Alex Durig, Ph.D. - Principal Consultant
San Francisco, CA
Alex began writing business plans full-time in 2006 after working in sales and management for seven years. He has worked with companies such as Wal*Mart, Ramada Plaza Resorts, and Fairfield Resorts, as well as several small businesses.
Before that he was a college professor for eleven years. Drawing on a background in social psychology and real-world management experience, Alex specializes not only in plan writing but also in start-up and expansion consulting. Alex received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Indiana University. He was a pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellow in National Institute of Mental Health research training programs. Alex has published two books about autism, "Autism and the Crisis of Meaning" and "How to Understand Autism - The Easy Way," as well as numerous articles in academic journals including a coauthorship in The Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Alex lives in San Francisco and his hobbies include playing guitar and chess.
