Prior to joining Olin, Mr. Anderson was an optomechanical engineer with Network Photonics, a start-up company developing all-optical switches for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) Networks. He was a founding employee at Network Photonics and played an instrumental role in engineering the product from initial concept to production. In addition, he was a major contributor in the design and development of a custom-built, 50 million dollar manufacturing and testing facility. Before Network Photonics, Mr. Anderson was employed by Ball Aerospace where his primary focus was space borne optical instruments – two of which are presently on board the Hubble Space Telescope. While with Ball Aerospace, Mr. Anderson also designed and tested mechanisms and optical structures for laser crosslink communication satellites.

Mr. Anderson’s areas of interest and expertise include design, analysis manufacturing and testing of precision mechanical systems such as those found in optomechanical systems that demand precision mechanical motions and stable structures. While at Network Photonics, he designed and tested a novel three axis flexure motion mechanism for real-time sensing and mapping of pointing errors in an optical switch undergoing thermal excursions. Mr. Anderson holds two patents for MEMS micro mirrors and is currently consulting on a project to help free whales from entanglement in lobster buoy lines. Mr. Anderson frequently contributes software reviews to mechanical engineering trade journals. He received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder.