Phil served as the President of the Amplification Products Group of JDS Uniphase until July 2002, responsible for its optical amplifier, passive optical component, and integrated module businesses. He had joined JDS Uniphase in June 2000 when it acquired E-TEK Dynamics, where he was the VP of Engineering for two years. Prior to E-TEK, Phil was the Director of the Passive Devices and Integrated Modules Organization, Optoelectronics Business Unit, Lucent Technologies, until June 1998. During his 20 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent, Phil helped develop the technological foundations for a number of photonic businesses, including lasers, DWDM components, optical interconnects, photonic switching, integrated optics, and optoelectronic packaging. He has served as the President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society in 2001 and has served in various capacities on its Board of Governors since 1994. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

He was awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois, and graduated with a B.S. in Physics from the University of Dayton.