Described by his peers as “the one guy in this industry with whom I would not want to compete,” Phillip has been president since 2021 and continues to execute his vision of steady, sensible growth without diluting the client experience. So far, so good.
A Collins Hill (Eagles) grad, Army veteran, and Alabama (‘Tide) alum, Phillip has excelled at virtually every role Accent has to offer, including laborer, installer, crew foreman, repair technician, production manager, estimator, sales manager, marketing manager, fleet manager, risk manager, reputation manager, warranty service manager, and general manager.
Much like a coach’s kid who grew up watching game film, he’s been around roofing most of his life and is a multi-certified expert in residential roofing. He’s also a borderline fanatic about communication, processes, protocols, infrastructure, and team goals. He coined and often uses the acronym “EBN,” which stands for “Exhausting But Necessary.”
Phillip’s go-to management tutorials are classics by Dale Carnegie and Jim Collins, respectively: “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” and “Good to Great.” You can tell he has a knack for leadership because when he laughs—which is often—he gets back to the business at hand sooner than everyone else.
Explaining the difference between his style of leadership and Phillip’s, Tommy says, “I was the roofing equivalent of Mark Richt, and Phillip is the roofing equivalent of Kirby Smart. Fans count on him and players love him. Just substitute clients for fans and employees for players.”
For those who prefer a golf metaphor, Tommy was Arnie and Phillip is Jack.
Clients and team members alike describe Phillip as sincere and accessible, and his name appears often among the company’s 3,300 five-star reviews. Having assembled and trained an elite management team, his primary focus is on refining the client experience. To that end, he devotes himself to training, branding, technology, and equipping employees to make “big plays.”
A lifelong student of the craft and industry, he has several significant innovations to his credit. These include pioneering full-time project managers in 2017, the development of a consultative sales system (as opposed to the industry’s standard, high pressure, one call close system), the development of a customized CRM, and the implementation of a meaningful and distinctive client rewards program.
From 2024 through August of 2025, starting from scratch and bringing over 20 years of experience to the effort, he wrote and digitized a robust, interactive sales training curriculum. Already among the most professional and expert reps in the industry, the Thunderbirds continue to grow under Phillip’s guidance.
He takes keen interest in the company’s benevolence program, the flagships of which are two macro-ministries; Habit for Humanity and the Humane Society, and four micro-ministries; Uncle Pigskin, Toot Your Horn, Roofborne 101and Silver Shingles. His default position on corporate giving is to never say no to a rec league team, marching band, 10k, golf scramble, military veteran, food bank, first responder, PTA, or Girl Scout.
He’s amused by competitors who state their experience in fractions of a decade (e.g., “half a decade,” “the better part of a decade.”). He’s also amused by his dog, Chloe the Boxer, and his emergency backup dog, Bailey the Bulldog. His favorite TV channel is Nat Geo.
When not on the premises, Phillip and his wife, Katie, enjoy North Georgia’s outdoor life and time on Lake Hartwell with their daughter, Kylee, and whichever friend Kylee brings along. He’s training for the triathlon but finds that, with each passing day, his muscles and joints are more attracted to the siren call of Pickleball.
Of late, to balance his strict diet of TV nature shows, Katie has been force-feeding him low doses of HGTV (“Love It or List It”), which he reluctantly enjoys. He refuses to name his karaoke song, but speculation is that it would be the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction.”
A Level 5 leader not given to self-promotion, the one boast Phillip allows himself is that he has every client he has ever spoken to in his contacts and greets each by name when picking up. His cell number is 770-266-8918 if you’d like to test that boast.
