Alex Fink

Alex Fink is an American Brigadier general and is currently serving as Chief, United States Army Enterprise Marketing team.

Alex Fink
BranchUnited States Army
Years of service1990 to present
RankBrigadier general
Spouse(s)Janet
Children3

Early life and education

Fink was raised in Oregon, Missouri.[1]

He attended the University of Missouri and participated in its ROTC program. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1990.[1]

Fink later earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois and a Master of Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College.[1]

Military career

In 1994, he transitioned to the Illinois Army National Guard where he served as a Battalion Fire Support Officer and Operations Officer for the 2nd Battalion, 122nd Field Artillery in Chicago, Illinois.[1]

From 2014 to 2016, Fink served as the commander for the 649th Regional Support Group in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[1][2]

Fink had served as commander of the United States Army Reserve 4th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) until August 2019.[3][4][5][2]

In 2019, Fink joined active duty officers to explore using big data to improve Army marketing and recruitment initiatives.[6][7]

Civilian career

As a civilian, he worked as a senior business strategy consultant and project manager for The Context Network.[1]

Personal life

He is married to Janet[5] and has three children.[1]

gollark: The stupid Go multiple returns.
gollark: *The ADT would still be better*, obviously.
gollark: If they were first-class.
gollark: I mean, you could at least put these weird golangy result-tuples into a list.
gollark: Yes, because this is not how you should use tuples, really.

References
  1. "Brigadier General Alex B. Fink > U.S. Army Reserve > Article View". www.usar.army.mil.
  2. KCRG-TV9, Brandi Bachman. "Change of command at Army Reserve in Cedar Rapids". www.kcrg.com.
  3. "The 4th ESC bids farewell to a commanding general". DVIDS.
  4. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-b-fink
  5. "Brig. Gen. Fink says hello to the 4th ESC" – via www.youtube.com.
  6. Rempfer, Kyle (August 25, 2019). "Army's new Chicago team will use 'big data' to recruit Gen Z". Army Times.
  7. "Army stands up Chicago-based marketing operation to help bolster recruitment". Federal News Network. August 22, 2019.
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