Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Phillips tsohon darektan dabarun da sadarwa ne na Blue State Digital da ke Washington, DC, wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na ƙirar gidan yanar gizo wanda daga baya ya kasance yana da alaƙa da
2008 Barack Obama yaƙin neman zaɓe na shugaban ƙasa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai tsara dabarun intanet. Phillips ya yi aiki a baya ga Sanata Rod Smith na Jihar Florida a matsayin babban mai tsarawa a lokacin zaben gwamna na Florida na 2006. Ya kuma yi aiki ga Ted Kennedy.