Biography

Established Business and Technical Professional in the technology sector supporting growth of and use of satellite, space and cloud technology in both large aerospace industry whilst at Airbus but also went on to build a dedicated earth observation and geospatial business 'SterlingGeo' over 8 years.

With a 23 year history in the Earth Observation and Geospatial industry Phil has witnessed the change from research and development within EO, into daily operational exploitation of this rich and rapidly expanding data source. Phil has worked across platforms and in different environments witnessing the value and importance of accurate, reliable and repeatable geospatial data. His work includes projects with World Bank, Inmarsat, Rural Payments Agency and National Infrastructure Survey programmes. As well as advocating for the value of Geographical data services in our everyday lives.

Today Phil is the Geospatial Global Lead for the Aerospace and Satellite Division of AWS for EMEA, having worked at AWS for nearly 4 years in the Ground Station team and then the EMEA A&S team, Phil now supports our Geospatial customers globally building on cloud, across the space domain with Earth Observation and Geospatial data creation accelerating with the new customers and partners and bringing an understanding of what AWS has to offer to the Geospatial community.

Phil holds a Masters Degree in Earth Observation Science and MBA in Business Administration building commercial offerings, developing business strategy and growing customers now on AWS.