Alexander Simonpour
Tech Industry Links: Tesla
Exited govt: 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
Alexander Simonpour is a former engineering manager at Tesla who is now working for DOGE and embedded among the wrecking crew at GSA. He was one of the three DOGE staffers who were detailed from GSA to NASA in March, and he has also been involved in DOGE’s efforts at the USPS. His LinkedIn reports that he left DOGE in August and he has returned to a role at Tesla.
Positions
Appointed:
3/XX/25-8/XX/25 $167,603 «he was detailed to USPS from GSA, so assuming appointed at GSA but info unknown. Dates from LinkedIn»
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
Appointed:
3/XX/25-8/XX/25 $167,603 «he was detailed to USPS from GSA, so assuming appointed at GSA but info unknown. Dates from LinkedIn»
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Simonpour LinkedIn, |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
Detailed To:
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
Detailed To:
Offboarding:
Left govt 8/XX/25 (self-reported)
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
Events
3/07/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA Detailed To: USPS Alexander Simonpour 3/07/25 | |
| Source: | Detailing agreement from the GSA to USPS for Alexander Simonpour Document Cloud, 3/12/25 |
3/14/25
Detailed To:
Detailed To:
| GSA? Detailed To: NASA Alexander Simonpour 3/14/25 | |
| Position Title: | Advisor |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
Identification:
A Business Insider article reports that Alexander Simonpour has shown up at NASA and also has a GSA address (meaning he was likely detailed from the GSA). Riley Sennott and Scott Coulter also are listed in the NASA online directory.
Identification:
A Business Insider article reports that Alexander Simonpour has shown up at NASA and also has a GSA address (meaning he was likely detailed from the GSA). Riley Sennott and Scott Coulter also are listed in the NASA online directory.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter |
| Source: | A veteran Tesla engineering manager has joined DOGE, and he's set to attend a NASA layoffs meeting Business Insider, 3/14/25 |
| Agency: | NASA |
3/24/25
Sighting:
Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino met with the DOGE team embedded there (Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour), reportedly to discuss ethics rules.
Sighting:
Acting Postmaster General Doug Tulino met with the DOGE team embedded there (Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour), reportedly to discuss ethics rules.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | DOGE holds meetings with White House, new postal leadership and Treasury to discuss reforming USPS GovExec, 6/20/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
3/XX/25
Appointed:
Alexander Simonpour starts at GSA.
Appointed:
Alexander Simonpour starts at GSA.
| Appointed: | Alexander Simonpour 3/XX/25-8/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Simonpour LinkedIn, |
| Note: | he was detailed to USPS from GSA, so assuming appointed at GSA but info unknown. Dates from LinkedIn |
4/08/25
Oversight:
A letter from Democrats on the House Committee of Science, Space, and Technology expresses specific concern about the lack of qualifications of DOGE staff at the agency. It explicitly names Scott Coulter, Riley Sennott and Alexander Simonpour as the DOGE team at the agency.
Oversight:
A letter from Democrats on the House Committee of Science, Space, and Technology expresses specific concern about the lack of qualifications of DOGE staff at the agency. It explicitly names Scott Coulter, Riley Sennott and Alexander Simonpour as the DOGE team at the agency.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Riley Sennott, Scott Coulter |
| Source: | Letter to the Acting Administrator of NASA Democrats on the House Committee for Science, Space and Technology, 4/08/25 |
| Agency: | NASA |
4/30/25
Interagency Coordination:
As part of a DOGE-driven effort to find ways to punish Harvard by pulling its grants from the federal govenment, Josh Gruenbaum emails Alexander Simonpour to ask if there are grants that can be revoked by NASA. The next day, Simonpour relayed the request to other NASA staffers and then followed up on May 8th stating that the White House had imposed a 5pm deadline for the information.
Interagency Coordination:
As part of a DOGE-driven effort to find ways to punish Harvard by pulling its grants from the federal govenment, Josh Gruenbaum emails Alexander Simonpour to ask if there are grants that can be revoked by NASA. The next day, Simonpour relayed the request to other NASA staffers and then followed up on May 8th stating that the White House had imposed a 5pm deadline for the information.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
4/XX/25
Sighting:
Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour meet again with the acting Postmaster General as well as other senior staff. Reportedly, the topic of this meeting is potential price increases, which is outside the limitations on their work that had been set by former Postmaster DeJoy in the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) he signed for their presence at the agency.
Sighting:
Ethan Shaotran and Alexander Simonpour meet again with the acting Postmaster General as well as other senior staff. Reportedly, the topic of this meeting is potential price increases, which is outside the limitations on their work that had been set by former Postmaster DeJoy in the Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) he signed for their presence at the agency.
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Ethan Shaotran |
| Source: | DOGE holds meetings with White House, new postal leadership and Treasury to discuss reforming USPS GovExec, 6/20/25 |
| Agency: | USPS |
5/08/25
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Josh Gruenbaum |
| Source: | DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants The Harvard Crimson, 7/17/25 |
| Agency: | GSA, NASA |
| DOGE Project: | Anti-DEI, Spending |
5/XX/25
Interagency Coordination:
In May, Clark Milner, a senior advisor for policy in the White House, organized a meeting between USPS staff, the DOGE representatives at the agency, other DOGE staffers and members of the Domestic Policy Council.
Interagency Coordination:
In May, Clark Milner, a senior advisor for policy in the White House, organized a meeting between USPS staff, the DOGE representatives at the agency, other DOGE staffers and members of the Domestic Policy Council.
| Question: | Fuzz: No other specific date information is given |
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Ethan Shaotran, James Burnham |
| Source: | DOGE holds meetings with White House, new postal leadership and Treasury to discuss reforming USPS GovExec, 6/20/25 |
| Agency: | DOGE, USPS |
7/21/25
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff are listed in the invite for a new meeting for political appointees at the agency which will be held once every two weeks.
Identification:
Multiple DOGE staff are listed in the invite for a new meeting for political appointees at the agency which will be held once every two weeks.
| Question: | Fuzz: Jeremy Lewin is a Deputy Undersecretary at State, but still a GSA employee? |
| Person: | Alexander Simonpour, Dave Malcher, Ethan Shaotran, Frank Schuler, Jeremy Lewin, Justin Fox, Luke Farritor, Marshall Wood, Nate Cavanaugh |
| Source: | State Department deputy Michael Rigas tapped as acting GSA head NextGov, 7/21/25 |
| Agency: | GSA |
8/XX/25
Offboarding:
Offboarding:
| Appointed: | Alexander Simonpour 3/XX/25-8/XX/25 |
| Salary: | $167,603 |
| Source: | Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025 Bloomberg, 1/09/26 |
| Source: | LinkedIn profile for Alexander Simonpour LinkedIn, |
| Note: | he was detailed to USPS from GSA, so assuming appointed at GSA but info unknown. Dates from LinkedIn |