CAPT Bill Anderson is an associate teaching professor in the Mechanical Engineering program. In the U.S. Navy, Anderson drove ships, operated nuclear propulsion plants, became an expert in deployable port and facility security programs, and established his credentials as a teacher, instructor and master training specialist. From the U.S. Navy, he transitioned to technology program leadership and management working with a broad variety of telecom and software companies, including AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless, and for the ten years prior to the University of Washington was an instructor and director of Pacific Maritime Institute here in Seattle, WA (part of MITAGS of Linthicum, MD). Throughout this time CAPT Anderson continued with various roles in technology leadership and management and has broad connections within the Maritime Engineering realm.