley
Emily Hinsley is the COO and Creative Strategist at Hinsley Consulting, where she leads at the intersection of brand identity, visual storytelling, and operational excellence. Her work ensures every aspect of a brand—from narrative to execution—is built with clarity, consistency, and intention.
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With a background spanning wine, hospitality, photography, and viticulture, Emily brings a multidimensional perspective on how stories are crafted, experienced, and remembered. She oversees creative direction across all client touchpoints while managing the systems and workflows that drive performance behind the scenes.
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Her leadership blends artistic vision with operational discipline—aligning a brand’s visual language with its core values and connecting the elegance of the finished experience to the richness of the land where it begins.

Client Strategy Liaison
Ryan Brooks
Ryan Brooks supports digital strategy and systems at Hinsley Consulting, combining technical fluency with firsthand experience in luxury hospitality.
His background includes years serving as a trusted host and service professional at high-profile events in Los Angeles—where elevated standards, seamless execution, and a deep sense of discretion are the baseline. As a professional model, Ryan also brings a refined eye for aesthetics, presentation, and brand presence.
With a calm and thoughtful approach, Ryan ensures every digital touchpoint is executed with precision and aligned with the brand’s deeper narrative. From backend systems to guest-facing technology, his work reflects Hinsley Consulting’s design-thinking ethos: polished, purposeful, and rooted in experience.

Client Advisor, Marketing & Content Strategy
John McKinney
John McKinney is a seasoned B2B marketing strategist known for turning complexity into clarity. With nearly a decade of experience across SaaS, enterprise consulting, and creative agencies, he brings deep expertise in content strategy, digital storytelling, and performance marketing—helping brands align voice, audience, and business goals with precision.
At Hinsley Consulting, John manages content direction and digital strategy across client engagements. His work shapes brand voice, refines customer journeys, and builds marketing ecosystems that are both cohesive and measurable. With a blend of editorial rigor and data fluency, he helps brands convert insight into action—at scale.
John’s portfolio includes content programs that have driven millions of organic views, outbound strategies that generated over $100M in closed-won revenue, and the successful launch of new B2B entities through hypergrowth. His earlier career in journalism, hospitality, and film built the foundation for his strategic instincts—grounded in narrative craft and audience connection.

Client Advisor, Interior Design
Pam Silleman
With over 35 years of experience in interior and spatial design, Pam Silleman brings a legacy of creativity and craftsmanship to every project.
Born and raised in Napa Valley, Pam has spent her career designing homes, wineries, and hospitality spaces that reflect the soul of a brand and the people behind it. Her portfolio includes design work for some of the most recognized names in wine country—Shadybrook Estate, Celani Family Vineyards, Silver Oak Healdsburg, Davies Vineyards, Jessup Cellars, Biale Winery, Schramsberg, and more.
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Pam’s work is grounded in collaboration and intuition. She partners with clients to create environments that not only look beautiful, but feel aligned—spaces that tell a story, serve a purpose, and elevate the guest experience from the moment someone walks in.
At Hinsley Consulting, she plays a vital role in shaping physical environments that bring brand identity to life through thoughtful, immersive design.

Client Advisor, Creative & Experiential Strategy
Vince Lizzio
Vince Lizzio is an accomplished creative strategist who has spent over two decades crafting narratives and experiences that spark connection and cultural relevance. He has served major brands, organizations, and agencies across the country—leading the design and production of large-scale events, branded activations, and cross-platform campaigns.
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Vince provides Hinsley Consulting with access to a national network of live event design, planning, and production resources—bringing the tools and vision to create experiences that touch hearts, open minds, and inspire change. His work bridges the emotional and the strategic, elevating brand expression through immersive storytelling and intentional environments.
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Previously, Vince held executive leadership roles at Freeman, the world’s largest brand experience company. At Hinsley Consulting, he offers expertise in event planning, experience design, and brand narrative—helping teams inspire their audiences through thoughtfully curated experiences and messaging that leaves a lasting impression.

Client Advisor, Brand & Visual Strategy
Gloria Jakusz
Gloria Jakusz is a seasoned designer and brand strategist who helps organizations bring their identity to life through thoughtful, human-centered design. With over ten years of experience, she has led creative initiatives for global nonprofits, fast-moving startups, and purpose-driven brands across industries like fintech, sustainability, and youth advocacy.
Her strength lies in connecting vision to execution. Gloria creates design systems that scale, refines brand narratives with precision, and brings a detail-oriented mindset to every project. Known for her collaborative style and clear communication, she’s often the bridge between a big idea and the tangible tools that make it real.
As a trusted client advisor to Hinsley Consulting, Gloria supports projects that call for both creative insight and strategic depth. Drawing from her Napa Valley roots, she approaches every brand the way a winemaker approaches a vintage: with care, patience, and an unwavering commitment to craft.

Client Advisor, Creative Consultant & Content Curator
Megan Gentry
Megan Gentry is a Napa Valley native, creative consultant, and content curator with over a decade of experience supporting lifestyle, beauty, and wellness brands. Through her independent practice, she partners with both emerging and established companies to craft content, guide brand evolution, and shape campaigns that are grounded in authenticity and intention.
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As a trusted client advisor to Hinsley Consulting, Megan contributes creative direction and content development to projects that call for both strategic insight and long-term perspective. Her work is built on trust, consistency, and collaboration—ensuring that brands not only thrive during the project but are positioned for aligned, sustainable growth well beyond it.
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With a background in storytelling, visual production, and social strategy, Megan brings both an editorial eye and a steady hand to every phase of the creative process. She believes the most impactful content feels lived in, personal, and purpose-driven—designed to resonate now and continue delivering value over time.
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Client Advisor, Analytics & Technology Strategy
Matthew Kastner
Matthew Kastner is a Napa Valley native and the founder of ClearSquare, where he transforms raw data into clear strategies, scalable systems, and customer-ready insights. He blends entrepreneurial grit with technical expertise to help organizations turn complex datasets into clarity, confidence, and measurable growth, packaging analytics into meaningful, revenue-generating experiences.
His approach combines design thinking with systems discipline, aligning infrastructure, user experience, and go-to-market strategy so that analytics not only informs but creates measurable impact. Known for his collaborative style, Matthew builds solutions that strengthen decision-making and ensure organizations are positioned for sustainable success.
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As a trusted client advisor to Hinsley Consulting, Matthew contributes data strategy and systems expertise to projects that call for clarity, precision, and long-term vision. He designs tailored dashboards and frameworks that simplify how teams track and review information, making insights more accessible and enabling leaders to uncover answers to their most important questions.

Client Advisor, Graphic Design
Elizabeth Rouhana
Matthew Kastner is a Napa Valley native and the founder of ClearSquare, where he transforms raw data into clear strategies, scalable systems, and customer-ready insights. He blends entrepreneurial grit with technical expertise to help organizations turn complex datasets into clarity, confidence, and measurable growth, packaging analytics into meaningful, revenue-generating experiences.
His approach combines design thinking with systems discipline, aligning infrastructure, user experience, and go-to-market strategy so that analytics not only informs but creates measurable impact. Known for his collaborative style, Matthew builds solutions that strengthen decision-making and ensure organizations are positioned for sustainable success.
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As a trusted client advisor to Hinsley Consulting, Matthew contributes data strategy and systems expertise to projects that call for clarity, precision, and long-term vision. He designs tailored dashboards and frameworks that simplify how teams track and review information, making insights more accessible and enabling leaders to uncover answers to their most important questions.
Advisory Network
At Hinsley Consulting, every engagement is led with discipline—grounded in clarity, informed by data, and supported by a precision network of senior advisors. These are accomplished leaders with decades of experience across the disciplines that shape modern, high-performing brands: finance, operations, product strategy, investment planning, organizational design, and customer experience.
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Our advisory model is intentionally flexible and built for relevance. We engage our Client Advisors selectively, activating the right expertise at the right moment to address each client’s most pressing priorities and long-term goals. Every relationship is curated with purpose—designed to accelerate progress and bring clarity where it matters most.
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Some advisors—like Pam Silleman (Interior Design Strategy) and Vince Lizzio (Creative & Experiential Strategy)—serve as visible partners in spatial storytelling and brand development. Others contribute behind the scenes, offering structure, insight, and strategic guidance at pivotal points in a brand’s evolution.
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At Hinsley Consulting, we believe the most powerful strategies are shaped by clarity and intention—by bringing in the right perspective at exactly the right moment to move a vision forward.
Organizational Strategy & Data-Driven Leadership
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C-suite executive with deep expertise in human resources and organizational strategy.
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Over a decade of experience helping global organizations elevate people practices into strategic assets.
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Led regional teams across North and South America, advising on HR and cultural alignment at scale.
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Specializes in organizational design, leadership development, and people-first frameworks that foster engagement and sustainable growth.
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Expertise includes:
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Talent architecture
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Succession planning
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Employee value propositions
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Performance benchmarking
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Helps leadership teams evolve from the inside out—ensuring clarity, consistency, and accountability across departments.
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At Hinsley Consulting, supports clients in structuring teams, scaling culture, and aligning human capital with business strategy for long-term success.
Operational Strategy & Branded Media
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Dual-expertise advisor blending operational precision with creative brand storytelling.
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Extensive experience in regulated industries with a focus on:
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Complex contract negotiations
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Operational risk management
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Business system optimization
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Proven ability to build scalable, compliant, and efficient infrastructures in high-stakes environments.
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Founder of a boutique media company specializing in:
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Premium podcast production
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Narrative development
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Cross-platform content strategy
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Guides clients in aligning internal systems with external brand expression.
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At Hinsley Consulting, advises on:
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Contract structuring
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Compliance frameworks
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Branded media strategies
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Helps brands refine operations and amplify their narrative voice in equal measure.
Financial Strategy & Capital Planning
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Finance leader with deep expertise in the wine industry’s financial dynamics.
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Specializes in:
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Treasury management
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Cash flow modeling
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Capital planning for product-based businesses
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Optimal debt management
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Experience includes:
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Managing liquidity strategy
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Overseeing vendor relations
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Leading financial forecasting
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Deep understanding of cyclical revenue patterns, inventory investments, and operational risk unique to lifestyle brands.
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Background in hospitality and national sales recruitment adds a people-first, practical perspective to financial strategy.
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Offers a holistic approach that blends analytical precision with real-world momentum and long-term vision.
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At Hinsley Consulting, advises clients on:
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Resilient and scalable financial systems
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Growth-aligned infrastructure
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Clarity and confidence in capital planning for evolving businesses
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Operations & Expansion Strategy
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15+ years of global leadership in hospitality and retail across Australia, Europe, and North America.
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Successfully launched 25+ international locations with oversight of multimillion-dollar P&Ls.
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Proven track record in scaling service-driven businesses while maintaining operational clarity and brand integrity.
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Expertise in expansion strategy, cost management, team accountability, and performance frameworks.
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Developed and implemented systems that enhance efficiency without compromising customer experience.
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Deep understanding of the complexities of growth across teams, processes, and guest journey.
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At Hinsley Consulting, supports clients in building agile, scalable operations aligned with long-term brand vision.
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Helps businesses grow with confidence, consistency, and a customer-first mindset.
Financial Strategy & Investment Insight
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Senior investment professional with 10+ years of experience in private equity and institutional portfolio management.
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Leadership background at top-tier investment firms, managing multi-billion-dollar strategies and overseeing long-term fund development.
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Proven track record in building high-performing portfolios across a diverse range of asset classes.
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Expertise includes:
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Private equity and asset management
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Capital structuring and fundraising
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Market cycle analysis and investor alignment
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Brings both analytical precision and visionary insight to evaluating risk, opportunity, and long-term financial growth.
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At Hinsley Consulting, advises clients who are:
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Preparing for key financial milestones
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Scaling operations
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Exploring investor partnerships
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Refining capital strategies
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Ensures that every financial decision is:
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Grounded in data
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Aligned with business vision
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Structured for sustainable growth
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Product Strategy & Consumer Insight
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Former senior retail strategist with global experience across fashion, lifestyle, and consumer goods.
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Led product strategy and merchandising across international markets, delivering high-impact assortments and launching category-expanding collections.
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Known for balancing creative instinct with commercial discipline, aligning innovation with customer demand.
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Expertise in consumer behavior analysis, trend forecasting, and lifecycle planning.
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Develops product roadmaps that are intentional, data-informed, and emotionally resonant.
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Skilled in assortment architecture, demand forecasting, pricing strategy, and product positioning.
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At Hinsley Consulting, supports clients in crafting clear, customer-centric product strategies aligned with long-term brand vision.
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Ensures every offering reflects both market relevance and brand integrity.

