Phil Wills
Dynamic defense industry leader driving growth through strategic brand engagement, MOSA innovation, and Open-Source Solutions.
- Role
- Director of Strategic Brand Engagement at Ves Llc
- Location
- Troy, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Phil Wills
Phil Wills is an enthusiastic defense industry executive leader. He actively engages his staff and community, building extensive and deep relationships, and exhibiting an infectious optimism that helps motivate everyone toward a unified mission to achieve positive and enduring results. Phil and his former Booz Allen Hamilton Troy Office team were recognized by Playworks Michigan as a Game Changer and received the Booz Allen Excellence Award (the firm’s highest honor) in the Connections Category for Driving Diversity Across the Army Account. Phil is a dynamic public speaker of multiple topics frequently presenting at industry and non-profit events every year ranging from small business innovation challenges, cybersecurity, defense community partnerships, innovation, wounded veterans, STEM careers, recruitment and retention of top talent, health and wellness, and corporate stewardship.Phil has served on numerous boards of advisors/directors including the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Michigan Chapter Board of Directors, Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium (GVSETS) Executive Steering Committee, the Michigan Congressional Staffers Breakfast Steering Committee, and the Booz Allen Hamilton Army Account Diversity and Inclusion Team. Phil has over 24 years of Air Force, Army acquisition, program management, and executive leadership experience, including four years of active duty as a systems acquisition officer in the United States Air Force and 20 years at Booz Allen supporting major Air Force and Army acquisition programs.
Experience
Director of Strategic Brand Engagement
Feb 2025 — Present · Troy, MI, US
Education
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science (BS), Industrial and Operations Engineering
1990 — 1994
Traverse City St. Francis High School
High School Diploma
University of Michigan
Master of Science (MS), Industrial and Operations Engineering
1994 — 1995
Skills
- Business Transformation
- Financial Modeling
- Program Management
- Government Contracting
- Requirements Analysis
- Business Process Improvement
- Military
- Proposal Writing
- Organizational Design
- Government
- Management Consulting
- Defense
- Dod
- Strategy
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