With over 15 years of experience with prestigious organizations, university degrees, and work experience in hotel management in different international brands, Tijay is a self-starter with excellent leadership, communication, and people management skills. Tijay is a specialist in Sales & Marketing and Brand awareness, specifically in the hospitality industry.

Her work experience entails forming strategic management for businesses to increase exposure, generate leads, and acquire new clients, by overall increasing brand awareness. As a program manager at Impact Hub Yerevan, Tijay provides venture support for different growth phases (Ideation, Incubation, Acceleration, Scaling), hands-on coaching as well as stakeholder and project management. She oversees the development, implementation, and evaluation of each program initiative: guiding participants at Impact Hub Yerevan and helping startups with a strategic method, supporting them with the skills and resources they need to create. Also connecting people with the purpose of enhancing their opportunity to integrate business continuity into their core process.

She holds a BS in Business Management with an emphasis on Hospitality Management, also an MBA from AUA. Tijay is a strong believer in the power of positive thinking in the workplace. She loves extreme sports and is a bit of an adrenaline junkie.

As the President of the Tourism Support Center Foundation, Tijay is the Project Manager of the Tourism Innovation Academy program and is directly responsible for the right implementation of the different phases of the project.