The person on the engagement is the person with the experience.

Copper and Vine Studio is an operating and technology firm founded in 2003 and rebranded in 2017. Over more than 20 years we have launched over 400 products and platforms for Fortune 500 enterprises, federal agencies, research institutions, higher education, and early stage ventures. Our track record includes platforms acquired by global leaders, companies that secured multi million dollar funding rounds, and infrastructure deployed nationally across civic technology, healthtech, fintech, and edtech. The work spans the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Ghana, Nigeria, and Mexico, across founders, enterprises, and public institutions.

Every engagement is led by Rakia Finley, Founder and Managing Partner. She has spent over 20 years across full stack development, cloud infrastructure, AI systems, SaaS architecture, DevOps, cybersecurity compliance, and enterprise go to market. Founding CTO of a London health company that secured a 6.2 million pound Innovate UK grant. AI readiness and governance work for the White House and the Department of Energy. The person on the engagement is the person with the experience.

Behind Rakia, every engagement is staffed with a senior bench assembled per workstream: product and technology strategists, software engineers and solution architects, R&D and market intelligence analysts, and engagement operations. You interact with a single accountable lead and a clearly defined team.