Phil McKinney is the president and chief executive officer at CableLabs, the non-profit research and development lab funded by the global cable industry. With a strong focus on innovation, McKinney is responsible for leading the development of technologies and specifications for the secure delivery of high speed data, video, voice and next generation services. He and his team of 200 employees guide the innovation direction for the industry, charting the course for future technologies. Under his leadership, CableLabs has invented and launched solutions that have enabled multi-gigabit networks around the world.

Prior to CableLabs, McKinney held leadership positions in major high tech companies. Most recently, he was the vice president and chief technology officer for Hewlett-Packard’s Personal Systems Group, where he was responsible for long-range strategic planning, research and development for the company’s personal computer and mobile product lines. In addition, he was the founder and leader of HP’s Innovation Program Office (IPO). The IPO was chartered to identify, incubate and launch adjacent and fundamentally new technologies, products and services that would become the future growth engines for HP. The success of the IPO is now shared in widely used case studies at Stanford University and Harvard Business School.

Author, speaker and innovation guru, McKinney shares his rule-breaking approach to innovation and creativity in his book "Beyond the Obvious." He has been credited with forming and leading multiple teams that Fast Company and BusinessWeek have listed as being among the “50 Most Innovative.” His recognition includes Vanity Fair naming him the “The Innovation Guru,” MSNBC and Fox Business calling him "The Gadget Guy" and the San Jose Mercury News dubbing him the "chief seer.” In July 2015, his podcast, Killer Innovations™, became a nationally syndicated radio show that is carried by more than 30 radio stations across the United States.

McKinney serves on the advisory board for Hacking Autism, the board of directors for The Computer History Museum and he is chairman of the board for Pioneer Education Africa. In his spare time he oversees his family venture capital fund, the Techtrend Group, that invests in for-profit entrepreneurs and start-ups to create economic growth in underserved communities as an alternative to traditional charity models.