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Joshua Phillips
Executive Engineering Leader (VP-track) — AI Transformation, Platform Modernization, Compounding Delivery Advantage
19 years building anti-fragile operating models across fintech, defense, healthcare, and pharma. At Capital One, delivered 3 OKRs ahead of schedule through 3 managers + SVP turnover; leading enterprise AI pilot. Transform painful releases into non-events, on-call firefighting into boring routines, developer burnout into joy. 90%+ cycle time reductions that persist and compound.
P&L ownership • $150M+ contract capture (95% close) • Board presentations • C-suite peer relationships
Professional Experience
Capital One | McLean, VA
P&L ownership for Platform Foundations, Continuous Delivery + AI Enablement, Innovation teams.
- Enterprise AI pilot: Agentic development with Windsurf/MCP; guardrails for regulated environment; agentic engineering & specification-driven development
- Production certification: 8 days → 3h (97.3% manual steps eliminated); automated release validation
- Infrastructure deployment: 2-3 wks → 1h (93.8% reduction); eliminated 4,808 LOC; first ECS Fargate CAP CDK construct
- Anti-fragile delivery: 15-30 day value increments; survived 3 managers + SVP turnover; delivered 3 OKRs ahead of schedule
- Recognition: Featured at Enterprise Tech + AI Leadership Summit 2025 (Gene Kim) for EventFlow demonstration
Brivo | Bethesda, MD
CTO/COO collaboration; board presentation on EU/GDPR expansion.
- Global PaaS transformation: Strategy to execution; secured CTO/COO sponsorship via risk-based business case
- 90% incident reduction; weekly → multiple daily releases; pioneered AI adoption with org-wide governance
Excella | Arlington, VA
P&L ownership; managed architects + delivery teams across Fortune 500 + federal.
- $100M+ contracts: 95% close, $20M avg; technical credibility + executive presentations sealed deals
- US Navy fleet automation: 6-month engagement; daily CTO collaboration; <3 manual steps for fleet-wide upgrades; national security; classified environment
- Pioneered CD for DoD/DHS: First company bringing continuous delivery to mission-critical defense; FedRAMP, NIST, DoD standards
Stelligent | Arlington, VA
- Contract capture: $10M. AQR Capital: Data science pipelines for $1T+ hedge fund (SEC, FINRA, CFTC, FERC)
5AM Solutions | Rockville, MD
- Pfizer Sunrise: Global clinical trials (FDA 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, GxP); 75% MTTR reduction; hundreds of millions users
Georgetown University | Washington DC
Various Roles | 2006 – 2015
- $2B+ research compliance: Weekly CIO/CTO/provost/dean meetings; clinical trials + research regulatory systems
- First mobile clinical trial app; patient safety monitoring; automated reporting to oncologists/execs
- Adjunct Professor (2019-2021): Developed/taught DevOps curriculum (CI/CD, OWASP, DORA metrics, transformation)
Core Competencies
Executive Leadership
- P&L Ownership & Budget Mgmt
- C-suite/Board Alignment
- Contract Capture ($150M+)
- Org Transformation
- Strategic Planning
- Cross-Functional Leadership
Technical & Platform
- AI/ML Enterprise Enablement
- Agentic Engineering Workflow
- Continuous Delivery & DevOps
- Platform Engineering
- AWS CDK, Terraform, IaC
- CI/CD Architecture
Regulated Industries
- Financial Services (Capital One, AQR)
- Defense/Federal (DoD, DHS, Navy)
- Healthcare/Pharma (Pfizer, Georgetown)
- FDA 21 CFR Part 11, HIPAA, GxP
- FedRAMP, SEC/FINRA
Technical Skills
AI/ML: Agentic AI Development, Windsurf/MCP, AWS SageMaker/Bedrock, Enterprise AI Adoption, Guardrail Architecture, agentic engineering & specification-driven development • Infrastructure: AWS CDK, Terraform, ECS Fargate, Lambda, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes • Languages: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Dart/Flutter, Node.js, React, Go • Methodologies: Continuous Delivery, BDD, Agile/Scrum, PDCA (Deming's Plan-Do-Check-Act)
Education
- Master of Science in Bioinformatics - Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Bachelor of Science in Biological Science - Muhlenberg College