Background
Anderson, Craig Alan was born on August 24, 1955 in Estherville, Iowa, United States. Son of Darrel Dean and Marilyn Ruth (Martens) Anderson.
Anderson, Craig Alan was born on August 24, 1955 in Estherville, Iowa, United States. Son of Darrel Dean and Marilyn Ruth (Martens) Anderson.
Augustana College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1977). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1980). Editor, 1980— and Publisher, since 1990, South Dakota Telecommunications Policy Review.
Company-Winner, 1979 Hale Moot Court Competition.
Finalist, 1980 ACTL National Moot Court Competition. Internal Revenue Service Agent, 1975-1977.
Associate Attorney, Schramm & Raddue, Santa Barbara, California, 1980-1983. Director and Senior Vice President-General Counsel: The Zond Group and Affiliates, 1983-1987.
Vestas North America Limited, 1984-1986.
Vice PresidentChief Financial Officer and General Counsel, Dial-Net, Incorporated., since 1989. Founder, Director and Vice-President, South Dakota Telecommunications Action Group, Incorporated., since 1989. Member, Augustana College Business Advisory Council, since 1989.
Agent, Internal Revenue Service, Sioux Falls, South Dakot, 1975-1977;
associate, Schramm & Raddue, Santa Barbara, California, 1980-1983;
director, senior vice president, The Zond Group, Tehachapi, California, 1983-1987;
partner, Swanson, Carlsen, Carter, Hoy & Anderson, Sioux Falls, 1987-1988;
chairman, president, Anderson & Anderson, Sioux Falls, 1988-1989;
of counsel, Anderson & Anderson, Sioux Falls, 1989-1993;
executive vice president, Chief Financial Officer, Dakota Telecom. Group Inc., Irene, South Dakot, since 1996;
also director, Dakota Telecom. Group Inc., Irene, South Dakot.
Secretary Softstar International, Inc., Santa Rosa, California, 1987-1990, Stafford Advertising, Inc., Sioux Falls, 1988-1990. Vice president, chief finance officer, secretary Dial-Net, Inc., Sioux Falls, 1989-1992. Board directors, vice president, Chief Financial Officer, secretary The Austad Company, Sioux Falls, 1992-1994.
Founding director, vice president The South Dakot Telecom. Action Group, 1989-1992.
Minnehaha County, Minnesota State and South Dakota Second Judicial Circuit Bar Associations. State Bar of California. State Bar of South Dakota.
(Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel).
Business Planning. Domestic and Intemaional Corporate, Administrative Law.
Married Barbara Jo McDonald, August 16, 1980. Children: Maren Lyn, Mathew Scott, Mark Alan.