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Stephen Starling, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Stephen is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management (SCM) at the University of San Diego. He has worked with the faculty and staff in the Supply Chain Management Institute (SCMI) to develop world-class online graduate programs in SCM and bolster USD’s 20-year tradition of excellence in SCM. Perhaps most important to Stephen is his love of working with students on campus in the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA), which is quickly becoming one of the strongest student organizations in the United States. SCMA sponsors or co-sponsors numerous events per year at USD, with the focus on creating agents of change who will enter the workforce armed with cutting edge, but practical, knowledge. Stephen served in officer positions in two Institute for Supply ManagementTM (ISM) chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area, including President of the Diablo Valley Chapter in 2000-2001. He earned a Ph.D. in Operations Management with a minor in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998, an MBA from Northern Arizona University in 1990 and a BS in Operations Management from Arizona State University in 1988. His first position in academia was with California State University, Hayward, where he initiated a new MBA program in SCM and taught in MBA programs in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Singapore. He has taught seventeen different courses and thirteen different continuing education seminars, all focused on Supply Chain Management. He has published sixteen research papers and proceedings, given twenty-three professional seminars, and conducted eighteen research and consulting projects with industry. He also initiated the Supply Chain Management research track for The Western Decision Sciences Institute. His research is focused on supply management within the context of supply chain management.

 

 



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