John Starling is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force (1988-1992) and a graduate of the University of Baltimore (1996) and has dedicated his life to helping people define and achieve what’s important to them.

Since 1999 he’s owned and operated several management consulting firms and has been a trusted business advisor to nearly 400 companies (from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies) and professional life coach to countless individuals around the world.

Always involved in the community, in 2010 he founded a first of its kind MMA (Mentoring & Martial Arts) school for low-income, at-risk youth in Baltimore. And in 2016 he founded a girls’ soccer club for elementary-aged school girls in South Korea who had no opportunity to play organized sports in their schools due to institutional and cultural gender discrimination.

A creative at his core, John is a singer-songwriter (John Patrick Starling) formerly signed to Ruby Records, and the author of a children’s book about being okay with being yourself, “Flight of the Platypus” – a story of self-discovery.