Brian Phillips

Background

About Brian Phillips

Brian Phillips brings an extensive background at the intersection of technology and physical security. He has held a variety of leadership roles at global healthcare, life sciences and Fortune 500 companies. Most recently Brian served as the Director of Global Security at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where he led the firm’s global security efforts for employees and 450 facilities, integrating and scaling security technologies across the enterprise. Prior, Brian was responsible for physical security and technology at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and at Pfizer he held roles in physical security, security compliance and technology. At Alexion he developed the company's first physical security program with a special focus on leveraging technology to keep employees safe in the workplace. With deep expertise in technologies from visitor management to access control, mass notification and intelligence platforms, Brian is credited with using technology to modernize legacy security processes to solve complex data, security and compliance challenges across the enterprise.Brian was named a “Top 20 Under 40 Security End User” by Security Systems News and earned the Best In-House Security Team from the Outstanding Security Performance Awards at the annual ASIS GSX Convention. He holds a degree in Security Management and industry certifications including Certified Protection Professional (CPP), Physical Security Professional (PSP), and Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).