David Anderson
Associate Professor of Analytics at the Villanova University School of Business
Ph.D.

David received his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in 2013.

His research focuses on applying predictive modeling and optimization to socially important problems. He focuses particularly on how companies measure and close gender pay gaps, the impacts of pay equity and pay transparency legislation, and how companies should address demographic pay gaps.

His work has been published in journals such as Nature, Harvard Business Review, Organization Science, Production and Operations Management among others. He is also the co-founder of PayAnalytics, a software company that helps companies measure, close, and monitor demographic pay gaps.

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Education Education

  • Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of Maryland
  • Bachelor’s degree in Applied Math from William and Mary

David received his Ph.D. in Operations Management from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland in 2013.

His research focuses on applying predictive modeling and optimization to socially important problems. He focuses particularly on how companies measure and close gender pay gaps, the impacts of pay equity and pay transparency legislation, and how companies should address demographic pay gaps.

His work has been published in journals such as Nature, Harvard Business Review, Organization Science, Production and Operations Management among others. He is also the co-founder of PayAnalytics, a software company that helps companies measure, close, and monitor demographic pay gaps.