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David Gehry is a writer, policy advisor, consultant and institution builder based in Canada. He is President and Vice-Chancellor of Zaag University and CEO and President of QED Groups Inc. His work spans education, healthcare, public policy, culture, technology and public service — with a focus on turning ambitious ideas into functioning institutions.

David Gehry works at the intersection of institutions, public systems and ideas. He is President and Vice-Chancellor of Zaag University, where he is leading the design and development of the institution — its academic model, governance, operating systems and long-term structure — and CEO and President of QED Groups Inc., which develops ventures and platforms across sectors. His experience includes policy and advisory work with governments and organizations, extended engagement with healthcare and emergency-service systems, and sustained writing on institutional design, education, leadership and public responsibility. He writes essays, articles and books, hosts a podcast, produces video work and speaks to institutional and public audiences on the operating systems that make ambitious ideas durable.

David Gehry works across a broad set of areas that are, in his own account, all expressions of a single underlying interest: understanding complicated problems, creating structures around them, and building things intended to matter.

He is President and Vice-Chancellor of Zaag University, where he leads the design and development of a new university — its academic model, its governance charter, its operating and financial architecture, and the institutional shape that must remain coherent as the university grows. He is also CEO and President of QED Groups Inc., which builds ventures, systems and platforms across sectors under a common operating philosophy.

His policy and advisory work concentrates on the point at which broad public objectives have to become implementable systems — governance structures, operating models, service designs and program architectures that continue to function after the announcement is over. He has worked with organizations and leaders in education, healthcare, public administration and the public-service and emergency-services domain, alongside long-standing personal experience in that domain.

Alongside this work, David is a writer, blogger and author, with essays and articles on institutional design, education, healthcare, systems, leadership and public life, and a forthcoming personal work on service, resilience and meaning. He produces a podcast, video series and public commentary intended to make complex ideas accessible without oversimplifying them.

He lives and works in Canada.