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About Joe Phillips

Two years after participating in a business owners group and seeing the tremendous value, I formed a new group in 2005 made up of business executives from diverse industries that were committed to a high level of success. That lead to the name BEST: Business. Executive.Success. Team: The BEST CEO Group. Since that time, I have brought together two groups and keep our monthly meetings focused and productive. Also, I meet one to one with each member to assist them in reaching their vision; business and personal.

Background

My consultant and executive experience exceeds 30 years. I was Chief Executive Officer for Western Digital Malaysia and Applied Magnetics Asia and Chief Operating Officer at Solid States Circuits and Compubur. I also ran businesses for Memorex, Diceon Electronics and Unisys.

A few of my major accomplishments are:
  • Received President's award for profitability while responsible for $13 M division of Memorex.
  • Headed international expansion into Asia with Western Digital, P & L responsibility $500 M top line, 5000 employees.
  • VP & Officer with Diceon Electronics when revenues grew from $16 to $140 million, with 18.5 % net profit.
  • Outside consultant for Compubur, a private Mexican company in Guadalajara; transformed their Printed Circuit Board division from a non-productive money loser into a viable quick-turn business with 95 % on-time deliveries.
  • Improved bottom line by $800,000/mo for a Unisys business; by expanding the customer base and operational changes.
  • Had P & L responsibilities for privately/ publicly owned businesses for 23 years, revenues $4 to $500 million.

In addition to being the Chairman for The BEST CEO Group, I'm President of my consultant business, Phillips Leadership Resources. Among my list of clients are three local ones: Jerome's Furniture Warehouse, Brandes Investments, and the City of Escondido.

I earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a MBA from the University of North Carolina.

I am a competitive tennis player, part time golfer and avid reader. My wife Judi, who is an Associate Professor in the community college system, and I live in Rancho Bernardo with our three cats.

Beyond my professional accomplishments, group members have shared some of my personal characteristics that they feel make me an effective Chairperson for the group:

  • An engaged listener
  • A change agent
  • Willing to challenge assumptions and dig deeper
  • Committed to the success of others
  • An entrepreneurial spirit
  • A depth of business knowledge
  • Experience as a CEO and other high-ranking positions in a successful growth organization
  • Prior experience managing P&L
  • A well-established business network or the ability to build one
  • Facilitator, mentor and coach
  • All around nice guy, loves his mother, cleans his room, picks up after himself, helps old ladies across the street - a gentleman, a scholar and a fine judge of horse flesh


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