Robert Anderson is a Principal and a co-founder of the Robert Anderson Group, Inc. He has been actively involved in the field of occupational noise control and hearing conservation for more than 40 years. He started his career as a noise control engineer with General Motors Corporation before co-founding a noise control consulting firm that pioneered the use of computers to model noise emissions inside industrial plants, leading to a respected role as an advisor and consultant to industry and government institutions helping shape corporate strategies for mitigating the harmful effects of noise.

Mr. Anderson is a recognized international expert and invited speaker and lecturer in the field of noise control and hearing conservation. He has provided consulting expertise to clients in agricultural machinery, appliance, automotive, brewing, chemical, glass, material handling, petroleum, pharmaceutical, plastics and rubber manufacturing industries. He is currently focused on developing programs to integrate hearing health awareness and noise control into corporate and labor cultures. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from GMI (now Kettering University), specializing in Noise Control, and Plant and Environmental Engineering. He has been an instructor at GM University; a guest lecturer at The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences of Wayne State University and at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health; and is an adjunct faculty member of Central Michigan University, where he teaches sound exposure monitoring and hearing loss prevention programs to audiology graduate students