Phil brings 33 years of operating experience to the LNK team. Prior to joining LNK, Phil was a 23-year veteran of the Quaker Oats Company, where he held positions of increasing responsibility, including President.  At Quaker, he played a leading role in building Gatorade into a global brand, from $70 million to $1 billion in sales. From Quaker, Phil moved on to become President and COO of Dean Foods Company, where he led the successful repositioning of milk as a beverage, introducing the "Chug" packaging that revolutionized the dairy business. Subsequent to Dean Foods, Phil was President and CEO of Pepsi North America. Under his leadership, Pepsi outgrew Coke in North America and the Pepsi Bottling Group was spun off into an independent public company.

Most recently, Phil was President and CEO of Levi Strauss & Co., a leading global apparel company with more than $4 billion of sales in more than 110 countries. At Levi's he and his leadership team were credited with restoring the company's financial strength, reestablishing its competitiveness across all dimensions of the business, and revitalizing the brand around the world.

Phil is currently Chairman of the Board of Shutterfly Inc. and holds numerous other board positions, including positions with Kaiser Permanente and Georgetown University.  He received his MBA from Northwestern University and his BA in history from Georgetown University.