Stefana Rule
Digital Agility Client Director at Stratascale
Computer & Network Security
Education: University of Missouri - Kansas City - Baker University
Kansas City, MO, USA
Biography
Stefana Rule serves as a Digital Agility Client Director for Stratascale where she works with clients to assess long term business goals and then strategically identify, prioritize and execute mission critical business improvements and innovations that add value for Stratascale’s clients and business partners.
She has worked with clients in healthcare, finance, engineering, programs, operations, information technology, manufacturing and development.
Prior to her current role, Rule held leadership positions in energy & infrastructure (Black & Veatch) Department of Defense (Alliant Techsystems), aerospace (Ultrax Aerospace), Department of Energy (Honeywell FM&T), information technology (VMware) and telecommunications consulting (Akinnovate). She holds Bachelor Degrees in Electrical Engineering and Music, and a Master in Business Administration. She is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Project Management Professional (PMP).
Rule is also an entrepreneur who co-owns with her husband 3 different residential real-estate companies and is a licensed commercial contractor.
Passion
I enjoy exciting people into thinking differently about the way things are. Innovation is my passion, retraining the brain to think differently about a problem. Helping people to realize that failure is actually a path to success.
Best Story
I share a lot of stories and they all play off of points within my sessions. One of my favorite stories is about when my children were young. They had a snow day from school and I was working from home. They decided to watch a Youtube video on making soap and then went about making it. They placed the mixture in the microwave and hit start and watched it. I was in my office in the basement and I began to smell smoke and hear commotion and when I ran upstairs I found barrels of smoke all through the kitchen. They gestured to the microwave at which point I opened the microwave and found a glass pyrex bowl charred. I retrieved a potholder and reached into the microwave to remove the bowl and when I lifted it up it took the center of the glass microwave tray with it. They literally fused glass in the microwave. When I asked them what they learned, they were so worried about getting into trouble that they failed to stop and learn from their failure. After helping them through the issue they had learned the difference between 15 seconds and 15 minutes on a microwave. Had they stopped to ask permission, they may not have ever had the experience. Innovation is permissionless and we have to pause to learn from our failures, but failure is a part of learning anything new or doing anything new.
Origin Story
6 years ago I had a mentor who really challenged my perspective on who I saw myself as and who I could become. Since then I have spoke at over 50 conferences and organizations, started three companies and taken my career to all new levels. He taught me to think differently and I am taking that to other people.
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I am willing to travel
More than 100 miles
When it comes to payments
I speak for the exposure for myself and my company
Best Story
I share a lot of stories and they all play off of points within my sessions. One of my favorite stories is about when my children were young. They had a snow day from school and I was working from home. They decided to watch a Youtube video on making soap and then went about making it. They placed the mixture in the microwave and hit start and watched it. I was in my office in the basement and I began to smell smoke and hear commotion and when I ran upstairs I found barrels of smoke all through the kitchen. They gestured to the microwave at which point I opened the microwave and found a glass pyrex bowl charred. I retrieved a potholder and reached into the microwave to remove the bowl and when I lifted it up it took the center of the glass microwave tray with it. They literally fused glass in the microwave. When I asked them what they learned, they were so worried about getting into trouble that they failed to stop and learn from their failure. After helping them through the issue they had learned the difference between 15 seconds and 15 minutes on a microwave. Had they stopped to ask permission, they may not have ever had the experience. Innovation is permissionless and we have to pause to learn from our failures, but failure is a part of learning anything new or doing anything new.
Origin Story
6 years ago I had a mentor who really challenged my perspective on who I saw myself as and who I could become. Since then I have spoke at over 50 conferences and organizations, started three companies and taken my career to all new levels. He taught me to think differently and I am taking that to other people.