Stephen Phillips
Chief Information Officer
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolStephen Phillips is a results-driven CIO with nine years in senior IT leadership and two decades of hands-on technology delivery across retail, defense, banking, education, and manufacturing. He builds and mentors cross-functional Agile teams, having launched dozens of teams and multiple Agile Release Trains to accelerate delivery and improve product outcomes. At Autobell he led a digital transformation that introduced the company’s first mobile app and mobile POS across 90+ locations, doubling membership subscriptions in six months while enforcing PCI Level 2 compliance and cutting operational overhead. His prior work delivering fleet-wide mobile supply and HAZMAT systems for the US Navy highlights a knack for converting complex, mission-critical requirements into lightweight, scalable solutions. Known as a pragmatic operator, he combines vendor negotiation and cost management with technical modernization—Zero Trust networks, hybrid backups, and enterprise data warehousing—to enable growth without proportional headcount increases. Based in Charlotte, he balances a practical, service-oriented leadership style with a willingness to roll up his sleeves and deliver technical outcomes.
9 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts at Belhaven UniversityGithub contributions (4)
stevephillipsorg/.emacs.d
Apr 2021 - Jan 2022
Contributions:4 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
stevephillipsorg/.emacs.d-nonet
Nov 2022 - May 2023
Contributions:3 pushes in 6 months
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