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Phil McKinney is an American businessman who is CEO of CableLabs. [1] McKinney was CTO of Hewlett-Packard's Personal Systems Group. [2] He is an author [3] and hosts a podcast. [4]

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Career

McKinney became product development manager for the software division at Prentice Hall publishing in 1982. [5] Later he became director of product development for ThumbScan in 1988. [6] ThumbScan was a key based device that allowed only authorized users to log into encrypted data on a computer. [7] In 1990, McKinney became president of Tereplex. [6] He led the Tereplex agreement with Atmel to license the Minimum Instruction Set Computer (MISC) technology. [8] From 1991 until 1996 he was a senior executive for the Communication Industry consulting practice at Computer Sciences. [6] In 1997, McKinney went to work at Teligent. [9] While at Teligent, McKinney served as senior vice president and CIO. [10]

He became CTO for Network and Server Provider Business division of Hewlett-Packard (HP) in 2002. [9] [2] [11] McKinney served as CTO of HP's Personal Systems Group [12] [13] [14] [15] from 2005 [9] [16] until 2011. [17] [18] [19] While at HP, he founded the Innovation Program Office [1] which focused on fostering new technologies, products and services for HP. [14] [12] [20] His Innovation Program Office (IPO) team created products and technologies including Blackbird, a high-end gaming PC, [21] Firebird, a gaming PC using laptop technology. [22] IPO created Envy 133, a laptop made with carbon fiber which was the thinnest laptop at the time of its release [23] which won a best of category award from I.D.'s annual design review in 2009. [24] The team also created Gabble, a private video sharing platform, [25] Twynergy, which identifies user interests on Twitter and has the ability to compare users, [26] Pluribus, a 3D display technology, [27] Vantage TouchWall, an interactive wall display, [28] and DreamScreen, a touch screen all in one device that was marketed in India. [29] [13] These innovations earned HP a spot on Fast Company's list of the world's 50 most innovative companies three years in a row. [30] [31] [32]

In March 2010, McKinney joined the board of trustees of the Computer History Museum. [33] He authored the book Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation [3] published by Hyperion in February 2012. [14] [1] In June 2012, [16] [4] McKinney became president and CEO of CableLabs, [3] [1] a non-profit cable industry research and innovation lab based in Louisville, Colorado. [34]

Other work

McKinney founded and hosts a podcast named Killer Innovations. [4] [1] He is a contributing columnist for the Forbes column “The Objective.” [14] [4] His board memberships include the advisory board for Hacking Autism and The Computer History Museum. [14] [9] [33] In 2011, he wrote an article about the “7 Immutable Laws of Innovation.” [35]

Personal life

McKinney was born in Cincinnati. He is an Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts. [36] McKinney lives with his wife in Colorado and has three children. [6]

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References

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  6. 1 2 3 4 Nicole C. Wong (April 29, 2007). "Philip McKinney". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved March 10, 2015.
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