Alex Johnson is Plotly’s CTO and Co-Founder. His passion for data analysis, visualization, and reporting drove the development of Plotly.js and Dash, open-source libraries used by millions of data scientists around the world to build interactive web apps, as well as Dash Enterprise, which enables F500 companies to unlock greater value from their data. Prior to working in engineering, Alex earned a PhD in Quantum Physics from Harvard University. He is also a former Ziff Environmental Fellow and served as a database architect for renewable energy companies. Whether in software, physics, or materials science, Alex believes that the key to success is asking the right questions, gathering the best data, analyzing it deeply, and following its lessons wherever they might lead.