Phil Gilbert
General Manager, IBM Design
Phil Gilbert is GM of IBM Design, which was formed in 2012 and is focused on simplifying access to IBM’s capabilities.
Working across the software, hardware, and services business units, IBM Design is recruiting 100s of top Designers, scaling the practice of design, and driving great user experiences across the portfolio.
Phil joined IBM in 2010 via the acquisition of Lombardi Software where he was President. Leveraging this outsider’s perspective combined with a healthy respect for IBM’s design heritage, he is leading this effort to create a sustainable, modern culture rooted in the principles of human-centered design.
Phil graduated as a Pe-et (top ten) senior from the University of Oklahoma in 1978 & lives in Austin, Texas.
Rosenverse talks by Phil:
" We went from having no formal design career path to offering titles like Design Principal, equal to Distinguished Engineer. "
A Consistent Culture of Design
May 14, 2015
" We rejected a studio model because designers need to be part of business teams taking direction from them. "
Discussion
May 14, 2015
