Edward R. Anderson

Facilitator Mediator Arbitrator Strategist

B.Sc.(Hons)., Dpl (Marketing Research)., MBA., FCIArb

 

LINKS - WHITEPAPERS

 

TRU Team Facilitation

 

Blue Ocean Strategy - Ocean Strategy, Red or Blue, belongs in the Dead Sea!

 

"Distribution Strategy - Criteria and Rules". Expand your Sales: In-house Sales Force, Distributors, Outsource or Export?

 

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Edward R Anderson

 

 

TRU Group Inc

President & CEO:

TRU Team Facilitation

TRU Group Inc, North America

 

For more than ten years, Edward Anderson has successfully managed TRU assignments involving investment decisions of  many hundreds of millions of dollars. He has assisted start-ups to grow exponentially and obtain the financing to do so. He has several years Vice President Operations, and Director level experience in North American middle-market technology-intensive multinationals. 

Edward R Anderson

 

þ Team Facilitator

 þ Mediator Teams and Individuals

  þ Neutral ● Referee ● Arbitrator

   þ Strategic Planning Consultant

    þ Strategic Planning Facilitator

     þ Business Analyst

      þ Technologist

 

Hundreds of Meetings

Board Level through Shop Floor

 

Business School Adjunct Professor

University of Arizona + University of Toronto

 

Trained Mediator

CDR Associates, Bolder, CO

 

Qualified Arbitrator

FCIArb Fellow Chartered Institute Arbitrators

 

Led Billion Dollar Due Diligence Assessments

Independent Major Plant Project Monitor

Mediated in Superior Court

Arbitrated on Panel

 

Employment History Profile

 

Vice President, Operations:

NP Photonics Inc, Tucson, AZ

Optoelectronic Devices and special glass

 

Functionally  responsible for marketing & sales, engineering and manufacturing of optoelectronic components, special glasses and fiber. Management Committee + Board Secretary.

 

Director Corporate Planning and Development:

Timminco Limited, North America

Specialty Metals, Materials and Chemicals

 

Reporting to CEO & Owner. Managed strategic planning for all manufacturing units, set performance criteria and monitored results. Responsible for business development and evaluated acquisition prospects.

 

TAL, a Subsidiary of Timminco

$ 8 billion investment management firm

 

Reporting to CEO facilitated strategic planning resulting in quantum change in strategy and extremely rapid growth and success. Investment topping $20 billion. 

 

Manager Industrial Marketing Research:

Reed North America, Head Office

$600 million manufacturing conglomerate

 

Ongoing planning and market research in a wide range of manufacturing sectors supporting major acquisition program of the company.

 

Management Consultant:

 

Hatch Associates, North America

Engineers in Metals Smelting Refining Fabricating

 

KPMG, Toronto, Canada

Big five General Management Consultants

 

Economist Intelligence Unit

Consulting Arm of Economist Newspapers

 

Phoenix Tucson Arizona USA + Toronto Canada + Sonora Mexico California

 Nevada Working throughout North America and Internationally Houston Texas TX