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Philip’s strengths include connecting business and technology teams, defining clear client scopes, managing changing requirements, and delivering customer\-focused project work through disciplined communication, one\-page project plans, milestones, success metrics, decision owners, and RACI matrices\. He has led work across industries ranging from earthmoving to insurance and has managed four consulting teams at once in projects matching business students with engineering and computer science students\. Philip has also held leadership, consulting, and entrepreneurial roles with Hanson Professional Services, CGN Global, Caterpillar, IPICO Sports, MyFitDog, Susan G\. Komen for the Cure, and the Steamboat Classic\. His concrete accomplishments include coordinating more than 60 capstone and convergence initiatives involving 294 multicultural students, helping create Peoria’s first Race for the Cure in 1986 and directing it for 26 years, growing IPICO Sports sales to more than $6 million annually across 50 countries, and raising more than $3 million in working capital for Mercury Sports Group\. ## Highlights - Adjunct professor at Bradley University, serving the Foster College of Business and the Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology\. - Taught Entrepreneurship for Non\-business Majors in 2021, 2022, and 2023\. - Taught Entrepreneurship Creativity in 2022\. - Provides instruction in entrepreneurial creativity and organizational development for businesses and technology start\-ups\. - Helped develop and instruct Bradley University’s inaugural Convergence Capstone Program\. - Creates and mentors interdisciplinary teams of business, engineering, and computer science students working on complex client challenges\. - Evaluates and curates Convergence Capstone projects with clients\. - Coordinated more than 60 capstone projects and convergence initiatives involving 294 multicultural students\. - Managed four consulting teams simultaneously in a convergence project matching business and technical students\. - Served as a client advisor to the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship’s Small Business Development Center in 2019 and 2020\. - Mentored Bradley University’s Brave Launch Startup Incubator in 2008, 2009, and 2010\. - Mentored 12 local startup companies through scaling efforts and developed a method to align founders’ growth objectives with workforce\-talent requirements\. - Led mapping of the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem to support economic\- and workforce\-development initiatives\. - Led a smart\-city and smart\-mobility economic\-development initiative\. - As Hanson Professional Services special consultant, architected and implemented the Central Illinois Living Laboratory framework for transportation, mobility, talent, and economic\-development needs\. - Collaborated on a smart technology network to advance connected, autonomous, shared, and electric mobility trends\. - Developed a partnership with T\-Mobile that resulted in the nation’s first digitally connected campus at Bradley University\. - As CGN Global industrial consultant, developed design\-thinking training programs for consultant business development, project management, and customer experience\. - Conducted business analysis of Carter Machinery in support of business\-process\-improvement initiatives\. - Conducted global competitive assessments for Caterpillar covering machine electrification, autonomous and remote\-controlled solutions, and mining condition monitoring\. - Co\-founded MyFitDog Inc\. and developed its cloud\-based digital health platform and wearable\-technology startup from ideation through go\-to\-market entry\. - Transitioned the Susan G\. Komen for the Cure Memorial Affiliate board to a strategic\-governance model\. - Led the Circle of Promise African American inclusion initiative and expanded the Komen affiliate service area from 10 to 36 Central Illinois counties\. - Helped create Peoria’s first Race for the Cure in 1986, a template for the worldwide Komen Race for the Cure Series, and served as race director for 26 years\. - Managed and directed the Steamboat Classic, the region’s largest annual community\-based running event with international recognition\. - Founded Mercury Sports Group, doing business as IPICO Sports, and raised more than $3 million in working capital while securing sales and channel partners in 12 countries\. - Led IPICO Sports product\-development work with partners in Australia, China, South Africa, and the United States\. - Negotiated the November 2008 sale of Mercury Sports Group to IPICO Inc\. and continued as vice president advising senior leadership and stakeholders\. - Expanded IPICO Sports into 50 countries and grew annual sales volume to more than $6 million\. - At CGN and Associates, developed Caterpillar embedded\-systems training and managed Reliability Symposium curriculum delivery to U\.S\. and European facilities\. ## Experience - **Adjunct Professor at Bradley University** (2021\-08\-01–present) — Leveraged entrepreneurship, cultural industry transformation, and innovation experience as a reputable instructor serving at Bradley’s Foster College of Business and Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology\. · Provide instruction of foundational principles to students focused on entrepreneurial creativity and organizational development of businesses and technology start\-ups\. · Taught Entrepreneurship for Non\-business Majors course in 2021, 2022, and 2023\. · Taught Entrepreneurship Creativity course in 2022\. · Assist with the development and instruction of the inaugural Convergence Capstone Program, creating and mentoring interdisciplinary project teams comprised of Business students with Engineering and Computer Science students to solve complex real\-world Client challenges for Clients\. · Evaluate and curate Convergence Capstone Projects with clients\. · Coordinate over 60 capstone projects and convergence initiatives centered on business, technology, and engineering initiative - **Special Consultant at Hanson Professional Services Inc\.** (2020\-10\-01–2022\-08\-01) — Spearheaded industry and human culture transformation solutions for a nationwide civil engineering and technology consulting firm\. Utilized hands\-on expertise in strategic entrepreneurial insight, next\-gen technology, relationship\-building, and business ecosystems to drive new infrastructure programs\. · Architected and implemented the conceptual framework for The Central Illinois Living Laboratory \(CILL\), an innovative testing hub that addressed the region’s future transportation and mobility needs\. Additionally, the CILL supports regional economic development interests in talent retention, growth and attraction\. · Collaboratively strategized with industry thought leaders on creating a smart technology network to drive the adoption of connected, autonomous, shared, and electric \(CASE\) mobility trends\. · Developed partnerships with leading technology providers, including T\-Mobile resulting in the nation’s first digitally connected campus at Bradley University\. - **Industrial Consultant at CGN Global** (2017\-08\-01–2020\-12\-01) — Led strategic industrial transformation programs and projects for a global business firm specializing in improving profitability, performance, and international competitiveness for Fortune 500 enterprises\. · Developed innovative training programs incorporating design thinking principles that empowered the firm’s consultants to propel business development, project management, and customer experience to ensure client success\. · Conducted comprehensive business analysis of Carter Machinery, a leading Caterpillar Dealer, to support the client’s Business Process Improvement initiatives\. · Conducted extensive global competitive market assessment studies for Caterpillar Inc\. This included electrification strategies for company’s portfolio of machines, autonomous and remote\-controlled digital solutions, and condition monitoring for mining applications\. - **Co\-Founder at MyFitDog Inc\.** (2014\-03\-01–2016\-10\-01) — Developed a business startup from ideation, product development, and go\-to\-market entry promoting an innovative, cloud\-based digital health platform and wearable technologies for dogs and their owners\. - **President of the Board of Directors at Susan G\. Komen for the Cure Memorial Affiliate** (2009\-04\-01–2013\-04\-01) — Successfully transitioned the Affiliate Board of Directors to a strategic governance model composed of regional leaders and community advocates from business and healthcare\. · Led regional community diversity efforts that included “Circle of Promise” an African American inclusion initiative\. Led affiliate expansion planning process that successfully grew an affiliate service area from 10 to 36 counties in Central Illinois\. · In 1986, I helped create the first Race for the Cure in Peoria which served as the template for the Komen Race for the Cure Series worldwide\. Served as the event’s Race Director for 26 years\. - **Vice President at IPICO Sports / Mercury Sports Group, Inc\. \(dba IPICO Sports\)** (2008\-11\-01–2012\-01\-01) — Successfully continued the innovative start\-up company that developed next\-generation digital technologies for active and endurance sports markets\. Negotiated the sale of the Mercury Sports Group, Inc\. to IPICO Inc\. in Nov 2008\. Retained as vice president advising senior leadership and key stakeholders during this period\. · Leveraged expertise in developing company culture, employee training, global management, marketing, sales, product development, customer service, logistics, and human resources\. · Aggressively expanded markets and sales penetration to 50 countries eventually growing annual sales volume to over $6 million\. Continuously built up the brand by securing strategic partnerships with global iconic events\. - **Founder at IPICO Sports / Mercury Sports Group, Inc\. \(dba IPICO Sports\)** (2002\-09\-01–2008\-11\-01) — Spearheaded a scalable business model, brand creation, and organizational structure from ideation to market entry\. Facilitated a culture of innovation by establishing a clear vision and mission to become a recognized leader in revolutionizing a globally active sports marketplace\. · Drove product management lifecycle activities with technology product development partners in Australia, China, South Africa, and the United States\. Managed fundraising and investor relations that raised over $3 million in working capital\. Secured strategic partnerships with global sales and channel partners in 12 countries\. - **Project Manager at CGN and Associates** (1997\-01\-01–2000\-05\-01) — · Instrumental in developing and implementing an embedded\-systems training curriculum for Caterpillar’s Electrical Electronics Research and Development \(EERD\)\. · Developed and managed Caterpillar’s Reliability Symposium to support corporate reliability improvement initiatives\. · Developed Reliability Symposium curriculum in coordination with Company’s subject matter experts\. Managed delivery to U\.S\. and European Facilities\. - **Staff Accountant at Caterpillar Inc\.** (1995\-06\-01–1996\-07\-01) — · Member of PAC2 Team responsible for analyzing and reengineering the Corporate Research and Engineering Development Processes\. - **Managing Director at Steamboat Classic** (1994\-06\-01–2024\-12\-01) — Managed and directed all aspects of the region’s largest annual community\-based running event that has garnered international recognition\. - **Manufacturing System Engineer at Caterpillar Inc\.** (1986\-01\-01–1996\-07\-01) — · Lead the Product Data Management software selection and implementation Team\. · Coordinated corporate training plans for the global roll\-out of Pro/ENGINEER \(CREO\)\. · Developed the training curriculum, course and vendor selection, and implementation of Pro/ENGINEER \(CREO\)\. · Various leadership assignments to identify, select, and implement technologies to support Company’s Plant Improvement and Corporate Reorganization activities\. ## Education - Bachelor of Science, Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician — Bradley University ## FAQ ### What does Philip do now? Philip is an adjunct professor at Bradley University, serving the Foster College of Business and the Caterpillar College of Engineering and Technology\. His most recent full\-time role was as a professor leading consulting projects\. He teaches foundational principles of entrepreneurial creativity and organizational development for businesses and technology start\-ups, and he is recognized locally for entrepreneurship and innovation activities\. ### What courses has Philip taught at Bradley University? Philip taught Entrepreneurship for Non\-business Majors in 2021, 2022, and 2023, and taught Entrepreneurship Creativity in 2022\. He also assists with the development and instruction of Bradley’s inaugural Convergence Capstone Program\. ### What is Philip’s role in Bradley’s Convergence Capstone Program? Philip creates and mentors interdisciplinary project teams that combine business students with engineering and computer science students to solve complex, real\-world client challenges\. He evaluates and curates projects with clients and has coordinated more than 60 capstone projects and convergence initiatives involving 294 multicultural students\. ### How does Philip lead client consulting projects? Philip has served as a client\-facing lead across multiple teams, managing client communications and scope changes\. In one convergence project, he managed four consulting teams at once while matching business and technical students to client work\. ### How does Philip bring clarity to ambiguous projects? Philip begins by assessing each team’s capabilities and then defines a scope of work that matches those capabilities\. He uses project one\-pagers that define the problem, deliverables, milestones, success metrics, and decision owners, supported by RACI matrices to clarify ownership\. ### How has Philip handled changing client requirements? Philip worked with a client to turn an ambiguous battery\-testing project into a refined statement of work by defining the relevant machine types and battery sizes\. He manages scope changes transparently by positioning changes in the client’s best interest and focusing teams on definitive solutions\. ### What are Philip’s consulting and project\-management strengths? Philip is a connector between technology and business teams, with an emphasis on customer outcomes, delivery discipline, scope management, schedule adjustments, and client\-expectation management\. He takes ownership of customer satisfaction through disciplined project management and communication, while staying close enough to clients to see the direct impact of the work\. ### What industries has Philip worked in? Philip has worked with clients in diverse industries, including earthmoving and insurance\. His work has included entrepreneurship, cultural\-industry transformation, innovation, infrastructure, mobility, industrial transformation, sports technology, healthcare advocacy, and engineering technology\. ### How has Philip supported entrepreneurship beyond the classroom? Philip served as a client advisor to the Turner Center for Entrepreneurship’s Small Business Development Center in 2019 and 2020\. He also mentored Bradley University’s Brave Launch Startup Incubator in 2008, 2009, and 2010, and mentored 12 local startup companies through scaling efforts by developing a methodology that aligned founders’ growth objectives with workforce\-talent requirements\. ### What regional economic\-development work has Philip led? Philip led the mapping of the regional entrepreneurship ecosystem to support economic\- and workforce\-development initiatives\. He also previously led a smart\-city and smart\-mobility economic\-development initiative\. ### What did Philip do at Hanson Professional Services? As a special consultant at Hanson Professional Services, Philip spearheaded industry and human\-culture transformation solutions for a nationwide civil\-engineering and technology consulting firm\. He used strategic entrepreneurial insight, next\-generation technology, relationship building, and business ecosystems to advance new infrastructure programs\. ### What were Philip’s transportation and smart\-mobility accomplishments at Hanson? Philip architected and implemented the conceptual framework for the Central Illinois Living Laboratory, a testing hub addressing future transportation and mobility needs while supporting regional talent retention, growth, attraction, and economic development\. He also collaborated with industry thought leaders on a smart technology network for connected, autonomous, shared, and electric mobility, and developed a partnership with T\-Mobile that resulted in the nation’s first digitally connected campus at Bradley University\. ### What did Philip accomplish at CGN Global? As an industrial consultant at CGN Global, Philip led strategic industrial\-transformation programs and projects for a global firm focused on improving profitability, performance, and international competitiveness for Fortune 500 enterprises\. He developed design\-thinking training programs for consultants covering business development, project management, and customer experience analyzed Carter Machinery’s business processes and conducted global competitive\-market assessments for Caterpillar Inc\., including electrification, autonomous and remote\-controlled digital solutions, and mining condition monitoring\. ### What did Philip do at CGN and Associates? At CGN and Associates, Philip helped develop and implement an embedded\-systems training curriculum for Caterpillar’s Electrical Electronics Research and Development organization\. He also developed and managed Caterpillar’s Reliability Symposium, coordinating its curriculum with company subject\-matter experts and managing delivery to facilities in the United States and Europe\. ### What was Philip’s role at MyFitDog? Philip co\-founded MyFitDog Inc\., developing the startup from ideation through product development and go\-to\-market entry\. The company promoted a cloud\-based digital health platform and wearable technologies for dogs and their owners\. ### What did Philip build as founder of IPICO Sports and Mercury Sports Group? Philip founded Mercury Sports Group, later doing business as IPICO Sports, and built its scalable business model, brand, and organizational structure from ideation through market entry\. He led product\-lifecycle work with technology\-development partners in Australia, China, South Africa, and the United States raised more than $3 million in working capital and secured global sales and channel partnerships in 12 countries\. Philip has launched six companies in live operating environments\. ### What did Philip accomplish as vice president of IPICO Sports? Philip negotiated Mercury Sports Group’s sale to IPICO Inc\. in November 2008 and was retained as vice president to advise senior leadership and key stakeholders\. He helped expand sales into 50 countries, grew annual sales volume to more than $6 million, secured partnerships with iconic global events, and applied experience in culture, employee training, global management, marketing, sales, product development, customer service, logistics, and human resources\. ### What was Philip’s leadership role with Susan G\. Komen for the Cure? As president of the board of directors for the Susan G\. Komen for the Cure Memorial Affiliate, Philip transitioned the board to a strategic\-governance model involving regional leaders and community advocates from business and healthcare\. He led the Circle of Promise African American inclusion initiative and an expansion process that grew the affiliate’s Central Illinois service area from 10 to 36 counties\. ### What is Philip’s experience leading major running events? In 1986, Philip helped create the first Race for the Cure in Peoria, which became the template for the Komen Race for the Cure Series worldwide\. He served as the event’s race director for 26 years\. Philip also served as managing director of the Steamboat Classic, managing all aspects of the region’s largest annual community\-based running event, which has received international recognition\. ### What did Philip do at Caterpillar, and what is his education? At Caterpillar Inc\., Philip was a staff accountant and a member of the PAC2 team that analyzed and reengineered corporate research and engineering development processes\. As a manufacturing system engineer, he led the product\-data\-management software selection and implementation team coordinated global training plans for the rollout of Pro/ENGINEER, now known as CREO developed the training curriculum and selected courses and vendors and held leadership assignments supporting plant\-improvement and corporate\-reorganization technology initiatives\. Philip earned a Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician from Bradley University\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/philip\-lockwood\-1aa320233