Alex Nicklas

Alex Nicklas serves as Chief Strategy Officer and Tribal Advisor at Minburn Technology Group, the leading Microsoft licensing specialist dedicated to Indian Country — trusted by more than 100 Tribal Nations, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian governments across gaming, healthcare, tribal government, education, and enterprise IT. Alex leads Minburn's strategic partner and customer initiatives with a singular focus on Tribal Nation priorities: sovereignty, data privacy, and cybersecurity.  He is honored to partner with the Navajo Nation, whose leadership in tribal cybersecurity and technology sovereignty he is proud to support and share the stage with at TribalNet.

Prior to joining Minburn in 2021, Alex was a Strategic Account Director at Microsoft, managing a portfolio exceeding $100 million and leading more than 100 professionals — insider fluency in Microsoft licensing, agreement vehicles, and negotiation strategy that few advisors can match. His earlier career includes Thin Clients, Multi-Level Security solutions, Telecommunications, Satellite solutions and more.

Alex serves as Executive Sponsor for All Tribal enterprise accounts, holds a Cornerstone-level partnership with Tribal-ISAC, and operates on one principle: whatever a Tribal partner needs, Minburn shows up.