About John Gallaugher...

Prof. John GallaugherJohn Gallaugher is an Associate Professor of Information Systems at Boston College's Carroll School of Management. Professor Gallaugher spends over five weeks a year leading his students on field studies through Silicon Valley, Seattle, and Asia.  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 four 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.  Podcasts, writings, and chapters from his forthcoming book “Information Systems: A Manager’s Guide to Harnessing Technology” are available at http://www.gallaugher.com.

Prof. Gallaugher’s research has been published in the 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.

E-mail: john.gallaugher@bc.edu      [gallaugher.com]