Phillip Djwa has been working for more than 15 years in the high-technology industry. During this time, Phillip has worked on a wide range of technology and web-integrated communications projects in senior positions from Fortune 500 (AT&T), high-tech start-ups (Adcritic, POPcast), to not-for-profit organizations (First Nations Education Steering Committee).
Since 2000, Phillip has led strategy, and completed innovative web projects, as part of his company Agentic Communications. Agentic was recently recognized as one of the top 100 fastest growing companies in Vancouver with its specialty in not-for-profit, Aboriginal and government organizations.
He is an accomplished presenter and knowledgeable speaker on information and communications technology, especially as it applies in First Nations in BC. He has worked extensively with Aboriginal organizations, including the First Nations Education Steering Committee acting as the E-learning lead, the First Nations Schools Association and wason the First Nations Technology Council with the portfolio of Capacity Building for four years.
Phillip’s credentials as a strategist offer a unique blend of technologist and social scientist. His clients include the Vancouver Organizing Committee, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Industry Canada, the Province of BC, Canadian Tourism Commission, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, Canada Mortgage and Housing (Granville Island) and many other organizations.
Phillip has also been an extremely active participant in the arts community. He is an award-winning composer for theatre, dance, and film as well as for his own compositions. His work has received support from the Canada Council, BC, and Quebec. He has performed nationally, and internationally, in the late 80’s and early 90’s, from the Kitchen in NYC to the ‘Cultch in Vancouver. His work, primarily computer-based, involved installation and computer generated music including an interactive symphonic work with acclaimed saxophonist Anthony Braxton. He has studied with Martin Bartlett and George Lewis.
A career-long social entrepreneur, Phillip has volunteered for many worthwhile community initiatives, including the First People’s Heritage Council, and the Friends of Chamber Music. Phillip has a BA from Simon Fraser University in Fine Arts with a concentration in electronic music, and an MFA in Electronic Arts from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York (1995). His background is Chinese Indonesian and Newfoundland/Miq’maq making his national dress a sarong and a sou’wester.