Phil Kerby

About

Business owner first, technologist always.

I've spent 25 years leading creative and digital work for organisations, from running my own company to leading the digital side of a global leadership consultancy.

I'm at my best when a slow, manual process needs turning into something people actually want to use, and when the people involved need bringing along too.

Career

  1. 2017 – present

    Co-founder and Digital Lead, global leadership consultancy

    Led the firm's digital output through a relaunch and full rebrand. Specified and project-managed a bespoke learning platform for cohorts from global client organisations, and produced a leadership podcast that reached the top 1.5% worldwide.

  2. 2003 – 2017

    Digital Content Creation

    Fourteen years winning and delivering work for large corporate and retail clients, from pitch to finished content.

  3. 1997 – 2003

    Founder and Managing Director

    Founded an audio post-production company serving more than 100 record labels, as an early adopter of digital editing. Grew it to a second facility, then sold it to a UK record company.

How I work

Plain English

Your board and your developers should both understand what's happening and why.

Small steps first

Prove an idea cheaply before spending real money on it.

Measure it

If we can't show it worked, we shouldn't assume it did.

Leave you independent

Everything is documented and handed over, so you never depend on me.

Education

  • Executive MBA
    University of Surrey
  • MSc, Music Information Technology
    City University, London
  • BA (Hons), Music and Computer Science
    Oxford Brookes University

Away from work

I play trumpet in several London orchestras. Rehearsing with sixty other people is good training for getting a team to finish together.

Let's see whether I can help.