Alexander Grover has resided on and off in Virginia Beach, Virginia, since 1997 when he arrived to work with the US Navy as an Intelligence Officer. He is currently self-employed operating a start-up cookie manufacturing company. Prior to returning to Virginia, he held positions as: Director of Marketing for a major New European investment bank based in Estonia, Six Sigma Project Manager for Sear's Product Repair Services in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and as an Engineer for Ericsson in Stockholm, Sweden. He was born in Minnesota, grew up in suburban Chicago, and graduated Kansas State University with an engineering degree and University of Illinois with an MBA.