Phil Bowers is the founder of Professional Skills Development, a performance consulting and motivational teaching company.

Phil’s professional experience spans thirty years with a broad base in manufacturing, sales and marketing with U.S.  and international companies. Over the course of his career, Phil has successfully built and led sales and marketing teams in some of the toughest markets in the United States.   Phil has also served as a representative on international business teams, and his sales and technical responsibilities have taken him to markets a diverse as Mexico, Japan and Brazil.  He has developed training programs that not only targeted specific development needs, but also focused on measuring progress and results.

Phil received his Bachelor of Science degree in Textile Chemistry from Georgia Tech and was named outstanding graduate in 1975 by the Georgia Textile Manufacturer’s Association.   He completed the Advanced Management Program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Phil is a member of the Institute of Management Consultants.

Phil serves on the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce Education Council, the Closing the Achievement Gap Committee, and serves on the Board of Directors for Crossroads Sexual Assault Response Center.   He is also a member of the Burlington Bio-diesel Co-op, a Burlington, NC based   Co-Op that produces diesel fuel from waste vegetable oil.

In addition to being a training professional, Phil is a speaker and an author, having published his first book, Management is NOT a Dirty Word.