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Stephany Sampayo

Visionary · DISC type Ds
Founder & Brand Strategist at Sage Maven at Sage Maven Brand Advisory
📍 Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States

Stephany Sampayo is the Founder of Sage Maven Brand Advisory, where she helps founder-led businesses align their brand with their execution. With over 10 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies and tech startups, she specializes in brand positioning and messaging strategy. She studied Organizational Leadership at Northwestern University.

Outside of her core advisory work, Stephany writes about the importance of psychological safety and operational effectiveness in the workplace. She is a self-proclaimed fan of a good iced coffee, which fuels her work in helping leaders scale their businesses with intention.

She champions the concept of "brand debt, " which occurs when a companys messaging and positioning fail to keep pace with its actual business growth and evolution.

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Current Role
Founder & Brand Strategist at Sage Maven
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Tampa Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Stephany shows up

Fast But Thoughtful
Risk Tolerant
Big Vision Person

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them.

Priorities

Topics Stephany cares about

Brand Alignment
Her core focus is helping founders whose messaging isn't keeping up with their momentum, ensuring their brand reflects their actual value.
Founder-led Businesses
Her advisory practice, Sage Maven, is specifically designed to partner with founders who are scaling but find their growth has stalled due to brand drift.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Founder & Brand Strategist at Sage Maven
Sage Maven Brand Advisory
1-2024 - 1-2025
Operations Consultant
Talkiatry
8-2023
Chief of Staff
Freelance
1-2022 - 3-2024
Chief of Staff (Fractional) / Strategic Operations Consultant
Talkiatry
5-2021 - 1-2022
Director, Client Partner
BAREFOOT
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor of Arts
University of Central Florida
Organizational Leadership
Northwestern University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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