Colonel Chris Anderson leads a team that provides critical intelligence access and analytic capabilities across all Army echelons, from the tactical edge to the strategic enterprise level. The IS&A portfolio encompasses multiple programs of record, including Distributed Common Ground System - Army (DCGS-A), Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN), Intel Apps, and numerous other HUMINT/SIGINT/GEOINT capabilities. He was commissioned as a Field Artillery officer in 1998, and since 2007 has served in a wide variety of Army and Joint acquisition billets, most recently as a founding member of the Army Hypersonic Project Office. Prior to developing the command and control system for the Army’s first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, COL Anderson was the Product Manager for Fire Support Command & Control in PEO Command, Control, and Communications - Tactical (PEO C3T). Previous assignments include serving as the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) Division Chief for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), responsible for coordinating testing and the operational employment of ballistic missile defense assets throughout that theater. From 2011-2013, he ran the Personnel Recovery Support Equipment (PRSE) program for PEO Soldier and fielded cutting-edge capabilities to recover captured or missing service members. Colonel Anderson also served as the Assistant Product Manager for Surface-Launched AMRAAM (SLAMRAAM) in PEO Missiles and Space, and as an Operational Test Officer for the Fire Support Test Directorate at Fort Sill. From 2008-2009, he deployed to Iraq as the leader of a Forward Operational Assessment (FOA) Team in support of Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC). His operational assignments include serving in the 82nd Airborne Division as a Rifle Company Fire Support Officer with Bravo Company, 3-504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, where he deployed to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian. Upon his return to Fort Bragg, he served as the Charlie Battery Fire Direction Officer, Platoon Leader, and Battalion S4 for the 3-319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment. He commanded Charlie Battery, 6-27 FA (MLRS) in Iraq and Fort Sill, and served as an Observer-Controller/Trainer Team Chief and Brigade S4 for the 205th Infantry Brigade (AC/RC) at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. Colonel Anderson holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science from Ripon College, Wisconsin, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Alabama – Huntsville, and a Masters in Strategic Studies from the US Army War College. His military education includes the Field Artillery Officer's Basic and Captain's Career Courses, the Combined Armed Services Staff School, Command and General Staff College, the Program Manager's Course, and Senior Service College. He is a member of the Army Acquisition Corps and holds professional certifications in Program Management (Level III) and Test & Evaluation (Level II). Colonel Anderson’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (with four Oak Leaf Clusters), Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal (with three Oak Leaf Clusters), Army Achievement Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), as well as multiple campaign medals for Iraq and Kosovo and the Army Parachutist Badge. He is a member of the Honorable Order of Saint Barbara and is the current President of the Aberdeen Proving Ground chapter of the US Army Field Artillery Association. Colonel Anderson has one daughter, Cassidy, a sophomore at Penn State University.