Jim Anderson, President and Founder
Jim Anderson leads the global management team and
sets the company's strategic direction. He has been actively involved in
automobile dealer network planning for 30 years. He also provides expert
legal testimony on behalf of clients.
Anderson began his career in 1967 as a member of the engineering faculty at Wayne State University, Detroit, where he developed environmental models and computer mapping techniques to display data. He later expanded his capabilities to include mapping of census and employment data and other types of demographic information. He also developed statistical and mathematical models for location analysis of demographic data.
He formed Urban Science in 1977 to satisfy the growing need of automakers and car dealers for customer and demographic information. Today, the company's goal is to empower its clients with both information and insight.
Anderson holds bachelor and master of science degrees in engineering from Wayne State University.
