F5, Inc. announced the appointment of James Phillips, President, Digital Transformation Platform Group at Microsoft, to its board of directors. Phillips, 55, joins F5's board effective January 5, 2022, and will sit on F5's Nominating and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Committee. In his current role, Phillips leads Microsoft's Digital Transformation Platform Group, a product development organization with more than 15,000 global team members.

His team builds and operates Microsoft's business applications and services; and the application, integration, data and intelligence platforms beneath them – collectively powering the digital transformation initiatives of some of the organizations. His product portfolio includes Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Azure AI Platform, Azure Data Platform, and the Azure IoT Platform.