Shani H.

About Shani H.

I turn complexity into clarity, pressure into progress, and leadership into a force that actually works—for people, teams, and bottom lines.After 30 years in CEO and senior executive roles, I’ve led global teams through tough transformations, grown businesses from $1M to $20M+, and managed $450M+ in strategic partnerships. But I’ve also sat in rooms where leaders quietly wondered how long they could keep pushing at that pace.Today, I work as an executive coach and strategic advisor to C-suite leaders, founders, and senior executives who’ve hit a wall—externally successful, but internally stretched, stuck, or questioning what’s next.I don’t offer cookie-cutter coaching. I work at the level where friction fuels fire—where the tension leaders feel becomes the spark for real transformation. This isn’t about surface fixes or motivational fluff. I ask sharp, necessary questions, hold up an unfiltered mirror, and help leaders recognize the deeper patterns driving their decisions—the ones burning energy instead of building momentum.This work helps leaders:– Move from burnout to sustainable performance– Shift reactive habits into intentional leadership– Lead with clarity, grounded confidence, and real impactWhether you’re navigating executive transitions, scaling a business, realigning a leadership team, disrupting an industry or simply just trying to make work feel meaningful again—I help unlock what’s next.Clients come to me when traditional playbooks stop working. What we do goes deeper than surface-level shifts—I help update the beliefs and internal frameworks that no longer fit who they are or the complexity they’re navigating. The result? They let go of energy-draining patterns, reconnect with what truly drives them, and lead with clarity, power, and alignment that powers legacies.

Experience

1. Executive

   Hipower

   Mar 2016 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Championing Women Who Drive Big Changes

Education

• Rutgers University–New Brunswick

  Bachelor's degree - Communications + Art History

• Rutgers University–New Brunswick

  Bachelor's degree, Communication, Art History

  1991 — 1995

• Rutgers University

  BA, Communications, Art History, Economics

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Mobile Advertising
• Header Bidding
• Ad Networks
• Strategic Partnerships
• Programmatic
• Start-Ups
• Digital Strategy
• Digital Media
• Sales
• Business Strategy
• Online Advertising
• Business Development
• Digital Marketing
• Data Analysis
• Advertising Technology
• New Media
• E-Commerce
• Strategic Leadership
• Enterprise Software
• Ad Tech
• Marketing
• Online Marketing
• Social Media
• Adtech