Alex is a Principal Software Consultant with Daugherty Business Solutions in St. Louis, MO. He is focused on efficiency, quality, design, and user experience. He enjoys working on complex technical problems regardless of technology or domain. Alex has a strong background in JavaScript development of all kinds, Java/Groovy and Spring, and DevOps areas such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Ansible. Alex has given several classes and workshops with Daugherty including Angular, JavaScript Unit Testing, Angular.js, and Ember.js. Alex previously sat on the board of directors for CivTechSTL and has also been on two winning hackathon teams: 1st place at GlobalHack V and 2nd place at the RGAx/AURA Blockchain hackathon. He is graduate from Missouri S&T with degrees in B.S. Computer Science and B.S. Computer Engineering.