Summary
Tamara Copple is a practitioner-focused product owner and business consultant who helps tech and tech-adjacent teams become high-functioning through intentional relationship-building, clear problem framing, and continuous learning. As Co-Founder and Lead Business Consultant at Grand River Analytics and a former Product Owner at Children International, she brings over a decade of hands-on experience shepherding software projects from discovery through delivery. A frequent speaker and workshop facilitator, she blends storytelling, vulnerability, and practical tools to spark immediate behavioral change in teams. Tamara’s background in business analysis, project management (MBA), and long volunteer leadership in technical communities gives her a rare mix of operational rigor and human-centered facilitation. Outside work she’s a D&D enthusiast and counted cross-stitcher—hobbies that reveal her love of systems, storytelling, and meticulous craft.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Project Management, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Project Management at Keller Graduate School of Management
University of Missouri