Phil Emer | VP Business Development
MCNC

Phil Emer has spent over 35 years working at the intersections of network technology, research, academia and business – splitting time between the public and private sectors.  In the private sector Phil has worked as a technical business development manager with Amazon Web Services (AWS), as an engineer with IBM, as a technology executive with venture-backed Carolina Broadband, and as a member of the leadership team with not-for-profit MCNC.   In the public sector Phil directed voice, video, and data communications at NC State University and served as Senior Director of Technology Planning and Policy with the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Phil currently serves as Vice President Business Development at MCNC, a North Carolina not-for-profit corporation that provides connectivity, cybersecurity, hosting, and related technology services supporting all of NC public education institutions, most private colleges and universities, the NC Telehealth Association, and many other NC community anchor institutions. He currently serves on the Board of the Wireless Research Consortium and on the Strategic Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at NC State University. Phil earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.S. in computer engineering from NC State University.