James D. Anderson, Jr., Founder & President
Jim founded Global Energy Alliance, Inc., as an outgrowth of his consulting company and the research and development of the solar energy system, SOLTES.

After graduating in 1962, with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, he was engaged in research, development, and launch operations for the Saturn Apollo program. He received his Master of Science degree in 1968. His experience includes twenty-six years as a consulting engineer, and fourteen years in the industry areas of field and test engineering, plant and facilities engineering and management, energy management and design, and mechanical systems design.

From May 1984, to the present, he has been in private practice as a consulting engineer. He has taken continuing education courses and numerous seminars in a variety of subjects. These courses included Indoor Air Quality; Thermal Storage; Energy Utilization; Pumping Systems and Cooling Towers; the United States Export Council for Renewable Energy in the Americas, which was presented in Puerto Rico and Solar 2004 presented by ASME and American Solar Energy Society.