Phil Kasiecki is a versatile software engineer, writer, businessman, influencer and lifelong learner.
A software engineer with diverse experience that includes software development tools, embedded systems, device drivers and diagnostics, Phil improves existing software through refactoring, code conversions and applying changes and/or bug fixes used elsewhere in a code base. Phil has also thrived in non-technical aspects such as documentation or presenting a new development to a group of people. A versatile team player and quick learner who works well with others, he has worked in both big companies and small, and has interacted directly with customers and other stakeholders to understand and resolve technical and non-technical issues of concern.
An active participant in the tech community in the greater Boston and Manchester areas, Phil has been a frequent attendee of the Embedded Systems Conference and several other technical conferences, and has also attended meetings with organizations such as IEEE and Boston Linux User Group. Since graduating from Northeastern, Phil has enhanced his education via a number of courses at schools like NU and UMass-Lowell, as well as the IEEE Boston Section. Currently, he is part of the Workforce Development Committee with the New Hampshire Tech Alliance, frequently speaks on the software engineering profession to those considering a career change into it and assists those who have completed a program to make that move.
Until well into 2020, Phil was also the President and Director of Basketball Operations for Hoopville Media Services, LLC, the parent company of Hoopville. He joined Hoopville during the first season of the site, and became Managing Editor in 2005 before becoming owner in 2010. During his time with Hoopville, Phil was also a regular contributor to CSTV.com and the New England Recruiting Report, as well as web sites on the Rivals.com network, notably Eagle Action and the UConn Report. Previously, Phil contributed to About College Basketball (About.com) and Talkinghoops.com.
At the height of Hoopville, few people saw as much basketball or were exposed to the many players in the game as Phil was. For five straight seasons from 2008-09 to 2012-13, he covered at least 100 Division I college basketball games, in addition to many high school games, and he accomplished that feat in 2006-07 as well. His coverage took him to many in-season tournaments as well as conference tournaments, and he covered many big high school events as well, from the Jordan Classic to the ABCD Camp and Nike Peach Jam. He also covered the 2003 NBA Draft, which featured a star-studded class headlined by Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade.
The variety and depth of coverage Phil provided led to him being included by the Sporting News on its list of the Top 140 College Basketball Twitter Accounts to Follow in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Hoopville ran successful events such as the Hoopville Spring Finale and City-Catholic Challenge in Boston. The Hoopville Spring Finale annually brought over 50 travel teams together in a competitive event, including teams from Canada and several elite programs that compete in shoe company-sponsored competitive leagues.
A long-time member of the US Basketball Writers Association and Sports Executives Association, Phil was a media voter for the Colonial Athletic Association from 2006-2020, and was a media voter for the ACC’s Player and Rookie of the Week selections and for the ACC’s postseason awards for several years. At one time, he was one of several media voters in a national prep school poll and a voting panelist for CoachStat, which is devoted to ranking college basketball coaches in various categories.
Phil grew up in the tiny city of Chelsea, Mass., which is also the hometown of such famous people as former college athletic director Lew Perkins, boxer John Ruiz, jazz great Chick Corea and famous inventor Lewis Latimer. An avid reader on a number of subjects, he is also a jazz and R&B aficionado and enjoys time with his family.