Summary
David Hao is a strategic operator and educator with 11+ years building student success ecosystems, fundraising over $9M in federal grants and scaling teams from single hires to $1.5M+ departments. Currently Director of Strategy & Operations at a top-ranked LPL advisory, he blends higher-education leadership—former AVP for Student Affairs and Head of School—with legal training (J.D.) and hands-on entrepreneurship. He has a track record of turning policy and space into engagement—transforming libraries into learning commons, launching tech like Navigate360 and an AI chatbot for 24/7 student support, and achieving record career placement and giving participation rates. A published co-author and founder of the Flourishing Framework™, he combines systems thinking with faith-informed student advocacy and a knack for practical program design (First Generation and Latino student initiatives). Known for hiring and developing talent across institutions, he pairs data-driven decision making with community-centered change management. Less obvious: he applied institutional fundraising, compliance, and classroom experience to wealth-management operations, showing unusual cross-sector adaptability.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Higher Education Administration, Master of Higher Education Administration at Boston College
Doctor of Jurisprudence, Doctor of Jurisprudence at Boston College Law School
Albuquerque Academy
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Economics, Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Economics at Baylor University
English, Chinese, Spanish