Paul Anders graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in the unlikely combination of Physics, which people would call a hard science, and Economics, which people probably call a voodoo science. He received his MBA at Wayne State University in Detroit and attended the Advanced Management Program at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Business. He spent over 30 years in the business world with the last 14 years being at the Officer level in first the 4th largest non-banking Financial Company in the United States and then at the 8th largest combined gas and electric Utility Company in the United States. He has spoken at various conferences and chaired the industry technical committees for both the American Financial Services Association and the Edison Electric Institute. He has been involved in the implementation of almost every business practice popularized in the last two decades including Total Quality Control, Empowerment, Process Redesign, and the Learning Organization. He has recently retired and now lives with his wife of 43 years in their home in Southeastern Michigan.