About Us

Phil has served in General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer roles for e-commerce companies such as StockX, Rakuten, Ebates (Rakuten Rewards) and digital health software company Health Fidelity (Edifecs). Phil has also served as General Counsel at private enterprise software companies MarketTools, Inc. (now part of SurveyMonkey), and publicly traded companies such as Actuate Corporation (now part of OpenText) and Brio Software (now part of Oracle).

Phil was also a consultant in the forensic practices at H5 and KPMG LLP and in private practice as a corporate associate at Shearman & Sterling and as a litigation associate at Jones Day.

Phil has the CCEP compliance professional certification from the Society for Corporate Compliance & Ethics; the ABA Privacy Law Specialist, FIP, CIPP/US, CIPP/E and CIPM privacy professional certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals; and is licensed to practice law in New York and California. Phil frequently speaks on privacy and compliance matters and has been a strategic advisor to Hex-Five Security, ParleyPro (now part of LexisNexis), and Refundly.

Phil holds a B.A. in International Relations from Emory University, a J.D. from Duke University, and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, where he spent five years on the Adjunct Faculty, teaching business law to M.B.A. students.  

Phil lives in San Francisco with his wife and children, has completed several Ironman triathlons (a long time ago), and in his spare time pursues a combination of Peloton, tennis, reading thriller novels, and playing guitar in cover bands.

Representative Clients*: Sony Interactive, MoodMe, London Ink, Refundly, Health Fidelity, Ebates, WeStayGreen, Lance-Kashian & Co.

IAPP Privacy Certifications: CIPP/US CIPP/E CIPM

* Some clients may be from prior consulting endeavor Ironstrauss Productions