Summary
David Wiley is an academic entrepreneur and educator with 14 years of experience at the intersection of marketing, MIS, and instructional technology, currently serving as Associate Professor at Marshall University. He co-founded several influential open-education ventures—including Lumen Learning and Mountain Heights Academy—and has held roles ranging from Chief Academic Officer to Senior Fellow for Open Education, blending scholarly rigor with product-focused leadership. His work advances scalable, open learning models informed by a PhD in Instructional Psychology and Technology and a background in music, an uncommon combination that informs his creative approach to pedagogy. Based in West Virginia and active as amateur radio operator WV8O, he brings a practical, community-oriented mindset to academic and nonprofit collaborations.
14 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Barboursville High School
BFA Music, BFA Music at Marshall University
Pre-College Program Music, Pre-College Program Music at Carnegie Mellon University
PhD Instructional Psychology and Technology, PhD Instructional Psychology and Technology at Brigham Young University
English, Japanese