Debby Tanamal lahir di Makassar, September 1972. Mengambil pendi-dikan program bea siswa S-1 Sistem Infor matika, Universitas Bina Nusan-tara (1997), setelah itu melanjutkan program be-asiswa pen didikan S-2 de-ngan major Master of Training and Development di Melbourne University dan program beasiswa pen-didikan S-3 di University of Sains Malaysia (USM), dengan judul disertasi “Developing a framework for Professional Development in Higher Education Indonesia (2016)”.

Debby juga mendapatkan beberapa award dari Australia (Executive Endeavour Award) serta bea siswa short course dari Nuffic-Neso-Maastricht School of Management, serta beasiswa dari Malaysia-MTCP dalam program educational tech-no logy. Penulis adalah Certified Transformative Coach (Coach Master Academy-Singapore), serta mengambil Executive Coaching on Human De-velopment dan Business Momentum Coaching (Coach Master Academy New Zealand).