Alexander Gallo

In his role as an adjunct professor in the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University, Alex teaches SEST-512: Congress and National Security Policy and SEST-701: Hacking for Defense. He has also taught in Georgetown's Summer Institute in National Security.

Prior to NobleReach, Alex served as the Executive Director of the Common Mission Project, a non-profit responsible for scaling the innovation and entrepreneurship program, Hacking for Defense, across the United States.

From 2012-2017, Alex served as a Professional Staff Member with the House Armed Services Committee (HASC). His portfolio included U.S. policy in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions for the full committee policy staff. Alex wrote legal authorities, conducted oversight, and advised the committee chairman on policy issues within his portfolio area of responsibility. Alex worked on five National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs).

From 2008-2012, Alex served as a professor in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point and Deputy Director of the Combating Terrorism Center in which his research focused on the evolution of al-Qaeda and US strategy in the Middle East region.

Alex began his career as a U.S. Army officer. His operational deployments included a peacekeeping deployment in Kosovo and a combat tour in Iraq.

Alex’s work has been featured in The Hill, Foreign Affairs, The Economist, The Cipher Brief, Modern War Institute, Defence Studies, and CTC Sentinel.

Alex holds a B.S. in American Politics from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a PhD in Governance and Global Affairs from Leiden University.

Alex's PhD dissertation investigated US policy in the 20 years following 9/11, focusing on presidential decisionmaking.