Head of Product
A product and engineering exec who is both creative+technical and a team builder+doer to lead the next generation of software products & platforms
Let's do this!Product Management
Product Development Product Innovation Digital Strategy Digital Transformation Go to Market Strategies Digital Workplace Innovation Catalyst Agile Superfan |
the most importantTeam Leader and Team Builder
Team Development Stakeholder relations Design Thinking Product Design User Research Data-Driven Prototyping Product Marketing Product Roadmaps |
Passions in 2021Machine Intelligence
Cloud Kitchens Tesla. Uber Freight. AI-driven fitness Human Augmentation Vertical Farming Mars. Predictive Medicine |
"Phil is a fearless leader who is always looking at the big picture, but also cares about the small things. He always makes himself available to his team to brainstorm through features, strategy, and day-to-day product activities and decisions. He inspires everyone he works with to thrive to be better by asking questions and leading by example.”
- Emily WillIAMS, SR PRODUCT MANAGER, Nutrien
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what i'm doing right now
NExt gEN AG Collaboration HUB
GLOBAL DATA+API PLatform
AI INSIGHTS
I have spend past 25 years in Silicon Valley where I helped revolutionize the semiconductor, mobile, entertainment and health industries. At that time this wasn’t called “digital transformation” but that is basically the name of the game. At the center of it: magic happens with customer delight.
Since then I have always thrived to build products and technologies that change people’s lives.
I have learned along the way that disruption rarely comes from industry insiders.
A few great quotes I have gathered to that extent (those are true verbatim quotes)
- “Phones will always have a keyboard” — Nokia Product VP, 2006
- "You can’t make money by selling music by the song” — Music Industry Executive, 2003
- "Taxis are here to stay” — Yellow Cab Exec, 2012
Since then I have always thrived to build products and technologies that change people’s lives.
I have learned along the way that disruption rarely comes from industry insiders.
A few great quotes I have gathered to that extent (those are true verbatim quotes)
- “Phones will always have a keyboard” — Nokia Product VP, 2006
- "You can’t make money by selling music by the song” — Music Industry Executive, 2003
- "Taxis are here to stay” — Yellow Cab Exec, 2012
As I embark on my new journey in agriculture, I am amazed at the untapped potential to radically change the world for the better. Imagine, just for one second, that we are able to double the amount of food we produce, in half the land surface, in a sustainable manner and profitably?
My vision of the future of Ag encompasses the survival of medium sized farms through self-driving automation, the uses of big data and machine learning to fully automatize the supply and demand sides of a fully fledged global platform that curates the relationship between growers and sales agronomists.
At scale, this self driving Ag platform will revolutionize the industry by removing the expert barriers and provide timely and accurate insights to farmers at field level, thus reducing the randomness in the business of being a farmer while greatly enhancing profits and resale value.
From taking advantage of the latest geospatial technologies invented by Uber to blockchain and game theory, I am working tirelessly to make sure that Nutrien Ag solution is set to indeed become the Ag retailer of the future - and to generate magic and delight in the lives of our grower customers.
My vision of the future of Ag encompasses the survival of medium sized farms through self-driving automation, the uses of big data and machine learning to fully automatize the supply and demand sides of a fully fledged global platform that curates the relationship between growers and sales agronomists.
At scale, this self driving Ag platform will revolutionize the industry by removing the expert barriers and provide timely and accurate insights to farmers at field level, thus reducing the randomness in the business of being a farmer while greatly enhancing profits and resale value.
From taking advantage of the latest geospatial technologies invented by Uber to blockchain and game theory, I am working tirelessly to make sure that Nutrien Ag solution is set to indeed become the Ag retailer of the future - and to generate magic and delight in the lives of our grower customers.