Josh Phillips
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Stop Firefighting, Start Shipping

I transform painful releases into non-events, on-call firefighting into boring routines, and developer burnout into joy. 19 years building anti-fragile operating models across fintech, defense, healthcare, and pharma that compress lead time by 90%+, survive leadership turnover, and compound week over week. P&L ownership • $150M+ contract capture • Board presentations • Currently leading three teams at Capital One.

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About

Executive engineering leader with P&L ownership across multiple organizations. Built anti-fragile operating models that survive leadership turnover and compound week over week. Track record: $150M+ contract capture (95% close rate), board-level presentations, C-suite peer relationships. Currently leading Platform Foundations, Continuous Delivery + AI Enablement, and Innovation at Capital One. Previously: US Navy fleet automation, Pfizer clinical trials (FDA/HIPAA/GxP), Georgetown $2B+ research systems.

emoji_events Featured Achievement: EventFlow

Personal side project demonstrating Agentic Engineering Workflow. Built production-ready mobile app in 36 hours using systematic AI-assisted development. Featured app at Enterprise Tech + AI Leadership Summit 2025 led by Gene Kim.

→ tryeventflow.com | GitHub

article Featured Article

Don't Fear the Automaton, Become the Architect: A Continuous Improvement Guide to Thriving in the Age of AI

Reframes AI adoption through the lens of Continuous Improvement philosophy, drawing from software delivery principles and real-world data on human-AI collaboration.

→ Read on LinkedIn

Selected Enterprise Outcomes

Anti-fragile transformation through organizational chaos. P&L ownership with budget authority. Delivered 3 mission-critical OKRs ahead of schedule while navigating 3 managers + SVP turnover.

speed 8 Days → 3 Hours

Production Certification Automation

  • Automated 145 of 149 manual steps (97.3%)
  • 62.5% time reduction
  • Automated release validation and event tracking

rocket_launch 3 Weeks → 1 Hour

Infrastructure Deployment

  • Eliminated 4,808 lines of duplicative code
  • 93.8% efficiency gain
  • Led first ECS Fargate CDK construct pilot

psychology Enterprise AI Pilot

Metric-Driven Phased Rollout

  • Tracking adoption, velocity, quality KPIs
  • Enterprise guardrails & governance
  • agentic engineering & specification-driven development across teams

Core Expertise

Continuous delivery, platform automation, AI enablement. Make every release boring so your teams can focus on what matters.

smart_toy AI/ML Enablement

  • Enterprise AI adoption strategy
  • Agentic development workflows
  • AI coding assistants (Windsurf, Cursor, Amp, Claude)
  • MCP servers & context management
  • agentic engineering & specification-driven development
  • AWS SageMaker & Bedrock
  • MLOps infrastructure

cloud_upload Platform Engineering

  • Infrastructure as Code (AWS CDK, Terraform)
  • CI/CD architecture (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
  • ECS Fargate, Lambda, Kubernetes
  • Multi-region deployment automation
  • Developer experience platforms
  • Self-service infrastructure

trending_up Continuous Delivery

  • DORA metrics & performance tracking
  • Deployment automation & orchestration
  • Release management processes
  • Observability & monitoring
  • Production incident response
  • 24/7 SRE practices

groups Leadership & Strategy

  • Cross-functional team management
  • Organizational transformation
  • Technical mentorship & training
  • Georgetown University educator
  • Contract capture ($65M+)
  • Stakeholder alignment

Advisory and Fractional Leadership

I transform painful releases into non-events, on-call firefighting into boring routines, and developer burnout into joy.

Available Engagements

  • Full-Time Executive Roles - VP Engineering / Director of Engineering positions. Platform modernization, AI transformation, or turnaround scenarios requiring anti-fragile operating models.
  • Fractional/Interim Leadership - Highly selective advisory engagements available on request, first-come basis. Reach out to discuss fit and availability.

Currently leading three teams at Capital One. Open to VP Engineering/Director roles; fractional advisory considered for qualified opportunities only.

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Experience Highlights

Capital One

Sr. Engineering Manager | October 2024-present

Leading Platform Foundations, Continuous Delivery + AI Enablement, and Innovation teams for Modern Financial Core serving millions of customers.

Brivo

Sr. Manager Software Engineering - DevOps, Cloud Operations | 2021-2024

Led global PaaS transformation, architected novel containerized CI/CD, accelerated releases from weekly to multiple times daily, reduced incidents by 90%.

Georgetown University

Adjunct Professor | 2019-2021

Developed inaugural DevOps curriculum covering CI/CD, OWASP security, DORA metrics, and organizational transformation.

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