Based in Los Angeles for over 15 years, Philip grew up in Utica, New York, proud birthplace of the Half-Moon cookie and.......um......the Half Moon cookies are really good. Prior to working on Middlemost Post, Phil held numerous management positions on the little-known indie cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. When he's not working on budgets and feeling the thrill of starting a new spreadsheet in Excel, he enjoys schooling his two young daughters in Mario Kart, hiking all over LA's mountains, reading books, and writing un-interesting bio’s about himself.