Doug Lynch
Professor
USC
Doug Lynch, Managing Director, USC Ed Tech Accelerator, is a member of the faculty at Rossier where he teaches economics, negotiations, and innovation. He has had a long career at the nexus of education, technology, and equity having co-founded one of the first charter schools in the country and being one of the founding members of the Online Learning Consortium. He won a U.S. Presidential award for Innovation in Education, chaired the ISO committee setting standards in ed tech. He served on the Board of Visitors for the CIA under two presidents, was brought in the SEC to design and delivers ethics training to WorldCom after their scandal, and was brought in by FDNY after 9/11 to redesign their training. He has launched several university ed tech accelerators.