Phil McKinney

Phil McKinney oversees the long-range technical strategy, research and development and innovation programs for Hewlett-Packed’s (HPQ) Personal Systems Group (PSG) as the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Phil is recognized, through his worldwide speaking engagements, blog and weekly podcast as a leading authority on innovation and its impact on business, industries, economies and society. Ask Silicon Valley has tagged Phil with the title of “Mr Innovation” while The San Jose Mercury News dubbed him the “chief seer“. CIO Insight named Killer Innovations as a “must listen” podcast.

Phil shares his experience and expertise in a practice he refers to as “paying it forward”. He was the beneficiary of career impacting mentor and when asked how he could ever pay it back, his mentor said to “pay it forward”. The content on his blog and podcast is made available under a Creative Commons License.

Prior to his current role, Phil was the Vice President and CIO for HP’s Communications, Media and Entertainment Business, responsible for the executive CTO relationship, long-range strategy and R&D for HP’s largest industry vertical business segment.

Before joining HP, Phil was engaged in the day-to-day operational challenges as the Senior Vice President and founding CIO for Teligent, a global provider of fixed-wireless services. At Teligent, he led the strategy development, IT infrastructure build out and on-going operations, managing a team of more than 1,000 technology professionals.

McKinney currently serves on the Board of Directors for: