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Rodney Alexander, Ph.D.

Hello, my name is Rodney Alexander (Rod). I am a Cybersecurity Instructor here at Cochise College. I have recently taught at Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC), Hutchinson Community College (HutchCC) and Anthem College. I was formerly an Information Technology Specialist for the Department of Defense (DoD) for 21 Years, completing much of my service with the Army in Germany. My last assignment was as a system analyst for the Dept. of Defense (DoD) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) at Ft Huachuca, AZ.

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Description automatically generatedI received both my Doctorate and Masters in Information Systems/Management from the University of Phoenix. I received my Bachelors Degree, over 20 years ago in Criminal Justice from the University of Washington in Seattle. After completing my degree, I became an Army Officer in the Military Police Corps, where I served for nine years.

My hobbies are listening to Jazz Music and taking long quiet walks. I am single (never married). I currently live in Tucson, AZ. My goals for obtaining the PhD was to significantly improve my knowledge of organizational information systems and to increase my analytical skills.

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