Speaker Profile

Managing Partner, Anderson Sally @soccerquant A pioneer of soccer analytics, Chris Anderson is the author of " The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong ", and Managing Partner of Anderson Sally LLC. A sought-after soccer industry advisor, Chris's work focuses on using rigorous and appropriate analysisto acquire, manage, and build and sustain clubs in the context of globalcompetition for talent and success. Before co-founding Anderson Sally, Chris was a professor atCornell University; he has held visiting appointments at Oxford, Stanford, and the LSE, and has staught management strategy at Cornell'sJohnson School of Management andNorthwestern University's Kellogg School ofManagement. Anderson has been a frequent commentator on the use ofanalytics in football and Big Data in high performing organizations.