About Zander

I want to help decide what gets built, then help build it.

Portrait of Zander Davidson — Alexzander Davidson · Zander

I’m Alexzander Davidson—Zander—Co-Founder & CTO at Motion+ and Co-President & Lead of Innovation at UA Tikkun Olam Makers. I’m studying electrical engineering while pursuing an MBA at The University of Alabama.

I want work that spans defining the product, developing it and building the team and business around it. My projects have given me different ways into that work: an original mobility prototype, a customization tool, an engineering process and a three-week international venture.

At Motion+, the design question starts with equipment a person already has. At Safran, it started with people working around a process that no longer fit. At EIA, it started with a question about how students could engage more actively with AI. Each required getting close enough to the problem to make a useful decision.

I enjoy the design of tools as well as the things they help make. Parametric CAD and the newer Team 205 studio are part of that interest: making options easier to explore, discuss and turn into the next version. I’ve also run a camera repair and resale business—a different way of working directly with physical products.

I want to keep creating new products and companies. For Summer 2027, I’m seeking a product-development or technical-product internship with substantial work to own, a strong team to learn from and room to keep contributing.

UA Tikkun Olam Makers

Helping other people build is part of the work.

As Co-President & Lead of Innovation at UA TOM, I help nine multidisciplinary teams progress through need-knower conversations, design sprints, reviews and prototypes. Workshops and mock pitch reviews help members explain their ideas as well as develop them. I want people to leave a review with a next step they understand and feel able to try. The chapter’s wider work belongs to its teams and the people designing alongside them.