Phillip has worked in the field of international issues with National Geographic, the United Nations, the World Bank, the US Agency for International Development, and numerous other major nongovernmental organizations. He has worked in many countries in Africa and Asia. His primary areas of expertise are strategic planning, program design, organizational development, and program evaluation. He is currently working on a novel and a non-fiction book, both of which are about international politics, high stakes gambling, religion, high energy physics, and the search for wholeness.