Hello!

Hi there. I’m Phil. If you’re on this site, then I’d love to talk to you about the job I likely just applied to

Broadly

I’m passionate about innovation, building team culture, shipping things quickly, and generally just being a good human to work with. I’ve worked in pretty much every design-related environment you can think of (agency, studio, product, in-house, consulting, early stage / late stage startup) and built teams, worked with agencies, hired freelancers, managed, mentored, all of it. These days, team clarity and removing ambiguity are two of my biggest priorities as a leader. I care a lot about UX research and how those insights drive the best outcomes. I’m currently running the UX team at Findhelp and spending a lot of my time there on the Kiip platform, which started as a startup I co-founded and was acquired in July of 2024.

Specifically

BA in Information Technology from RIT and a MDES in Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon

20 years in digital product design

10 years of experience as a leader and people manager, including leading design teams, freelancer teams, product teams, and agency interfacing.

Multiple patents, awards, speaking engagements, and a long line of happy direct reports

Passionate about growing and developing talent of all levels

Comfortable (and thriving) in both highly regulated and highly ambigious environments

Skills honed during my agency days: Storytelling, concepting, visioning, pitching

My current product focus: Agile development, rapid deployment, and creating a culture of data driven decision making