As an active member of the iSAQB, he is involved in the further development of the Foundation Level Curriculum. Alexander studied computer science at the Technical University of Dresden and worked as a researcher, lecturer and doctoral student at the Heinz Nixdorf Endowed Chair for Multimedia Technology. During this time he was involved in various academic research and industry projects, e.g. on improving collaboration and job satisfaction in virtual teams and companies and on end-user-driven building of applications and user interfaces.