D. Philip Alex

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D. Philip Alex, ’06 MSc

Graduate Studies Representative

Alex is the Chief Disrupter with Next Evolution Ventures, a social enterprise focused on building diverse, accessible, and equitable organizations and communities by reducing barriers to inclusion. He is also the Director of Operations with the Edmonton Downtown Business Association and has also previously worked in several leadership roles with the City of Edmonton

He is a certified disruptive strategist motivated to break the system for the greater good. He has a background of implementing change at a root level and creating an atmosphere of cultivating and transforming ideas into viable solutions that create efficiencies, challenge the norm, and prepare for the future. 

While with the City of Edmonton, he was involved in the organizational development and transformation work actively involved in developing strategies, creating innovative models, restructuring operational services to ensure job clarity, job satisfaction and increased employee morale. 


Key Highlights

  • Served on the steering committee for the Smart Cities Challenge.
  • Recipient of the Culture Commitment Award of Leadership Excellence. 
  • Resident Architect on the Palm Islands, Dubai, UAE
He is inspired by his young son, an aspiring hockey player, who keeps him in touch with his values of doing good for others through innovative thinking and action.


Degrees:

  • Bachelor’s in Architecture (B’Arch) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (2004)
  • Master's of Sciences (M’Sc) in Construction Engineering and Management from the University of Alberta (2006)
  • Disruptive Strategy (Certification), Harvard Business School Online (2020)