Alex Hirbe grew up in St. Louis, MO where he (unknowingly) developed a passion for discovery learning, leadership, and video games. He later attended Kansas State University in an attempt to become an Architect but compromised and settled on high school social studies. When seeking his first job, he pivoted again to industrial technology to secure a teaching position at Oak Grove Middle School where he infuriated the tech department daily. He attended the University of Central Missouri to gain a Master’s in Educational Technology that he used to start work at Basehor-Linwood School District as the Technology Integration Specialist. He has taught in the classroom for over 10 years and presented at dozens of state and national conferences on the importance of meaningful technology integration and discovery learning. He currently assists with this as the LMS Integration Manager at Generation Esports where he works to develop meaningful interactions and integrations through online curriculum design and implementation.