Possessing a deep understanding of accounting, business administration and a deep passion to innovate; Alex has co-founded a successful startup that won over $18M in contracts to facilitate information sharing between the Air Force mission support stakeholders and public safety agencies. Today Alex is leading efforts to educate communities on protecting critical electric infrastructure, advancing the establishment of a community cyber support facility through the Defense Community Infrastructure Pilot (DCIP) Program while also serving on the Federal Outreach and Advisory Committee within the Association of Defense Communities (ADC).