Speaker

Phil Silver leads Amazon Web Services’ transportation vertical, focused on public sector agencies and authorities who are responsible for moving people and goods over land, sea, and in the air.

He works with airports, seaports, transit, tolling, traffic, parking, DOTs, MPOs, and COGs – enabling them to deploy sustainable, efficient and economic IT infrastructures that make transportation safer, faster, greener, and cost effective. His working career has been focused on the technology challenges and opportunities faced by public sector agencies and authorities engaged in transportation technology initiatives. He has held sales and strategy leadership roles in global systems integration firms who are specialists in advanced analytics, IoT, payments, logistics, and traveler information, working hand-in-hand with customers, technology providers, and consultants on these projects. He also served in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a Captain.

Phil earned a Masters in Executive Leadership from University of San Diego, an MBA from Fordham University, and Bachelor degrees in Chemistry and History from the University of Florida.