Welcome

Professional Life

My name is Dr. Stephanie Layne Starling.  I have been an author, consultant, professor, inventor, and manager.  I founded a small  board game manufacturing company at 19 where I fell in love with making products.  The  love for making cool things  led me to deep learning of world-class best practices (go down the rabbit hole here).  Fortune 500 companies have used my publications, models, and consulting in development of their supply chains and internal best practices.  My latest work has been in the Electric Vehicle Industry building out global supply chains for both assembly and battery production.

In addition to my industry work, I earned a PhD in a joint program with Pitt/CMU, became a professor, co-developed 7 masters and 2 undergraduate programs, and built (with others) two of the three largest Supply Chain Management programs in the world (at the time) based on enrollments at University of San Diego and CSU - East Bay.  

I compiled best practices from my experiences within 25 World-Class Management Step Charts that led to Industry Models.   The charts and industry models can be used by a single company or across alliances for an optimal  project portfolio.  

If you want learn more about me, click on the Professional Life tab. 

Personal Life

I have two wonderful kids and two cute dogs.   I ride a bicycle over driving a car.   I can't do a good backbend, but I founded a group that has provided free yoga in 24 parks called YIP, aka  Yoga in the Park.  I  invent games as a hobby and my 43rd game can be downloaded at Print2Play. 

I  am also transgender and lesbian.  Being both T and L has been the greatest challenge of my life, but it led me to developing WClubUSA.com which is women-focused LGBTQ+ organization in over 100 cities across the United States providing weekly social gatherings, wellness events, and even a home network to assist women and non-binary people in need.  While we do not solve homelessness and other troubles common with LGBTQ+, we are developing systems to help before points of "little chance of return" occur.    All of this is done with zero budget!

An Invitation

I enjoy sharing coffee with friends and colleagues, please feel free to reach out to me at StephanieLayneStarling@gmail.com.