Stephany's Story

1. It’s hard to imagine the likelihood of someone without an engineering background to starting one of the most innovative supply chain technology companies today. What got you interested in learning about supply chain? How did you become an expert?
2. You went from building and running a consulting company to creating a software company (tealbook). How did your prior experience help you? What did you have to ‘unlearn’ from Matchbook?

The Future of Procurement 

1. The past few months must have felt like someone just pressed the fast-forward button on e-procurement. What are some of the changes that you’ve seen?
2. Explain the concept of supply chain agility. How can companies with legacy systems build this up?
3. What are some of the common data gaps that enterprise companies overlook? How do you get leaders to hold themselves and their vendors accountable to measurable outcomes?

Background on Stephany Lapierre and Tealbook

Stephany Lapierre is the founder/CEO of Tealbook, a highly coveted supply chain thought leader, and one of the most influential minds in emerging data technologies. She has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain, and her company, Tealbook, has both been named a Top 50 company to watch by Spend Matters and won the Cool Vendor Award by Gartner. Prior to Tealbook, Stephany spent 10 years building a successful strategic sourcing and procurement consulting firm focusing on large scale sourcing optimization projects.