He provides technical guidance and leadership for both software projects and business operations across multiple lines of business units. He also aligned the three primary branches of technology at MetLife to establish the new Iasa chapter in Raleigh. Before joining Genworth, he worked at MetLife as a Principal Software Engineer, and at IBM for 15 years in their software group holding several roles including L2/L3 customer support, development and design engineering. He has 17+ years of experience in the software engineering and architecture fields. Phil holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Northern Illinois University, and a Master of Computer Science from North Carolina State University. In addition, he holds certifications in Java (Sun Microsystems) Software Architecture (SEI, a division of Carnegie Mellon University) and Foundational Architecture (CITA-F, Iasa Global).