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FEBRUARY 22, 2013
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2013 Oregon Stater Engineering Awards
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Oregon State University
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FEBRUARY 22, 2013
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Paul R. Anderson
F
or the past 25 years, Paul
Anderson has been advancing
commercial operations in the life
sciences and scientific equipment
industry domestically and around the
world — a career that began as an
undergrad at Oregon State University in
industrial engineering.
“My education at OSU provided me
with a solid foundation upon which to
build a career in the exciting field of life
sciences,” says Anderson. “Using the
skills learned at Oregon State to support
our customers who use our products for
research and diagnostics to advance the
human condition is extremely rewarding
for me.”
After a brief stint at General Electric
Company, Anderson completed an MBA
at Harvard University. His stellar career
took him to AT&T, Perkin-Elmer
Corporation, Applied Biosystems—in the
United States and abroad — and now to
Life Technologies Corporation through
the merger of Applied Biosystems and
Invitrogen Corporation.
“My focus over the last six years has
been improving supply chain
productivity,” says Anderson. “By
driving cost out of rawmaterials and
optimizing inventory and transportation
methods, we are able to provide the best
value products to our customers which
enables them to fuel more advances in
science.”
B.S. Industrial Engineering ’80
Vice President, Global Procurement
Life Technologies Corporation
Carlsbad, California
“Myeducation
at OSUprovided
mewitha solid
foundation
uponwhich to
build a career in
the exciting
eld of life
sciences.“
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
Peter P. Gassner
P
eter Gassner armed himself with a
computer science degree from
Oregon State University and went
on to a 20-year career in the software
industry. To say that he remembers his
educational roots is an understatement —
his start-up company chose orange as its
primary corporate color.
Gassner got started in his career as a
relational database technology developer
for IBM and subsequently held leadership
roles at PeopleSoft and salesforce.com. In
2007, he founded Veeva Systems,
developer of Cloud-based software for the
global life sciences industry.
As chief executive officer and president,
Gassner is responsible for the overall
strategic direction andmanagement of
the company. He puts customer success
as his number one priority, followed
closely by employee satisfaction.
Through Gassner’s leadership, Veeva
Systems has delivered game-changing
software solutions for the pharmaceutical
and life sciences industry, enabling its
customers to drive millions of dollars of
efficiency to the bottom line.
In 2010, Gassner was named to the
PharmaVOICE 100, which recognizes the
100 most influential people in the life
sciences industry.
B.S. Computer Science ’89
Founder, CEO&President
Veeva Systems
Pleasanton, California
To say that he
remembers his
educational
roots is an
understatement
—his start-up
company chose
orange as its
primary
corporate color.
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
David L. Andersen
D
avid Andersen took five years
after high school to play bass in a
rock and roll band before he
headed to Oregon State, but he finished
with his business degree and a minor in
construction engineering management —
a program his father helped to bring to
fruition in the 1960s.
ree generations of Andersens built
Andersen Construction Company into
the contracting powerhouse it is today.
Andersen expanded the company his
father started into a $300 million
construction management and general
contracting firm doing business in six
states.
“I’ve created a vision-based leadership
approach in our company that has fueled
our success,” says Andersen. “I built a
system that allows everyone to grow and
do their best within the parameters of
our values.”
All three of his children have worked in
the business and oldest son Joel, also an
Oregon State graduate in construction
engineering management, is currently
the vice president of business
development.
Andersen’s connections to Oregon
State remain. “My professors at Oregon
State were teachers and mentors and
now good friends,” he says. “The
engineering program linked me with
future leaders in the industry with whom
I do business today.”
B.S. Business Administration ’80
President &CEO
Andersen Construction Company
Portland, Oregon
“Myprofessors
at OregonState
were teachers
andmentors
andnowgood
friends.”
AcademyofDistinguishedEngineers
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Thomas L. Gould
I
n the waning days of the slide rule —
the mechanical analog computer
utilized by mathematicians and
engineers for centuries —Thomas Gould
was happy to be at a university that was
somewhat uniquely beginning to teach
computer science to its chemical
engineering students. The cutting-edge
skill served himwell.
“My first internship was with Chevron
Research in California, where I spent a
summer converting paper nomographs —
a multi-axis design process — into a
computerized form of hydrocrackers,”
says Gould. “It was a good example of
howOSUwas leading the charge in the
use of computers in chemical engineering,
allowing me to have a direct impact on
Chevron.”
Gould went on to earn his master’s and
doctoral degrees in chemical engineering
at University of Michigan and became a
leader in the field of petroleum reservoir
engineering, first with a software
company where he was responsible for
research and development in reservoir,
pipeline, real-time, training, and graphics
software. Today, Gould serves as a senior
partner in a global consulting firm
specializing in petroleum reservoirs and
enhanced oil recovery.
B.S. Chemical Engineering ’68
Senior Consultant/Senior Partner
International Reservoir Technologies
Lakewood, Colorado
Today, Gould
serves as a
senior partner in
a global
consulting rm
specializing in
petroleum
reservoirs and
enhanced oil
recovery.