Mr. Alder is the Chief Architect with the Directorate of Command, Control, Communications and Computer (C4) Systems, United States Africa Command located in Stuttgart, Germany. In this capacity, he advises the C4 Systems Directorate on matters related to Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Engineering and Science & Technology.
He entered the Civil Service in 1987 after obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York at Binghamton. Prior to his current assignment Mr. Alder served as a Communications Systems Engineer with the United States Air Force for 20 years.