Andrea Tinianow

Andrea Tinianow

Andrea advises through her own consulting firm, Tinianow Consulting, LLC. She is also the EVP, Chief Innovation Officer for Global Kompass Strategies, a US-based management consulting firm. 

Andrea consults with organizations to develop breakthrough opportunities. She helps create new business models, revenue streams and innovative solutions. She creates strategic partnerships, identifying opportunities for organizational growth and driving change processes through to fruition.

In 2014, Andrea was recruited to start the Division of Corporate and International Development, for the State of Delaware. Soon after, she created Global Delaware, the State’s first international brand. 

Andrea conceived and was the founding director of the Delaware Blockchain Initiative which gave rise to the “Blockchain Amendments” to Delaware’s General Corporation Law.  These amendments expressly authorize corporations to issue and maintain their stock ledgers on a blockchain.

Andrea is a member of the global Wharton RegTech think tank. She is also an advisory board member of the Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware.

In 2017, MarketsMedia awarded Andrea its “Women in Finance Award” for Excellence in Blockchain. Forbes and KPMG selected Andrea for it “Great Rewrite” video series.

Prior to joining the State of Delaware Andrea was Vice President, Business Development and Assistant General Counsel of Corporation Service Company (CSC), where she developed new products and services, including the popular, “Delaware Laws Governing Business Entities” book series. She also managed litigation, advised senior managers, and developed legal policies for the company.

Before CSC, Andrea was a litigation attorney in the Wilmington office of Pepper Hamilton and, prior to that, a law clerk to William B. Chandler III, former Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery. Andrea graduated magna cum laude from Delaware Law School, formerly Widener University School of Law.

Andrea received her undergraduate degree in economics from Brown University. 

Andrea Tinianow, Michael Marquardt

Andrea Tinianow, Director of Global Delaware and Michael Marquardt, Global Advisor to the State of Delaware

Delaware Blockchain Initative

Founding powerhouses behind the Delaware Blockchain Initiative. Left to right: Andrea Tinianow, Caitlin Long, former Governor Jack Markell, Marco Santori 

Global Delaware and Factory Berlin

Global Delaware and Factory Berlin partner to bring the business club model to Wilmington, Delaware.

Forging business relationships with new friends in China on behalf of the State of Delaware. 

In Newark, Delaware, hosting trade consuls from 35 countries.

Hosting Trade Consuls from Spanish Embassy at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware.