Phil McKinney

Phil McKinney

Phil McKinney - author of Beyond The Obvious
Residence Boulder, Colorado [1]
Occupation CEO of CableLabs

Phil McKinney is an American businessman who is CEO of CableLabs.[2] McKinney was CTO of Hewlett-Packard’s Personal Systems Group.[3] He is an author[4] and hosts a podcast.[5]

Career

McKinney became product development manager for the software division at Prentice Hall publishing in 1982.[6] Later he became director of product development for ThumbScan in 1988.[7] ThumbScan was a key based device that allowed only authorized users to log in to encrypted data on a computer.[8] In 1990, McKinney became president of Tereplex.[7] He led the Tereplex agreement with Atmel to license the Minimum Instruction Set Computer (MISC) technology.[9] From 1991 until 1996 he was a senior executive for the Communication Industry consulting practice at Computer Sciences.[7] In 1997, McKinney went to work at Teligent.[10] While at Teligent, McKinney served as senior vice president and CIO.[11]

He became CTO for Network and Server Provider Business division of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002.[10][3][12] McKinney served as CTO of HP’s Personal Systems Group[13][14][15][16] from 2005[10][17] until 2011.[18][19][20] While at HP, he founded the Innovation Program Office[2] which focused on fostering new technologies, products and services for HP.[15][13][21] His Innovation Program Office (IPO) team created products and technologies including Blackbird, a high-end gaming PC,[22] Firebird, a gaming PC using laptop technology.[23] IPO created Envy 133, a laptop made with carbon fiber which was the thinnest laptop at the time of its release[24] which won a best of category award from I.D.'s annual design review in 2009.[25] The team also created Gabble, a private video sharing platform,[26] Twynergy, which identifies user interests on Twitter and has the ability to compare users,[27] Pluribus, a 3D display technology,[28] Vantage TouchWall, an interactive wall display,[29] and DreamScreen, a touch screen all in one device that was marketed in India.[30][14] These innovations earned HP a spot on Fast Company’s list of the world’s 50 most innovative companies three years in a row.[31][32][33]

In March 2010, McKinney joined the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum.[34] He authored the book Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation[4] published by Hyperion in February 2012.[15][2] In June 2012,[17][5] McKinney became president and CEO of CableLabs,[4][2] a non-profit cable industry research and innovation lab based in Louisville, Colorado.[35]

Other work

McKinney founded and hosts a podcast named Killer Innovations.[5][2] He is a contributing columnist for the Forbes column “The Objective.”[15][5] His board memberships include the advisory board for Hacking Autism and The Computer History Museum.[15][10][34] In 2011, he wrote an article about the “7 Immutable Laws of Innovation.”[36]

Personal life

McKinney was born in Cincinnati. He is an Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts.[37] McKinney lives with his wife in Colorado and has three children.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Todd Spangler (March 31, 2013). "The Innovation Mechanic". Multichannel News. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Phil McKinney". Computer History Museum. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Kevin McLaughlin (October 31, 2011). "HP's PSG CTO McKinney To Retire At Year's End". CRN. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "Phil McKinney World Renowned Expert on Technology, Innovation, and Creativity". Red Brick Publishing. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Andrew Webster (May 31, 2012). "Former HP CTO Phil McKinney joins CableLabs as CEO". The Verge. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Nicole C. Wong (April 29, 2007). "HP Exec Stays on Top of the Game". San Jose Mercury News.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Nicole C. Wong (April 29, 2007). "Philip McKinney". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  8. ↑ Paul Myers. "ThumbScan PCBoot". PCWorld. 7 (1).
  9. ↑ "Amtel Licenses Teraplex' MISC Tech". Electronic News. July 9, 1990.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Todd Spangler (March 31, 2013). "The Innovation Mechanic". Multichannel News. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ Steve Donohue (May 30, 2012). "CableLabs names former HP exec Phil McKinney CEO". Fierce Cable. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Alone With the Guru". Vanity Fair. July 2009.
  13. 1 2 Julie Bort (March 19, 2012). "Don't Let 'Corporate Antibodies' Kill Your Best Ideas, Warns Ex-HP Exec". Business Insider. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  14. 1 2 Caleb Garling (November 1, 2011). "Interview: PC Guru Phil McKinney On His Split From HP". Wired. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Phil McKinney". CEA. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  16. ↑ Andrew Couts (November 1, 2011). "HP Personal Systems CTO Phil McKinney to retire". Digital Trends. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  17. 1 2 "CableLabs CEO McKinney discusses the DOCSIS 3.1 rollout, carrier-grade Wi-Fi and 4K". Fierce Cable. January 21, 2015. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  18. ↑ Dean Takahashi (October 31, 2011). "HP technologist Phil McKinney to retire so he can advise startups". Venture Beat. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  19. ↑ Reena Jana (November 26, 2007). "Putting the I into HP". Business Week.
  20. ↑ Cliff Edwares (December 22, 2008). "How HP Got the Wow! Back". Business Week.
  21. ↑ Alexei Oreskovic (March 29, 2007). "Inside H-P's Idea Incubator". TheStreet.
  22. ↑ "HP Blackbird 002". CNet. September 5, 2007. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  23. ↑ Rich Brown (January 5, 2009). "HP Shrinks Firebird Gaming PC With VooDoo". CNet. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Voodoo Envy 133". PC Mag. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Annual Design Review 2009 Best of Category". I.D. Magazine. August 2009.
  26. ↑ Chris Dannen (April 15, 2009). "HP Launches Gabble, A Youtube Competitor". Fast Company. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  27. ↑ Ina Fried (May 23, 2011). "HP's Twynergy App Gleans Patterns From a Stream of Tweets". All Things D. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  28. ↑ J.R. Nelson (January 28, 2011). "Eyes-on with Pluribus: HP's Amazing 3D Technology". Desktop Review. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  29. ↑ "A Peek at H-P's 'Wall of Touch'". Wall Street Journal. January 19, 2010. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  30. ↑ Paul Miller (December 1, 2010). "HP's DreamScreen 400 is the touchscreen Linux desktop you'll never own". Engadget. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  31. ↑ "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. March 2008.
  32. ↑ "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. March 2009.
  33. ↑ "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies". Fast Company. March 2010.
  34. 1 2 Steven E.F. Brown (March 16, 2010). "Computer History Museum adds HP, Ericsson execs to board". San Francisco Business Time. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Phil McKinney". HarperCollins Speakers Bureau. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  36. ↑ Austin Carr (August 23, 2011). "HP Touchpad Guru Phil McKinney Lays Down "7 Immutable Laws of Innovation"; Do They Apply to Hp?". Fast Company. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
  37. ↑ "HP's Eagle Scout". Forbes. October 9, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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