Alex Freund is originally from Cleveland. He studied computer science and graph theory at Miami University. During this time, he worked as a data engineer at Mavrck, deploying data pipelines and machine learning models at scale, as well as publishing papers at peer-reviewed conferences. Following academic research, Alex led a team at SpaceX to build manufacturing optimization software for reusable rockets. He now leads a team of engineers at Moonware developing ground traffic control systems for airports worldwide.