About John…
John Gallaugher is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management. Professor Gallaugher spends roughly one month every year leading his students on field studies through Silicon Valley, Seattle, and internationally. Through these experiences, his students have spent time with Google in Mountain View and Seoul; Microsoft in Redmond, Silicon Valley, and Beijing, they’ve received a master class from Apple’s marketing chief prior to the last five MacWorld events; and have learned from venture capitalists at top-tier firms including Sequoia and Kleiner Perkins.
This field work helps Gallaugher bring current, practice-oriented examples into the classroom. He is the author of the free, online textbook: “Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology” published by Flat World Knowledge. Podcasts, slides, and his blog ‘The Week in Geek’ (published since 1997) are all available at http://www.gallaugher.com.
Prof. Gallaugher’s research has been published in the Harvard Business Review, MIS Quarterly and other leading IS journals. His comments on business and technology have appeared in many outlets including The New York Times, National Public Radio, WCVB-TV, The Seattle Times, the Associated Press, eWeek, The Daily Yomiuri (Japan) and The Nation (Thailand). His executive seminar and consulting clients include: Accenture, Alcoa, Brattle Group, ING Bank Worldwide, Patni Computer Systems, Staples, State Street, the U.S. Information Agency, Duke Executive Education, Syracuse University, and the University of Ulster. If you find any of the material on this website useful – please let him know! john.gallaugher@bc.edu