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2-7-2023
Amazon North American Fulfillment – OKC1 General Manager, Bryan Coppock
Bryan Coppock is the General Manager of the Amazon Robotics Fulfillment Center in Oklahoma City. He has been with Amazon for over 4 years. He launched the OKC1 fulfillment center in August of 2019, which was the first Amazon fulfillment center in the state of Oklahoma.
Bryan graduated from Oklahoma State University with a degree in Chemical Engineering. He started his career as a Process Engineer at Lafarge NA in Kansas City before moving onto to Corbion, bio-chemical manufacturer, where he worked in progressive leadership positions up to the Senior Operations Manager. In 2016, Bryan and his family moved back home to Oklahoma where Bryan took a role as the Plant Manager commissioning the first of its kind commercial Landfill Gas to Liquid plant in which Landfill Gas was converted to Diesel, Wax, and Naphtha. This project was the first of its kind in the world and has spun other Bio-mass to liquid energy projects throughout the US. Bryan has spent 16 years in facility Operations building safety, quality, reliability, and efficiency within his sites.
Bryan is originally from Ponca City, Oklahoma where he met his wife Stacy, they have 3 children.
Chair of the Day
Nancy Hyde, CPA, CVA, CEPA
Nancy is a lifetime resident of Oklahoma City. She has a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Central Oklahoma and passed the CPA exam at first sitting. Nancy is a tax partner with Arledge & Associates advising clients on complex tax and accounting matters.
When not working with clients at Arledge and Associates, Nancy enjoys spending time with her husband Robert and her daughter Chrissie Oliver who lives in Lexington with her husband Cody and granddaughters Leah and Tessa. She keeps up with her daughter Lizzie, Jason and two grandchildren by visiting Nashville as much as possible. She likes to meet her friends to share their interests in travel and volunteer work.
Nancy volunteers time frequently to serve several local organizations. She serves as Treasurer and Board member of Sister Cities International OKC, Inc, Treasurer and Board member of YWCA and Treasurer and Board member for IEEW-Peace Through Business and mentor/host to women business owners from Rwanda and Afghanistan. She serves on the International Committee of Rotary Club 29 and visited Romania in May, 2017 to see the three Rotary Club 29 medical projects as well as visiting Kigali, Rwanda in May, 2018 to meet with women business owners in their home country. Nancy was appointed by both Governor Henry and Governor Fallin and served two terms as volunteer Commissioner of Oklahoma Security Commission. Nancy’s commitment to the CPA profession includes involvement with the Oklahoma Society of CPAs, where she served as President, Vice President, Secretary, and Chair of the Taxation Committee and AICPA. Nancy was also voted by fellow CPA’s as member of OSCPA Accounting Hall of Fame.
During her career Nancy has received numerous awards, including two time honoree for the Journal Record’s “50 Women Making a Difference”, and Circle of Excellence. Nancy’s additional awards include Female Entrepreneur of the Year, Largest Women Owned Business in Oklahoma, one of Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEO’s and Raindrop Turkish House 2016 Woman of Achievement.