Lou Pugliese

Lou Pugliese is the recent former executive vice president of the University of Maryland Global Campus, where he brought more than 20 years of experience in e-Learning innovation. A thought leader and successful venture-growth entrepreneur with a passion for seeking and engaging new ways to disrupt, displace, and advance business models, Pugliese’s multidisciplinary career spans private sector entrepreneurship, education focused private and public equityspanacademic administration and researeducation-focusedning UMGC, Pugliese served as chief executive officer of UMUC Ventures, a nonprofit supporting organization that actively invests in, nurtures, and operationalizes education technologies that promise to improve the online learning experience, student outcomes, and university operations.