As the current US Army ACPE(E&A) Digital Engineering Chief, Alex Boydston is a distinguished aerospace engineer with over 25 years of experience spanning government and commercial sectors. He holds both a bachelor's and a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His extensive career includes pivotal roles in NASA space programs with Teledyne Brown Engineering for the Space Station and Space Shuttle, serving as Flight Computing Architect on the Ares Program at Draper Laboratory, and contributions to the National Missile Defense program, alongside 13 years in the commercial digital communications industry at ADTRAN. Since joining the Army Civilian Service in 2009, Mr. Boydston has provided critical airworthiness support for the Army aviation platforms, software engineering support for the Future Attack & Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) and more recently served as mission systems architect on the AH-64E Apache Project. He has also been a leader in applying advanced digital methodologies, including Science and Technology (S&T) support on the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) program, where he focused on model-based systems engineering (MBSE) for embedded computing systems virtual integration and analysis. In his current role, he is at the forefront of transitioning these digital engineering technologies to support Army CPE Aviation Enterprise programs, driving the implementation of the federally mandated Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA), the DoD Digital Engineering Strategy, and DoDI 5000.97 Digital Engineering.