Roger Anderson Ph.D

– Scientist, Entrepreneur, Evangelist, CEO, Consultant, and Author

Dr. Anderson obtained his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from Caltech in 1996. After leaving Caltech, he has been on the business side of science. He has experience in three previous start-ups, twice serving as CEO a combined 6 years. Dr. Anderson has also served as a consultant to dozens of companies in the laboratory reagents and diagnostics markets. Dr. Anderson concentrates on the focus of the executive team, industry relationship development, fund-raising, investor management and developing collaborations or acquisitions.

The entrepreneurial urge hit early in his career and has never left. During graduate school, he would compare offerings from various suppliers to find the best item at the best price for the lab. That led to the concept of what was then a novel database driven online purchasing system website for life science products and Anderson Unicom Group (AUG). Under his leadership, AUG grew from a concept to a full-fledged business, competing with much larger companies.

In 2000, BioCarta, a San Diego based immunology products company acquired the assets of AUG and asked Roger to stay on and, later, to run the operation. Dr. Anderson improved supplier and customer confidence and arranged for additional funding to grow the operation. His greatest strategic accomplishment was to merge with two other entities controlled by the investors to create a larger, stable company, while creating a better corporate culture, decreasing burn rate and increasing sales.

He continues to consult with many early stage companies.

Publications by Roger Anderson           

Anderson's Timesaving Comparative Guide; Restriction Enzyme Edition 1993 -1995

Anderson's Timesaving Comparative Guides on the Web from 1995 - 2000

Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols - By Stephen Misener, Stephen A. Krawetz
Published 1999 Humana Press Science, 500 pages ISBN 0896037320
Ch 21 Using the WWW to Supply the Molecular Biology Lab By MaryAnn Labant and Roger Anderson

Speaking Events

Roger is a terrific public speaker. He has addressed conferences large and small. He is entertaining and thought provoking.

Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum

USC Entrepreneurs Club

LPA – Laboratory Products Association (Speaker, Moderator, Panelist)

Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch 2006 Co-Winner:
"Best Investment Opportunity" and "Best of Best" for his presentation on behalf of Immunochemistry Technologies