Alex Bäcker

Founder and CEO - QLess

National Olympic Champion of Informatics at 18, Alex holds 3 degrees from MIT and Caltech. Named one of 40 Under 40 & formerly at McKinsey & Co. & Sandia National Labs.

He founded Adapt Technologies™, Whozat™, the world?s ?rst semantic and interactive search engine, which beat Google and every other search engine tested 3 to 1 in a blind comparison, and QLess, crowned Best Business Services Company of the Year Under 100 Employees by the 2010 American Business Awards after saving more than 15 years of people's lives by eliminating standing in line.

Invented ab | inventio - The Invention Factory, Most Innovative Company of the Year in North America Distinguished Honoree at the 2010 International Business Awards. Alex's companies have grown their aggregate revenues 300% annually since launch. Alex serves in Caltech?s Information Sciences and Technology Board of Advisors.