What are career outcomes of DL Doctorate holders?

[EliEverIsAHero]

This is more of the type of discussion had on the sister forum, but there are technical issues on that forum with sign-up that prevent me from asking. So I figured I'd ask here.

What are some notable examples of distance learning doctorate holders who've held tenure track positions at universities, permanent teaching faculty positions at LACs/SLACs, full-time paid researchers outside of academia etc. or who managed a career-shift after their DL doctorate? How common is this? 

Speaking anecdotally, I had a class taught by a professor during my second Master's degree who got a Professional Doctorate from Regent, but she also wasn't full-time faculty. The program I was in itself also offered a functionally DL Doctorate program geared mainly towards mid-career military and diplomatic personnel, though it had produced one Doctoral graduate who now participates in thought-leadership via writing and speaking engagements, full-time, for a prominent think tank. 

The common received wisdom I've heard about DL doctorates over the years is that they're often functionally (not so much in the substance of the coursework/research program) box-ticking exercises for mid-career managers in the private sector (eg the same reason online MBAs are so popular), federal civil servants at the higher end of the GS scale, military personnel, etc. 

itt tl;dr what usually happens to DL Doctorate holders:

• In Academia 
  
• Outside of Academia 
  

Can it make a difference?

[FireMedic_Philosopher]

Very interested in this myself. I'm a paramedic and fire dept lieutenant who would very much like to pivot to a full time role in academia, a national defense think tank, or move into the federal government as a defense department civilian.