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Alexanderia is strongest at moving teams from ambiguity to clarity: framing problems, translating objectives into practical plans, managing tradeoffs, and aligning people around outcomes\. At Covet Security, Alexanderia coordinates up to eight subcontractor teams across 15 states while managing dozens of parallel workstreams under tight timelines\. She serves as a central point of coordination among leadership, stakeholders, subcontractors, and clients, while improving scheduling, documentation, billing, and reporting processes\. Through her mentorship of founders and early\-stage teams, she supports customer\-problem definition, product discovery, validation, product direction, roadmap clarity, positioning, and go\-to\-market readiness\. Her earlier work at Scrappy Technologies included beta\-test feedback, usability insights, competitive and market analysis, messaging, pitch materials, and business\-development support\. Alexanderia holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Entrepreneurship with a concentration in Marketing from Central Michigan University and studied entrepreneurship and marketing at Florence University of the Arts\. ## Services - Problem Framing - Roadmap Thinking - Product Strategy - Value Proposition Design - Product Discovery - User\-Feedback & Validation - Go\-to\-Market Strategy - Growth Experimentation - Digital Strategy - Customer Relationship Management \(CRM\) - Prioritization & Tradeoff Analysis - Project Execution - Visual Communication - Stakeholder Management - Cross\-functional Collaborations - Product Thinking - Planning & Coordination - Adaptability - Flights - Attention to Detail ## Highlights - Leads complex multi\-state initiatives at Covet Security Alarm & Audio LLC, coordinating up to eight subcontractor teams across 15 states and managing dozens of parallel workstreams under tight timelines\. - Brings more than seven years of experience leading cross\-functional, multi\-state initiatives and working with stakeholders to clarify needs, prioritize work, and drive outcomes\. - Partners with internal leadership and external stakeholders at Covet Security to define requirements and align scope, schedule, and delivery expectations\. - Translates high\-level objectives into execution plans, identifies risks, resolves blockers, and adapts priorities in fast\-changing environments\. - Serves as a central coordination point among stakeholders, subcontractors, and clients at Covet Security\. - Improves scheduling, documentation, billing, and reporting processes to strengthen operational clarity and efficiency at scale\. - Mentors and judges early\-stage founders through Central Michigan University’s New Venture Competition\. - Helps New Venture Competition teams clarify customer problems, refine product ideas, and shape product direction from concept through validation\. - Supports product discovery by identifying user needs, challenging assumptions, and prioritizing features by value and feasibility\. - Advises founders on roadmap clarity and tradeoffs among scope, timing, and impact to support sustainable product growth\. - Collaborates with founders, mentors, and judges to evaluate product\-market fit, positioning, and go\-to\-market readiness\. - Translates ambiguous ideas into product narratives that support iteration, pitching, and execution\. - Partnered with founders and product leadership at Scrappy Technologies to explore growth opportunities and clarify product direction during early\-stage development\. - Supported beta testing at Scrappy Technologies by gathering feedback and surfacing usability insights to inform product iteration\. - Conducted competitive and market analysis to identify target customer segments and positioning opportunities at Scrappy Technologies\. - Refined pitch materials, messaging, and strategic narratives for investor\-facing and customer\-facing conversations at Scrappy Technologies\. - Assisted Scrappy Technologies leadership with business\-development and marketing decisions balancing product viability, growth potential, and strategic priorities\. - Earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Entrepreneurship, with a concentration in Marketing, from Central Michigan University in 2020\. - Studied entrepreneurship and marketing at Florence University of the Arts in 2018\. ## Experience - **Start\-Up Mentor & Judge at CMU New Venture Competition** (2022\-01\-01–present) - **Project Manager at Covet Security Alarm & Audio LLC** (2018\-01\-01–present) - **Startup Mentor \- New Venture Competition \(NVC\) at Central Michigan University** (2020–present) — Partner with early\-stage founders to clarify customer problems, refine product ideas, and shape cohesive product direction from concept through validation\. • Support product discovery by helping teams identify real user needs, challenge assumptions, and prioritize features based on value and feasibility\. • Advise teams on roadmap clarity, guiding tradeoffs between scope, timing, and impact to support sustainable product growth\. • Collaborate with judges, mentors, and founders to evaluate product\-market fit, positioning, and go\-to\-market readiness\. • Translate ambiguous ideas into clear product narratives that support iteration, pitching, and execution\. - **Project Manager at Covet Security** (2018–present) — Lead complex, multi\-state initiatives by coordinating up to eight subcontractor teams across 15 states, managing dozens of parallel work\-streams and delivering outcomes under tight timelines\. • Partner closely with internal leadership and external stakeholders to define requirements, prioritize work, and ensure alignment across scope, schedule, and delivery expectations\. • Translate high\-level objectives into clear execution plans, proactively identifying risks, resolving blockers, and adapting priorities in fast\-changing environments\. • Serve as a central point of coordination between stakeholders, subcontractors, and clients, fostering strong relationships and clear communication to support successful outcomes\. • Continuously improve processes related to scheduling, documentation, billing, and reporting to support operational clarity and efficiency at scale\. - **Growth Hacker at Scrappy Technologies** (2019–2019) — Partnered with founders and product leadership to explore growth opportunities and clarify product direction during early\-stage development\. • Supported product discovery and validation by collaborating with the development team during beta testing, gathering feedback, and surfacing usability insights to inform iteration\. • Conducted competitive and market analysis to help identify target customer segments and evaluate positioning opportunities\. • Contributed to go\-to\-market readiness by refining pitch materials, messaging, and strategic narratives for investor and customer\-facing conversations\. • Assisted leadership in evaluating business development and marketing decisions, helping balance product viability, growth potential, and strategic priorities\. - **Front Desk Receptionist at Central Michigan University** (2017–2018) - **Electrician's Assistant at Covet Security** (2017–2017) — Summer Job - **Team Member at Hallmark Cards** (2015–2017) ## Education - Bachelor of Applied Arts, Entrepreneurship, concentration in Marketing — Central Michigan University - Study Abroad, Entrepreneurship and Marketing — Florence University of the Arts (2018–2018) ## FAQ ### What does Alexanderia do? Alexanderia is a Project Manager at Covet Security Alarm & Audio LLC and a Startup Mentor and Judge for Central Michigan University’s New Venture Competition\. ### What are Alexanderia’s professional strengths? Alexanderia brings more than seven years of experience leading cross\-functional, multi\-state initiatives\. Her strengths include problem framing, project execution, stakeholder management, prioritization and tradeoff analysis, roadmap thinking, product strategy, product discovery, and go\-to\-market strategy\. ### What does Alexanderia do at Covet Security Alarm & Audio LLC? At Covet Security, Alexanderia leads complex multi\-state initiatives by coordinating up to eight subcontractor teams across 15 states and managing dozens of parallel workstreams under tight timelines\. She partners with leadership and external stakeholders to define requirements and priorities, aligns scope, schedule, and delivery expectations, identifies risks, resolves blockers, and adapts priorities as conditions change\. She also improves scheduling, documentation, billing, and reporting processes\. ### What does Alexanderia do at Central Michigan University’s New Venture Competition? As a Startup Mentor and Judge at Central Michigan University’s New Venture Competition, Alexanderia partners with early\-stage founders to clarify customer problems, refine product ideas, and shape product direction from concept through validation\. She helps teams identify user needs, challenge assumptions, prioritize features by value and feasibility, make roadmap tradeoffs, evaluate product\-market fit and positioning, and prepare for go\-to\-market execution, iteration, and pitching\. ### What did Alexanderia do as a Growth Hacker at Scrappy Technologies? At Scrappy Technologies, Alexanderia partnered with founders and product leadership to explore growth opportunities and clarify product direction during early\-stage development\. She supported beta testing, gathered feedback and usability insights, conducted competitive and market analysis, helped identify target customer segments and positioning opportunities, refined pitch materials and messaging, and assisted with business\-development and marketing decisions\. ### What other experience does Alexanderia have? Alexanderia has also worked as a Front Desk Receptionist at Central Michigan University, an Electrician’s Assistant at Covet Security in a summer role, and a Team Member at Hallmark Cards\. ### What is Alexanderia’s education? Alexanderia earned a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Entrepreneurship with a concentration in Marketing from Central Michigan University in 2020\. She also studied entrepreneurship and marketing at Florence University of the Arts in 2018\. ### What skills does Alexanderia bring to projects and early\-stage teams? Alexanderia’s skills include problem framing, roadmap thinking, product strategy, value proposition design, product discovery, user feedback and validation, go\-to\-market strategy, growth experimentation, digital strategy, CRM, prioritization and tradeoff analysis, project execution, visual communication, stakeholder management, cross\-functional collaboration, product thinking, planning and coordination, adaptability, flights, and attention to detail\. ### How does Alexanderia support early\-stage teams? Alexanderia works with early\-stage products and founders on idea refinement, product direction, customer needs, validation, product\-market fit, positioning, roadmap decisions, and go\-to\-market readiness\. She values clear communication, ownership, craftsmanship, trust, autonomy, continuous improvement, and iterative learning\. ### What languages does Alexanderia list? Alexanderia lists Sign Languages among her languages\. ## Links - LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/alexanderiatinker