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Biography of Joseph B. Anderson, Jr.
CEO, Vibration Control Technologies, LLC

Joseph B. Anderson, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Vibration Control Technologies, LLC (vctllc.com, taghold.com)

Joseph B. Anderson, Jr. born in Topeka, Kansas, graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1965, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Math and Engineering. He subsequently received two Masters Degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972 and 1973. Mr. Anderson attended the Army’s Command and General Staff College in 1977. He also is a graduate of the Harvard Advanced Management Program, 1984.

During his military career, Mr. Anderson commanded troops as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division and served two tours of duty with the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam. In addition to troop command, Mr. Anderson served as aide-de-camp to two general officers, and was an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point.

Mr. Anderson and the infantry platoon he commanded in Vietnam were subjects of the highly acclaimed documentary film “The Anderson Platoon”. The documentary has been shown in more than 20 countries and has won several prizes including the Oscar of the Academy Awards and an Emmy for the “Best Documentary Film of 1967”. Mr. Anderson’s military awards include two silver stars, five bronze stars, three Army Commendation Medals, and eleven Air Medals. Mr. Anderson resigned his commission in 1978, after 13 years of service and early selection for promotion to Lieutenant Colonel.

In 1977, Mr. Anderson was selected to be a White House Fellow and worked as Special Assistant to Secretary of Commerce, Juanita Kreps. Following his White House Fellow Year, Mr. Anderson continued to work for Secretary Kreps until he joined General Motors in 1979.

Mr. Anderson began his career with General Motors in 1979 at Pontiac Motor Division. In March 1981, after several manufacturing assignments, Mr. Anderson was named Plant Manager of the Pressed Metal and Plating Operations, Pontiac Motor Division. After three years as a plant manager, Mr. Anderson held several staff assignments until April 1989 when he was appointed Director of the Exterior Systems Business Unit, Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors Corporation. In June 1990 he was appointed General Director, Body Hardware Business Unit, Inland Fisher Guide Division, General Motors Corporation, a business unit with 7,000 employees and revenue of $1 billion.

In December 1992, after 13 years of service, Mr. Anderson resigned from General Motors to become President and Chief Executive Officer, Composite Energy Management Systems, Incorporated (CEMSI). In October 1994, Mr. Anderson acquired a controlling interest in Chivas Products Limited, Trim, Lighting and Plastics operations. In 1997 the company was restructured as Chivas Industries, L.L.C. where Mr. Anderson held the position of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer until 2002, when he sold his interest in full to Continental Plastics. Mr. Anderson is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer to TAG Holdings, LLC, which has the strategy of owning a controlling interest in a diverse range of manufacturing and service related enterprises. Vibration Control Technologies, a manufacturer of Torsion Vibration Dampers, is a subsidiary of TAG Holdings, LLC.

Mr. Anderson serves on the Boards of Directors of the following publicly-traded companies: Quaker Chemical Corporation, ArvinMeritor, Inc., and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. He also serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Original Equipment Suppliers Association; a member of the Michigan Automotive Partnership; Director, Society of Automotive Engineers Foundation and is President of the National Association of Black Automotive Suppliers. Mr. Anderson’s community involvement includes National Trustee, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Board of the Beaumont Foundation, the Board of Trustees of Kettering University, Horizons-Upward Bound Advisory Board, Board of Directors of Focus Hope and Board of Directors of The Economic Club of Detroit.