Civix solutions are the product of our years of experience in virtually every area of the public sector. The moment you team with us, you benefit from our decades of industry leadership.

Phillip Braithwaite

Chief Executive Officer


Phillip’s twenty-year career in state and local government technology has been driven by his pursuit of information, excellence, and continual improvement. Philip’s leadership is anchored in his pragmatic approach to innovation—a guiding belief that goes beyond technology to a place where data drives decision making and partnership yields progress.  

Prior to his role at Civix, Philip served as the CEO of other gov tech and ed tech companies, which during his tenure received industry acclaim as pioneering market leaders. He is passionate about customer service, intelligent product development, and heading up strong senior leadership teams. Phillip marries strategy and service, and considers it his mission to foster growth, extend Civix’s impact, and persist in empowering public servants to carry out their work. 

Brittany Leonard

Chief Corporate Counsel


Brittany is an attorney turned experienced corporate counsel and business director. After starting her career in a traditional law firm, she knew with her background in business – both by degree and working experience – that she had more to offer. Her passion is seeing businesses thrive and helping facilitate those successes. She has directed and collaborated with internal departments from marketing, data analysis, human resources, and finance, leading teams in a wide range of business transactions. 

Brittany has in-depth experience in reviewing a variety of contracts, including nondisclosures, licensing, marketing, partnership, SaaS, vendor documents, and government agreements. She offers a unique approach by being able to look at a document from both business and legal perspectives. She’s also highly experienced in litigation, mediation, managing outside counsel, and protecting intellectual property through trademarks. As Chief Corporate Counsel, Brittany manages Civix’s legal team with a focus on contract negotiations, intellectual property, compliance, global HR situations for risk management, and M&A transactions.

In the community, Brittany volunteers at Give Kids the World and is on the Board of Directors for the Association of Corporate Counsel.  Brittany is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Central Florida with a Bachelors in Business Administration. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Florida A&M College of Law, where she was the Valedictorian of her class.

Dave Sokalski

Chief Financial Officer


For nearly 30 years, Dave has led innovative finance teams across a wide variety of industries including software, hardware, manufacturing, distribution, pharmaceuticals, tobacco, petroleum, retail, and hospitality. 

A teacher by nature, he believes mentoring the next generation of leaders to be an important part of his role. His professional career as Controller and later CFO produced a strong accounting background well suited to ERP design and reporting management. He’s also a lean manufacturing green belt, grant writer, and has a long history of working with economic development agencies. Those underpinnings enable him to serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, driving Civix forward and creating lasting value for our organization.  

Dave grew up in New York along the Canadian border but has called Florida home since 2011. He’s a father to three grown children and several grandchildren. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. In is free time, he enjoys travel and time on the water, fishing. 

Angele Romig

President, Grants


With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Angele directs the Grants Management, Community Planning, and Right of Way Management business units. She brings in-depth knowledge of customer relationship management and an experienced understanding of the political landscape. With a deep-rooted belief in growing an organization through investment in human capital, Angele has solidified Civix’s position as a leader in disaster recovery and grants management solutions.