Damon Anderson

Damon Scott Anderson (born August 2, 1975) is an American businessman, former Umbrella Corporation researcher, and the chairman and CEO of the reformed Umbrella Corporation.

Anderson was born in Chicago, Illinois. An intellectually gifted child, he developed an interest in biology in his youth, eventually attending Stanford University in 1990 with a focus in biological sciences. During his time at Stanford, Anderson became fascinated with the potential applications of gene therapy and what could be accomplished with it.

Despite his relative youth, Anderson has been the chairman, CEO and largest shareholder of the reformed Umbrella Corporation since its reformation in 2007. He is noted for his firm adherence to Umbrella's mission in assisting the BSAA in the worldwide fight against B.O.W. threats while also atoning for the mistakes of the company's past.

Early Life
Early in his life, Anderson observed that his father wanted him to pursue a business career while his mother wanted him to pursue the sciences. When he was young, his family regularly attended Old St. Patrick's Church and he was raised Catholic. Highly intelligent, he and his siblings were pushed to excel in their endeavors and competition was encouraged with one friend saying that "Put simply, they believe that second place is just the first loser".

Like his mother, Anderson displayed scientific interests and a high degree of proficiency in biology, being able to crossbreed flowers artificially by age seven which he often gifted to floral shops or individuals that would accept them. He attended Alexander Graham Bell School and later Lane Tech Prep High School, from where he graduated early at the age of fifteen. He would later attend Stanford University, majoring in biological sciences and finally leaving with his master's degree in biology at eighteen.

Valuing his academic achievement over social expectations, he was very dismissive of any awards offered during any phase of his education and was noted for having a degree of asociality aside from his siblings whom he spoke to often. When his professors would interrupt his lab work, they were given a dismissive hand wave and were told that he was busy actually doing something instead of listening to himself speak.

Personality and traits
As a young boy, Anderson was highly intelligent yet very thoughtful of others. Quiet and introverted, he was still friendly and easy to get along with to those who he knew. He also had a special place in his heart for his siblings, for whom he often went out of his way to help with anything he could. As he aged and became more able in biology, he would crossbreed flowers and donate them to flower shops in his neighborhood. Though caring, he could be arrogant and impatient with those who were less able than he, but he often kept these traits in check. He hated his siblings being treated badly and was highly protective of them, never asking them for anything in return.

Leaving for college and separating from his family was very difficult for him and he thought about them often. Because he was so young when he went to Stanford, he kept to himself and had very little of a social life. Due to being recognized as more gifted than most other students, pride and arrogance started to set in. He became very self-appreciating while hating being reprimanded or lectured even by those who were experts in their field.

After joining the Umbrella Corporation and being introduced to Albert Wesker and William Birkin, both of whom were far more talented, he started to become insecure and lost some confidence in his abilites. Being unable to match them in raw talent, he spent most of his time in the laboratory in an attempt to garner some credit for his assistance on both the T-Virus and G-Virus. His craving for appreciation began to wane after he joined the CIA and FBC as he became recognized as an invaluable asset due to his experience with Umbrella's viruses.

After assuming control of the reformed Umbrella Corporation his personality, out of neccessity rather than choice, underwent a radical change of personlity. Now relied upon to become the face of a company and perform tasks that required more public relations, he was out of his element initially having made his home in a laboratory for most of his professional life. He quickly adapted and found he could hold the attention of a room without much effort and his extreme attention to detail served him well in the business world.

Because of the T-Virus and G-Virus causing the destruction of Raccoon City, Anderson harbored a great deal of remorse of his part in the development in the two viruses. His remorse ran deep enough that, during a FBC meeting, he became increasingly and visibly distressed as the meeting went on. After becoming the head of Umbrella, these feelings started to fade since the corporation's purpose was to assist the BSAA in their mission to destroy the very things that he helped create.

Scientific expertise
Damon Anderson was recognized as highly talented in the biological sciences from a very young age, having cross-bred flowers at a very young age. Due to natural talent and education, his skills advanced which began to feed his ego some. By the time he graduated from Stanford his skills had improved enough to get noticed by the Umbrella Corporation and was able to set himself above his fellow scientists.

However, after meeting Albert Wesker and William Birkin, he realized that he had a great deal yet to learn and spent his Umbrella years further developing his skills in his many experiments on the T-Virus and the G-Virus. Evidence of his abilities came when Umbrella's virologists requested him to work on the various designed viruses. At one time he managed to come to a solution before Birkin and Wesker.

Relying on both talent and work ethic, he proved he was more than able to compete with those who may have been considered more talented than he. By the time he was requested to work on the viruses, he was able to compete with the more senior virologists on the staff as shown by his place on the teams despite his young age.

Several of the staff consistenly described him as "relentless". A prime example of his relentlessness was his willingness to stay awake for hours upon end to conduct experiments to reach the desired goal. In some instances he would stay awake for over twenty-four hours at a time, a bad habit that he could never rid himself of.

Combat training
After being selected to be a field agent for the FBC, Anderson recieved training similar to that of FBI special agents. Relying primarily on agility and his ability to quickly adapt, he proved able to fend off or simply evade attack during training drills. In a relatively short time he was able to improve his prowess to match several other field agents, though his combat ability fell well short of other, more experienced agents. He often used his expertise in the sciences to accurately assess NBC dangers in the field whereas others may have needed to request outside assistance.

Getting along well enough with most of his colleagues, he accepted several pointers on how to improve his abilities further. His time in the field was largely limited to his field of expertise, especially when it involved B.O.W.s. There were times when he was called upon to use his training in situations where backup may have been in short supply or too far away to realistically expect them in a short amount of time.

Business acumen
While his father was an Umbrella executive, he didn't inherit the business smarts his father possessed. Picking up quickly, he made a brief business plan after it was requested that he assume control of the new Umbrella Corporation. Despite it being a private corporation, he assembled a board of more veteran businessmen who were more familiar with the world he found himself in. While not on the board officially, he would sometimes go to his father in the early days of his position for advice on certain matters when he felt it was appropriate. After a time he began to feel more comfortable in his role and found himself handling negotiations and all of the day-to-day business himself in order to learn more than he had. Since Umbrella had been allowed to exist again in order to assist the B.S.A.A., he dealt very closely with its agents and administration on a regular basis.

Due to his running the company and its mission, he was quick to assist the B.S.A.A. in any way he could be it in personnel, equipment, and intelligence information. He could also be stubborn with those who would impede the corporation in their hunting down B.O.W.s, be it in-house or from outside influences.

Other abilities
Damon Anderson was a man of many talents. Aside from his scientific expertise, he was also well versed in other branches of science such as physics and chemistry. While at Stanford, he taught himself to speed read in order to learn his material faster and could retain large amounts of information after spending very little time with it. He was also skilled at playing the violin.

After joining the CIA, he became adept at identifying and evaluating schematics and data from all sorts of technology and weapons from around the world. While already familiar with NBC weaponry, he learned a great deal about conventional weaponry, but not how to use them properly. He also garnered a greater understanding of technology outside of his area of expertise, opening more doors to future oppotunities. He also managed to pick up some relationship experience owing to a few dates from several women in the Agency. It was during his time at the Agency that his daughter was born and had to learn about parenting.

When he became a member of the FBC, he underwent a great deal of training outside of combat training. Similar to what FBI agents would have to go through in the field, he also recieved a great deal of training in the disarming of explosive devices so he could defuse NBC weaponry in the field if need be. His skills in negotiation would be a great asset as well, honing them while in the field.

After becoming an executive, he combined all of his previous experience and managed to make himself a skilled businessman. Learning to navigate the board room, he also became able to negotiate diplomatic waters as well, a profession he hated due to the original Umbrella Corporation owning so many of them.

He could also read, write and speak several languages including his native English, Latin, Spanish, French and Russian.