Phil works with enterprise executives to share experiences and strategies for how the cloud can help them increase speed and agility while devoting more time to their customers.
Prior to joining AWS, Phil held senior technology positions in McDonald’s Corporation including VP for Global Technology Development and International CIO. He co-led multiple large scale initiatives to transform McDonald’s into a modern technology-enabled company. These included the development and deployment of the in-restaurant technology platform to over 37,000 restaurants to process 70 million transactions daily, one of the fastest retail deployments of eCommerce; the technology implementation for a multi-billion dollar delivery business; and the development and deployment of a contemporary customer experience platform. Many of these initiatives run on the AWS platform.
Phil’s experience and tenure in McDonald’s spanned a number of domains including architecture, development, deployment, support, data, supply chain, digital commerce and CRM, innovation including AI and IoT, and organisational development.
Phil regularly speaks on topics ranging from technology and transformation strategies through to leadership and organisational design, and writes frequently on the AWS Enterprise Blog. H has previously been recognised as one of the top 100 UK-based CIOs.