Alex is the Chief Technical Officer for NoteBowl Inc., an educational technology startup based in the Tempe area. At NoteBowl Alex leads a development team of 12 engineers, interfaces with customers, provides the vision for the platform as well as acting as the senior systems architect responsible for the smooth operation of a system currently supporting 10,000 students and growing rapidly. Alex has seven years of experience working in higher education where he is helping students and faculty better utilize university services through the development of applications such as the very successful Scholarship Universe program recently licensed to CampusLogic. Alex also created a mobile meal plans app for students which processes millions of dollars a year and helps match students to the best meal plan for their needs. He has also helped to create student recruitment sites and internal data tracking tools for administrators. Alex is currently working towards a Ph.D. degree at ASU in education and when time permits, he volunteers for FIRST Robotics as a mentor and helps teach high schools students about robotics as well as generate interest in STEM fields when helping students apply for college. ©