Staff

Dr. David Keck | Dr. David Rosenbaum | Jeremy Suing | Ian Cottingham | Lori G. McClurg | Amanda Leingang

Dr. David Keck - Executive Director

Dr. David Keck is the Director of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at UNL, as well as Courtesy Professor of Business Administration and Courtesy Professor of Computer Science and Engineering. His career has included technical and management positions at three computer systems companies including Hewlett-Packard, two engineering software companies including Engineering Systems International in Paris; Nippon Kokan K.K. the Japanese multinational in Tokyo (now JFE Holdings), and the research faculty at Georgia Tech.

Dr. David Keck holds a doctoral degree in engineering from Georgia Tech. He holds a master's of business administration from Southern Methodist University, a master's in finance from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and a master's in engineering from Georgia Tech. He received his bachelor's degree in engineering from Georgia Tech. Dr. David Keck also completed advanced management programs at Harvard, Wharton, and Stanford.

Contact Information:
Phone: 402.472.6000
Email: dkeck2@unl.edu

Dr. David Rosenbaum - Associate Director for Academic Affairs/Business

Dr. David Rosenbaum is a Professor of Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and B.A. in economics from the University of Maryland. He teaches basic finance and economics in the first year, and a variety of topics in the third year of the program. Dr. Rosenbaum is also in charge of curriculum development.

Contact Information:
Office: 123D Kauffman
Phone: 402.472.2318
Email: drosenbaum1@unl.edu

Jeremy Suing - Design Studio Project Manager/Computer Science Lecturer

Jeremy Suing is the Jeffrey S. Raikes School Project Manager for Design Studio and a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Mr. Suing has over 7 years of software engineering and project management experience working directly with ERP software solutions for Oracle USA, Inc. (formerly J.D. Edwards & Company and then PeopleSoft, Inc.). He has a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Denver and received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

Contact Information:
Office: 123C Kauffman
Phone: 402.472.1658
Email: jsuing2@unl.edu

Ian Cottingham - Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of Design Studio

Ian Cottingham is an Assistant Professor of Practice and Director of Design Studio in the Jeffrey S. Raikes School. Ian has been involved in management and development of enterprise software systems for 14 years, working in large corporate, startup, and institutional research environments. Prior to joining the Raikes School, he served as the Director of the Computing Innovation Group (CIG) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, overseeing the development of numerous interdisciplinary software development efforts ranging from informal science education, to bioinformatics and agricultural decision support and was responsible for securing over $10 million in funding for departmental research conducted by CIG. Ian has also held positions as a software development lead in IBM Global Services, President of OrangePeel inc., Chief Software Architect for the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UNL, and President of Red Brain inc.. He holds a Master of Science degree in computer science and focuses on business-driven computing research and the commercialization of research-oriented intellectual property.

Contact Information:
Office: 45 Kauffman
Phone: 402.472.3835
Email: ian@unl.edu

Lori G. McClurg - Director of Operations and Student Affairs

Lori McClurg is responsible for the non-academic operations of the Jeffrey S. Raikes School. These responsibilities include managing the recruiting, marketing, admissions, accounting, human resources, external affairs and public relations for the Raikes School.

Prior to joining the Jeffrey S. Raikes School, Lori was the Director of the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) at the State of Nebraska. Lori was appointed to that position by Governor Johanns in January of 1999. In that capacity, Lori served as the Chief Executive responsible for executing the State of Nebraska's central operations and fiscal control. DAS' agency budget is over $200 million and employs 567 people.

Raised in Grand Island, NE as Lori Goa, she received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the UNK in 1982 where she double majored in Business Administration and Organizational Communications. In 1992, Lori received her master's of Business Administration (MBA) from the UNL where she graduated with distinction and was on the MBA honors list.

Contact Information:
Phone: 402.472.9097
Email: lmcclurg2@unlnotes.unl.edu

Amanda Leingang - Administrative and Technical Operations Coordinator

Amanda is the Administration and Technical Operations Coordinator for the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.

Prior to joining the staff at the Jeffrey S. Raikes School, Amanda served as a Project Manager for the Microsoft Dynamics Operations team on the Microsoft campus in Fargo, where she supported Microsoft partners globally in the reporting and recognition of revenue from monthly sales.

Originally from Mandan, ND, she received her B.S in Sociology from North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND.

Contact Information:
Phone: 402.472.5779
Email: : aleingang2@unl.edu