Prior to becoming an Executive in Residence at Storm Ventures in September 2002, Phil Anthony was the President of the Amplification Products Group of JDS Uniphase until July 2002, responsible for its optical amplifier, passive optical component, and integrated module businesses. During the last two quarters of the telecommunications infrastructure bubble, he coordinated business functions to achieve a growth in revenues that accelerated to >50% Q/Q. That was followed by aggressive actions over the next six quarters to respond to the collapse in telecommunication system revenues, managing the orderly restructuring of 14 of the businesses bought by JDS Uniphase and maintaining cash-flow neutral operations. He emphasized structured processes throughout the merged operations to increase product dependability and customer responsiveness. His organizations enhanced margins through innovative product platforms and revised production systems; they retained as much margin as possible by efficiently transferring production to a mirrored organization in China. He had joined JDS Uniphase in June 2000 when it acquired E-TEK Dynamics, where he was the VP of Engineering for two years.

Prior to E-TEK, Phil Anthony was the Director of the Passive Devices and Integrated Modules Organization, Optoelectronics Business Unit, Lucent Technologies, until June 1998. During his 20 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Lucent, Phil helped develop the technological foundations for a number of photonic businesses, including lasers, DWDM components, optical interconnects, photonic switching, integrated optics, and optoelectronic packaging.

He has served as the President of the IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society in 2001 and has served in various capacities on its Board of Governors since 1994. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

He was awarded a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Illinois, and graduated with a B.S. in Physics from the University of Dayton. He was born in New Bremen, Ohio.