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Tanya Thorson
MerchandisingMarketingExecutive LeadershipAnalyticsBrand Strategy & MarketingB2C and B2B ExpertiseCMOData-driven MarketingEcommerce/Digital MerchandisingFractional CMOGo-To-Market StrategyChief Marketing OfficerGMM

Tanya Thorson is a Greater Chicago–based Strategic Growth Marketing & Merchandising Executive who blends merchant discipline and marketing fluency to turn customer behavior into P&L impact.


She is the co-author of Get Off Your (M)ASS!, a contributing writer for RetailWire and MarTech, a newsletter creator, and an active member of CMO Alliance, the American Marketing Association (AMA), and the Private Directors Association (PDA).
With 20+ years spanning iconic retailers, DTC brands, and growth-stage technology, she brings rare operator range: deep merchandising and P&L fluency paired with modern go-to-market discipline across omnichannel, lifecycle, and performance. Her work consistently sits at the intersection where many teams break down—product, marketing, sales, and customer experience—aligning them around what customers actually do, not what internal org charts say they should do.


Strategic Marketing & Merchandising Executive | P&L-Driven Operator | Omnichannel + Lifecycle Growth | Merchandising-to-Marketing Translator


Throughout her career, Tanya has delivered measurable growth by simplifying complexity and sharpening focus—resetting assortments, repositioning narratives, modernizing customer journeys, and building operating rhythms that turn insight into execution. She is known for diagnosing what’s stalling momentum, designing a buyer-led strategy that teams can actually run, and deploying the systems, content, and measurement that move conversion, retention, and profitability. Data and emerging tools (including AI) are part of her toolkit—but the differentiator is her ability to make growth feel human, precise, and commercially accountable.