ROB PHILLIPS
CEO
PHILLIPS INDUSTRIES
WHY: Keeps innovating to ensure a safer and more efficient life for the all-important trucking industry; took over as CEO of family company in 2020.
IN THE NEWS: In May, Phillips Industries announced the launch of the REAR-VU Backup Camera. Using the camera means that “any driver can connect with any trailer equipped with the device.”
NOTABLE: Phillips was one of the five local innovators honored by the Business Journal during the ninth annual Innovator of the Year Awards in 2023. He was then moving the firm’s headquarters from Santa Fe Springs to UCI Research Park in Irvine.
QUOTABLE: “The move to UCI Research Park has been fantastic! We’re at the center of incredible innovation and next-level thinking, and our state-of-the-art office, with creative collaborative spaces, is inspiring employees to come in more and more. The area is very safe with convenient freeway access, and being close to John Wayne Airport is both great and accessible for team members and customers.”
