John finished up an advanced research methodoligies class used in the MBA program. Study included qualitative and quantitative tools and techniques for driving business research.

John’s fifth child and second son was born Monday morning at 7:30AM via C-Section. Mom and baby are now home and doing very well. John hopes that he will be able to return to a normal night’s sleep before many more weeks.

During the early summer months, John studied under Shingo prize winner, Dr. Richard L. Jenson. The course focus was to expose students to a wide variety of information technology useful in determining company strategies. Topics included integrated databases, process modeling, business intelligence, knowledge management, data mining, and online analytical processing (OLAP).

Starting in the end of July, John was enrolled in a week long training course designed to teach professionals how to implement the Agile development methodology, Scrum, within their organizations. The course was taught by Kenny Rubin, president of Innolution, Inc. and practioner of the Scrum Alliance. The course first focused on the individual contributor [...]

John just completed an “Operations Management” course taught by former AMI Semiconductor executive, Dr. Randy Cook. The course study focused on lean manufacturing methodologies. Dr. Cook’s experience both from AMI and Utah State University brought valuable insights into lean theory and its application.

John Andersen is responsible for an intern that made the news in the local newspaper. The Intern, Brandon Pedersen, is making great contributions to John’s team. Click to read the Daily Herald article.

The “John Andersen” website makes the front page on Google for search terms: John Andersen and John James Andersen.

John Andersen finished the second semester of MBA school at Utah State University.  Classes included Accounting Strategies and Financial Problems & Analysis.

John Andersen finished the first semester of MBA school at Utah State University.  Classes included Business Ethics and Organizational Behavior.

John finished the one year pre-requisite work for the MBA program at Utah State University.  He completed the year of classes with a 4.0 average. Course work begins in September for the two year master’s program.