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Phil Taylor

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Chief Technology Officer at CDW
📍 Dallas, Texas, United States

Phil Taylor is the Chief Technology Officer at CDW, leading business and technology strategy for CDW Digital Velocity. An entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience, he is a co-founder of a startup acquired by CDW. He is a Google Cloud Certified Fellow and holds a Bachelor of Science from DeVry University.

He is a relentless entrepreneur with a passion for building products, companies, and people. A self-described "geek with a business mind," he subscribes to the lean startup philosophy and agile software development practices, believing the market should shape the product based on customer needs.

Phil is a contributing author to the book "Google Anthos in Action," writing two chapters on breaking down monolithic applications and the modern cloud computing stack.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Dallas, Texas, United States
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Scaling Enterprise AI
He frequently posts about the failure of AI pilots to scale, emphasizing the need for ROI discipline and treating AI like infrastructure rather than a series of experiments.
Data Strategy
Believes AI doesn't require centralized data. Instead, it needs controlled access across a distributed landscape, arguing that data fragmentation is a reality to be managed, not eliminated.
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Career

Work history

7-2020
Chief Technology Officer
CDW
9-2019 - 7-2020
Co-Founder/Chief Technology Officer
CDW
10-2018 - 9-2019
Co-Founder/VP of Enterprise Strategy, OCTO Chair
CDW
1-2018 - 10-2018
Co-Founder/Vice President Of Engineering
CDW
2-2017 - 1-2018
Co-Founder/Director of Software Engineering
CDW
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Education
2016 - 2016
Founder
TechStars
1998 - 2001
Bachelor of Science
DeVry University
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