Dr. Alex Blakemore, Jr. is Co-Founder and Vice President of APOGEE with over 30 years of experience in software engineering, modeling & simulation, and data analysis & visualization Alex earned a PhD University of Maryland and and is one of < 30 people worldwide who is a Certified Professional in Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server. Alex has designed and developed software systems for many DoD and IC customers, and has significant experience applying statistical simulation and numerical modeling methods to help customers analyze, fuse, compare, and present results from complex data sets. When not training clients in Tableau or deep diving into a data lake, Dr. Blakemore enjoys skiing, politics, playing the piano, and visiting his daughter at the Apple Spaceship HQ in Cupertino.