Phil McKinney is vice president and chief technology officer in the Personal Systems Group at HP. He is responsible for long-range strategic planning and research and development (R&D) for all of the company’s PC product lines, including displays, mobile devices, notebooks, desktops and workstations.
Previously, McKinney served as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) for the Communication, Media and Entertainment business at HP, where he was responsible for executive CTO relationships with customers, long-range strategy and R&D for HP’s largest industry-vertical business segment.
Before joining HP, McKinney was senior vice president and founding chief information officer for Teligent, a global provider of fixed-wireless services. At Teligent, he led strategy development, IT infrastructure and global operations, managing a team of more than 1,000.
Prior to joining Teligent, McKinney held senior executive positions at Computer Sciences Corporation, where he directed communications industry consulting engagements worldwide and oversaw the division that provided mission-critical system outsourcing for more than 165 wireless and broadband service providers.
McKinney serves on the board of directors for Signafor Inc., The Computer History Museum and The Tech Museum along with the innovation board for Roche Diagnostics. He also serves on the executive board of the Santa Clara County Council for the Boy Scouts of America.
A leading authority on innovation and its impact on business, the economy and culture, McKinney speaks to worldwide audiences at conferences and through his blog (www.philmckinney.com) and weekly podcast (www.killerinnovations.com). Dubbed “chief seer” by the The San Jose Mercury News, McKinney is a contributing columnist for Forbes and writes the column “The Objective” for Forbes.com and was named one of the “25 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech” by LAPTOP Magazine in 2010.