David Fung
MIT Alumni Association

David Fung

MIT Alumni Association, President

David L. Fung is the founder and managing partner of Sydney Connections, LLC., an independent management consulting practice. He is an accomplished strategy and operating executive in large-scale global business operations and non-profits. Prior to establishing Sydney Connections, Mr. Fung spent nearly 27 years at a Fortune 300 company, helping the company grow its business portfolio in the U.S. and Asia. Additionally, he is an adjunct lecturer in Management at the Narendra Paul Loomba Management Department at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, the City University of New York, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in strategic management, international management, marketing, and quantitative analysis and decision modeling. Mr. Fung earned a SB in chemical engineering from MIT (1985) and M.S. (1988) and MBA (1999) degrees from Columbia University. He is also certified in LEAN Six Sigma principles.

October 17, 2026

On the agenda

  • Recognizing the Best of MIT: A Conversation with This Year's AI Award Honorees

    9:20 AMHahn Auditorium

    Honoring the people whose work embodies MIT's mission to serve the nation and the world, from lifetime achievement to the rising stars redefining what AI can do.

    Speakers