About

Petra was built to close the gap between AI investment and AI return.

20 years inside the data layer of enterprise AI — before AI was the conversation.

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Origin

Petra Limited was founded in 2025 in Toronto by Tara Myshrall, after 25 years inside the enterprise data stack — rising from director to Regional VP, with RVP roles at Talend and Qlik and director-level leadership at TIBCO and Information Builders. She carried the number alongside clients at every stage: midmarket, large strategic enterprise, and public sector. Petra was built to close the gap she watched repeatedly between AI investment and AI return: organizations buying the tools without building the foundation.

Tara Myshrall, founder of Petra
Founder

Tara Myshrall

Career receipts
  • 25 years inside the enterprise data stack — Regional VP at Talend and Qlik; director-level at TIBCO and Information Builders
  • Adjunct Professor, Conestoga — Advanced BI
  • TechHER Forward founder/lead — delivered at Sheridan, sanctioned by Conestoga
  • 2023 Speaker of the Year — WomenTech Global Awards
  • Trained in four enterprise sales methodologies across qualification, value framing, discovery, and behavioral coaching
Proof points
  • $24M ARR preserved through a live enterprise acquisition with 100% team retention
  • 268% of quota delivered during organizational restructure
  • Public sector revenue tripled over a 3-year engagement

"20 years inside the data layer of enterprise AI — before AI was the conversation."

The Petra practice

Small by design. Powerful by network.

Tara leads every engagement personally in Year 1. A certified architect network scales delivery in Year 2 and beyond. Petra is the prime contractor on every engagement. Our partner ecosystem executes under our architecture.

Disclosure

Tara is also an operating partner at BACG, a separate partnership through which Petra engagements involving certain delivery and resale motions are routed when the engagement structure calls for it. Petra Limited and BACG are distinct entities. Clients are advised of the contracting party for each engagement at the point of scoping.

Why we are women-led

Cognitive diversity is a performance lever, not a values position.

Diverse teams expose data-readiness gaps faster — because they ask the questions homogeneous teams skip.

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Internally we call this "Vibrational Leadership." Externally we call it "Regulated Leadership." The work is the same. The naming reflects our respect for how it shows up across different audiences.