Phil Sage
Phil Sage is an award-winning global innovator with 20+ years of experience setting the vision for front-end innovation and award-winning product development across gaming, entertainment, and the world's most forward-looking consumer CPG brands.
A 4yr honoree in MOJO NATION's Top 100 Most Influential Figures in the Toy & Gaming Industry. Over his chapters at Hasbro Inc, his responsibilities included global technology acquisition, revolutionizing global Inventor relations, and driving the 'digital first' iPlay design & development organization. Over his impressive history, he and his teams discovered and commercialized break frame innovations like the TOTY Award-winning PieFace, Animated Grogu, KAPI Award-winning Star Wars Lightsaber Academy, NERF Lazer Ops, and Webby-nominated Dropmix. In late 2021, he was awarded the inaugural Brian Goldner Joymaker Award for his commitment to boundary-pushing philanthropic innovation.
In his exciting new role at PepsiCo, Phil is the Sr Director responsible for Design & Innovation HUB, North America. A team charged with accelerating circular economy innovation strategies against some of the globe's biggest and most successful brands across the Frito-Lay, Quaker & PepsiCo portfolio, forging life-centered experiences across brand, product, packaging, retail, and merchandising that adds business and global sustainability value. As an ambassador and mentor of design-led thinking, he, his team, and his peers are focused on positive, impactful change to solve real problems for people and planet
Phil is a mentor at Mass Challange, growing startups transforming businesses and economies. He volunteers his executive creative experience with the non-profit PeaceLove Foundation, which leverages the strength of creativity to help support mental wellness. He is a committed leader and partners with like-minded design experts in the designforgood Alliance, a nonprofit that drives innovative solutions against the biggest UN SDG's
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