He has broad experience as an entrepreneur and as an owner/operator of several businesses. He is also an experienced entrepreneur having co-founded a company that was recently sold for $1.8 billion dollars. He also is the founder of an oil and gas exploration company and manages a small investment fund. He has also made several angel investments in technology companies.
Phil spent 14 years with Advantage Capital Partners where he was not only a venture capitalist, but also promoted economic development by helping pass legislation that created over $5 billion of funding for small businesses.