Phil is the General Manager of Ericsson Software Technology U.S.A. (EST) and also leads the EST development efforts in cloud, containers, and other NFVI technologies. Prior to Ericsson, Phil was the V.P. of Operations for the Networking Projects at the Linux Foundation including ONAP, CNTT, and ORAN among others. In that role Phil led a team of technical staff who oversaw community software development based on DevOps and open source best practices. Prior to the Linux Foundation Phil spent 12 years with Hewlett Packard working on Linux and Open Source starting in 2001. There, Phil formed and led HP’s Open Source Program Office responsible for open source strategy, tools processes, and investments as HP transitioned from Unix to Linux in the Enterprise Server market.