Michael S. Stevens, Ph.D., MBA

BIOGRAPHY:

Dr. Michael S. Stevens is a business educator, supply chain scholar-practitioner, corporate AI trainer, executive education leader, and former Fortune 500 executive with more than 30 years of experience spanning higher education, global supply chain management, operations, procurement, digital transformation, artificial intelligence, analytics, and organizational leadership. He serves as Assistant Professor at Immaculata University’s Major-Payton School of Business, where he designed and grew the undergraduate Supply Chain Management program into the largest private-university supply chain management program in the Philadelphia region. In addition to his teaching and program leadership support, he serves as the Iota Mu Chapter of Delta Mu Delta Business Honors faculty advisor and the Supply Chain Management Club faculty advisor, supporting student academic achievement, professional development, leadership, and engagement with the supply chain profession. I

In addition to his work at Immaculata, Dr. Stevens is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Temple University’s Fox School of Business, where he teaches Principles of Supply Chain Management and participates on the Supply Chain Management Advisory Board. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty in Strategic Management at Holy Family University’s School of Business & Technology and as an adjunct instructor at Penn State Great Valley, providing supply chain management and Lean Six Sigma education to graduate students, working professionals, and industry leaders.

Dr. Stevens has extensive experience in global executive education. Through Emeritus, he has served as a program leader, success coach, and subject matter expert for programs associated with MIT xPRO, Wharton Executive Education, INSEAD Executive Education, Columbia Engineering, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He has also served as an industry expert and guest speaker for the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. His work encompasses digital supply chain transformation, global manufacturing leadership, supply chain management and analytics, cybersecurity, technology leadership, and project management.

He also serves as Faculty Director for global supply chain and logistics certification programs through the Chartered Institute of Professional Certifications. His teaching and executive education increasingly integrate artificial intelligence, forecasting, predictive analytics, supply chain visibility, control towers, and digital transformation. His applied analytics experience includes Python, Jupyter Notebook, pandas, NumPy, scikit-learn, advanced Excel, forecasting models, regression, decision trees, and random forests.

Dr. Stevens is the founder and principal of Supply Chain Victories, LLC, where he provides executive advisory, consulting, professional education, and organizational improvement services in supply chain management, procurement, logistics, operational excellence, digital transformation, AI readiness, and generative AI. He also serves as a Senior Advisor and Product Manager for Graphite GTC, supporting technology-enabled transformation initiatives across government, manufacturing, transportation, logistics, and other industries. His work has included supporting development of a control tower solution for the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office and co-designing customized corporate AI training and functional AI applications.

Before entering higher education, Dr. Stevens spent 20 years with General Electric, advancing through GE’s Manufacturing Management Program, Sourcing Leadership Program, and Corporate Audit Staff and ultimately serving in senior supply chain leadership positions. He later served as Chief Operating Officer of a privately held fulfillment company, Principal Consultant in the life sciences supply chain practice at HighPoint Solutions, and Director and Senior Director of Purchasing at CertainTeed Saint-Gobain. His career has included leadership responsibilities across more than 15 countries and 20 U.S. states and more than $50 million in documented strategic sourcing savings.

Dr. Stevens earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration with a cognate in Supply Chain and Logistics from Liberty University, graduating with High Distinction. He earned his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with dual majors in Strategic Management and Marketing and his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology with High Honors. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and a certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Scrum Master.

He serves as Vice President of Operations, Programming, and Student Affairs for the Association for Supply Chain Management Southeastern Pennsylvania Alliance. In that role, he has helped expand the organization’s university partner network from four to twelve institutions, extending its reach to approximately 1,250 students and developing programs that connect students, faculty, and industry leaders. He was nominated for the 2026 Lindback Distinguished Teacher Award.

Courses Taught:

Global Business
Entrepreneurship
Business Computer Applications
Business Management
Leadership Dynamics
Business Law
Marketing Management
Marketing Principles and Practices
Business Ethics
Project Management
Project Planning and Implementation
Managing Business Information
Strategic Management
Strategic Planning
Principles of Supply Chain Management
Operational Excellence
Supply, Cost, and Risk Management
Global Business Logistics
Sourcing & Operations
Supply Chain Seminar
Supply Chain Honors Colloquium
MBA Supply Chain Management
The Rise of Amazon

Research Interests:

Digital supply chain transformation; artificial intelligence and applied analytics in supply chain management; emerging technology adoption among small and mid-sized businesses; forecasting and decision analytics; supply chain resilience and risk management; operational excellence; manufacturing modernization; and the application of digital technologies to supply chain and business transformation.

Selected Publications and Presentations:

•  Stevens, M. S. (2026, June). The Amazon Effect on the Furniture Supply Chains. Conference presentation, Virginia Beach, VA.
• Hanlan, M., & Stevens, M. S. (2026, March). 21st Century Lean Six Sigma for Smarter Projects. Webinar presentation, Project Management Institute.
• Stevens, M. S. (2026, February). Executing with Precision and Adaptability. Webinar presentation, Project Management Institute.
• Stevens, M. S. (2025, September). What Today’s Supply Chain Leaders Must Rethink and Why It Matters Now. Emeritus.
• Stevens, M. S. (2025, July). Industry 5.0: How Digital Supply Chain and AI Are the Next Industrial Revolution. Emeritus Educator Exchange.
• Stevens, M. S. (2025, May). The Challenges Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Face Adopting Digital Supply Chain Technologies: A Case Study of Firms in Traditional Industries in the United States. Doctoral dissertation, Liberty University.
• Stevens, M. S. (2025, February). Navigating Industry 4.0 and Beyond: Digital Supply Chain Transformation and Artificial Intelligence in the U.S. Steel Industry. Conference presentation, New Orleans, LA.
• Stevens, M. S. (2024, July). Current Trends in Supply Chain Management, Digital Supply Chain Transformation, and Supply Chain Collaboration. Penn State Great Valley, Malvern, PA.