Ralph Alexander, chief financial officer, focuses on accelerating Citizant’s growth by developing the financial and acquisition strategies to help the company evolve into a leading Tier 2 government contractor. One of the Washington region’s most noted financial leaders, Alexander has more than three decades of experience in leading the financial and operational aspects of rapidly growing companies in a variety of industries, most notably in the technology sector.

At Citizant, Alexander oversees all aspects of the company's finances and focuses on driving the company’s acquisition strategy. With more than 15 completed M&A transactions on his resume, Alexander is eminently qualified to help accelerate Citizant’s growth by acquiring other businesses with synergistic qualities. Alexander’s most recent transaction was ATS Corporation’s purchase of Number Six Software, the company where he served as CFO for five years. 

Prior to Number Six, Alexander was President and CEO of Blueprint Technologies and President and COO of Landmark Systems Corporation. Before joining Landmark, Alexander was Executive Vice President and CFO of Rational Software, where he led the company through eight consecutive years of impressive earnings and revenue growth. Earlier in his career, Alexander held various finance and controller positions with companies including Bethesda Research Labs/Life Technologies, Xerox Corporation, American Totalisator Company, and Arthur Anderson & Co.

Alexander holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Accounting from the University of Baltimore, attended its Law School and did graduate work in Finance at Loyola College.