Hokie Breaks Ranks, Joins FST Team

Phil Hamlett

The Finance Strategic Transformation (FST) team welcomes Phil Hamlett, a career professional in information technology and project management with 30+ years of experience. Hamlett is part of the FST project management office (PMO) group.

No stranger to higher education, Hamlett teaches as adjunct faculty at the Central Virginia Community College in Lynchburg. He’s done so for 22 years, teaching IT classes initially and then solely project management (PM) classes in the past 15 years. Hamlett explains that he had long hoped to have an opportunity to work in the academic environment as a project manager, so the opportunity to work at an esteemed university such as UVA was a natural choice.

“What I bring to the University,” Hamlett says, “is a diversity of experience. I’ve been around a little bit. I have a great deal of experience across many industries and technologies. When you’ve seen a lot like that, you have a good sense of what works and what doesn’t.”

The Hamlett Clan at Walt Disney World:
Sons Noah and Christian, Phil, wife Martha, and Noah’s fiancée Abbey

According to Hamlett, in addition to his technical expertise, he’s good at collaborating with people, which is key to effective project management. He’ll be helping the PMO group ensure timely completion of key project deliverables.

There is one aspect of discord with Hamlett working on FST at UVA: he’s a Hokie. Hamlett is a big Virginia Tech fan and sports fan in general.  He also enjoys music. He’s played the trumpet since childhood and even earned a Presidential Service Ribbon for playing for President Ronald Reagan with Tech’s Highty-Tighties, the Corps of Cadets' regimental band, in 1986.