Team

Operating Company Management

Jim Andersen
President and CEO — US Sensor Systems Inc

Jim began his career as an Engineering Officer on US Navy Nuclear Submarines, and upon leaving the Navy went on to hold a variety of technical and senior management positions in high technology companies, including Westinghouse, Whitehall/Hydroscience, Litton Industries and Northrop Grumman.  He was the Business Unit Director for Litton's Fiber Optic Acoustic Systems, heading the company's fastest growing business unit from 1995 to 2002.  At Litton, he landed the first major (and still the largest) production contract for fiber optic sensors, a sonar system on the US Navy's newest Virginia class submarines, valued at over $400M.  Prior to that, Mr. Andersen held technical and executive positions in companies that developed systems for oil exploration and ocean applications. Mr. Andersen is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Electro-Optics Alliance, a collaborative group of over 300 US Electro-Optics companies formed to maintain US leadership in Electro-Optics. He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the United States Naval Academy and six US patents in sensing systems and optics. He has authored or co-authored numerous articles in leading oil industry magazines including the Oil & Gas Journal, Hart's Exploration and Production, The American Oil and Gas Reporter, and The Leading Edge.