He received his doctorate from MIT and his bachelor's degree with majors in history and electrical engineering from Stanford University. His research interests include project management and product Development in distributed settings (such as offshoring/outsourcing), platform innovation in the electric utility industry, service supply chains, national security policy, and computer simulation. Dr. Anderson managed the UT Austin project management executive education program for Shell Corp. Anderson has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, SAP, and Hewlett-Packard. Professor Anderson has consulted with Ford, Shell, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Frito-Lay, and Atlantic-Richfield and holds three U.S. patents from his work at the Ford Motor Company.