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Alexander Falk has a wealth of experience in the software development industry. Alexander is the CEO of Altova, Inc., a company known for its XMLSpy, MapForce, and UModel software development and data integration tools. Under their leadership, Altova has become a trusted choice for over 4.7 million clients worldwide, including many Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to founding Altova in 1992 (then called Icon EDV Informations-Systeme GmbH), Falk specialized in providing professional services and out-sourced development tasks for European corporations, primarily in the CD-ROM and information retrieval space. Notable projects during this time included the Norwegian Lovadata legal database, the German yellow pages CD for DeTeMedien, and the Austrian white pages telephone directory for Herold.

Falk was also a member of the W3C XML Schema Working Group, where they contributed to the definition of the XML Schema 1.0 recommendation.

Earlier in their career, Falk worked as a Software Engineer at Apple Computer, Inc. Alexander was part of the International Engineering Group, working on projects such as Calculator and KCHR Editor, and later joined the Development Systems Group to work on ResEdit v2.0 and 2.1.

Overall, Falk's diverse experiences and expertise have positioned him as a successful leader and innovator in the software development industry.

Alexander Falk obtained their MSc (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in Semiconductor Physics from Johannes Kepler Universität Linz. Additionally, they have earned several certifications including "Unconscious Bias" from LinkedIn in November 2020, "Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy" from MIT Sloan Executive Education in January 2018, and a "USCG Captain's License: Master Inland / Mate Near Coastal 50GT" from the United States Coast Guard in April 2013. Alexander also holds an edX Verified Certificate for "Sabermetrics 101: Introduction to Baseball Analytics" from edX, although the specific date of obtaining this certification is not provided.