While running the Skandalakis campaign in 1997, Reed co-founded Century Strategies with political strategist Tim Phillips [REF].
Reed's $20,000 per month contract with Microsoft[REF] proved a minor embarrassment to the Bush campaign in the summer of 2000 when it was revealed that the software giant, which was being prosecuted for antitrust violations, had hired a number of Bush aides as consultants and lobbyists.