Alexander Cavalli never thought much about the theater while growing up in a large family in Southeastern Pennsylvania. He just wanted to know how things worked - things like the sun and stars and planets, gravity, time, space, energy. Eventually he studied physics and computers at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science. And then, still following his curiosity he continued at Dartmouth College where he earned a PhD in Physics.

In his mid thirties he turned his considerable technical talents to the expanding computer world. He led foundational work in what we now call the Internet. While this was lucrative and fun, the time-honored question "Is this all there is?" haunted him. He was still ignoring the arts.

The demands of the technology business inspired him to brush up on his public speaking techniques. He sought out one of the best teacher-directors of communications in Texas, Joe Ann Watson, former professor of Drama, Theater, and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. His career in the art of drama was born, although he didn't know it at the time.

Their initial work together was challenging to both; Alex was unfamiliar with the actor's tools: body, voice, breath, thought, timing, etc. Joe Ann needed to reach this "tech"-oriented student somehow. The answer was Shakespeare. Alex and Shakespeare had never met before, but it was love at first sight. Alex Cavalli became a niche actor, a specialist in the drama of ideas of the 16th century.

The director gave him three soliloquies; the artistic dam broke. Alex loved the language and ideas in Shakespeare's characters and situations. He seemed to know intuitively what the character was thinking behind the words Shakespeare put in his mouth. He immersed himself in the bard's rhyming language, his characters, his conflicts and resolutions. He was quickly cast in a special production of MacBeth where his high sense of drama created a solid link between audience and character. He has continued to participate in Shakespeare festivals in Texas.

Joe Ann Watson had been dreaming of bringing the Bible book "The Gospel According to St. John" to the stage in a one-man production. But she had never met an actor who could carry the roles of the beloved disciple, John, Jesus, Peter, and all the other speaking roles in the book, not until she met Alexander Cavalli.

"This man had so much innate talent for expressing the thoughts of the characters," she said. "He himself was a thinker, and it touched the audiences." All those questions about how life "worked" were answered in the Bible, not in physics. When Joe Ann suggested the idea to him he was delighted and eager to give it a try. Acting is believing and Alexander Cavalli believes passionately in his Biblical and Shakespearean texts. The message of St. John is so fundamental to understanding what man is; Alex now knows that there is an expanse of ideas beyond technology that bless everyone who touches them or is touched by them. His work as an actor is to introduce these ideas to his audiences.

Joe Ann Watson and Alexander Cavalli created the text from the King James Version of the gospel, cutting out repetitions and chapters which were not in the most nearly original compilation. After two years of building the script and committing it to memory, Alex Cavalli was ready to launch "The Gospel According to St. John."

Cavalli might have been a theatrically late-blooming actor, but once discovered, he has been inspiring audiences from Boston to San Francisco, and points in between.

Ten years after the initial performances of "John," Cavalli and Watson teamed up again to write and produce "Paul, Face to Face." The story of the Apostle Paul is a very different character from those in "John" but Alex enjoys the parallels between Paul's world and the world of today.

Dr. Alexander Cavalli is a thought leader and authority on the Physics of Business and other strategic principles. Dr. Cavalli is a founding board member of the Digital Convergence Initiative, an evolving regional commerce model. Prior to the creation of DCI, Dr. Cavalli was the deputy director of the IC2 institute at The University of Texas at Austin which stuides capitalism, entrepreneurship, and new venture creation. As an authority on strategic principles, he frequently speaks on emerging market trends, product launch timing and business development strategy, and the creation of key communications.