Profile
Alexander is the Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) where he is part of the leadership team working to advance the U.S. regenerative manufacturing industry, as well as develop technologies for disaster preparedness. Alexander’s career is focused on the intersection of technology and public benefit, with experience spanning the private and public sectors, as well as non-profits and academia. As an academic, he has serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at Dartmouth College.
Prior to his role as CSO at ARMI, Alexander was the inaugural Assistant Director (AD) for Biotechnology within the Office of the CTO at the Department of Defense (DoD). As the AD for Biotechnology, Alexander was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense-level senior executive in charge of the DoD’s enterprise strategy for biotechnology, where he led the team developing the biotechnology modernization roadmap for the DoD.
Education
- Ph.D. in Quantitative Biomedical Sciences from the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at Dartmouth
- B.S. and B.A. in biochemistry and biology (respectively) from the University of Puget Sound
Interests
Data science, biotechnology, skiing, hiking, and all things traveling.
Affiliations
- Chief Strategy Officer at the Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI), Manchester, NH
- Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic Risks, Washington, DC