David Lungren has over 15 years in higher education with a focus on distance education and instructional design. One of his pinnacle achievements was designing the online learning approach and building and running the online course development team for Rasmussen College, resulting in the college’s expansion to 17,000 students within six years. He has been with Collegis since 2003.

What do prospective partners most want to know about you when you meet them?

That I understand the online learning process and appreciate the challenges that our partners face when moving online for the first time.

What do you wish prospective partners knew about you?

That we share the same primary goals: creating online programs that are true to the mission of the school, satisfy the needs of faculty and academic leadership, and support student success.

Three words that describe your approach to being a leader at Collegis:

Collaborative, Innovative, Partner-Focused

Recent tech tool acquired for personal use:

Wi-Fi enabled light bulbs that I can control with voice commands through Alexa.