Alexander Pickens Cordia, MBA, currently serves as Lead of the Investment Committee and Senior Commercialization Advisor at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) since October 2022. Prior to this role, Alexander held the position of Director of Operations & Information at Credit & Debt from October 2019 to April 2023, and worked as a Senior Financial Analyst at Pioneer Natural Resources Company from August 2016 to July 2019. Alexander earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Energy and Finance from Texas Christian University’s M.J. Neeley School of Business and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.