Phil Goodman owns one of Los Angeles' oldest and well-known Apple product consulting firms. Phil has been a frequent seminar speaker and instructor at national conferences such as Macworld Expo, Macworld | iWorld, MacIT, MacTech Conference, MacTech Bootcamp, ACES Conference, Apple’s Channel Camp and MacFair/LA. He was one of the founding members of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN) program in 1989 and has been a member longer than anyone in the world. Phil was also asked to serve on Apple’s Advisory Council from 1999-2004 and he holds certifications in every version of macOS (since Apple started certifications with version 10.1) including the Apple Certified Security & Mobility Specialist, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, Apple Certified Support Professional, Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist, and Apple Mobility Technical Competency (iOS) credentials. Phil is also one of a few Apple Certified Trainers nationwide allowing him to teach Apple’s desktop and server courses leading to certification. Phil is the founder and President of the Los Angeles Portable User Group (lapug.com), a user group focusing on portable computing technologies, which he founded in 1992. In addition to demonstrating expert level macOS and iOS knowledge, Phil is also a member of the FileMaker Business Alliance. He has been using FileMaker, a leading relational database platform, for over 34 years and has been developing databases professionally for others since 1990.

Invited to return and teach computer literacy for the Winter 1997 quarter at UCLA.

Offered a faculty position in the Department of Mathematics at UCLA. Taught computer literacy and computer programming through 1994. Wrote one of the textbooks for the computer literacy course that was used by several thousand students at the University for many years. Received superior evaluations by students over all terms. Faculty advisor for on-campus Bruin Computer User Group.