Executive Advisory Services
Kathleen (Kathy) Starkoff
Kathy Starkoff is the founder, president, and CEO of Orange Star Consulting, a technology advisory and consulting firm. She is a recognized expert in transformation, acquisitions, integration, and risk management, including cyber security, with a wealth of experience across industries.
Ms. Starkoff is also an independent board director of Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX), a global automotive supplier of advanced sensing technology, where she is an audit and risk committee member.
Prior to founding Orange Star, Kathy was chief information officer for The Ohio State University, where she was a member of the university’s management committee and the president’s council. There, she successfully integrated a complex set of diverse technology organizations to establish the first enterprise IT strategy and cyber security strategy with the related governance and shared capabilities.
As chief technology officer and group vice president of Limited Brands, Kathy managed international teams, in Hong Kong, China and India, and was instrumental in the design and delivery of an enterprise supply chain, fact-based decision making and the creation of enterprise shared services. The changes enabled 60% increase in top line growth with improvements in customer experience, product design, and cyber security. Kathy also created the enterprise risk management function for board reporting. Prior, as chief technology officer and senior vice president of JP Morgan Chase, she was responsible for improving the speed and effectiveness of high-risk lending operations and M&A capabilities.
Ms. Starkoff is a member of National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors. She is vice president of the International Women’s Forum in Ohio, an organization committed to advancing women’s leadership, globally and has served as board chair, committee chair, or a member of various non-profit and advisory boards. She holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University, and a B.S. in mathematics, from Kent State University.