Elgar Fleisch

Elgar Fleisch (born January 22, 1968 in Bregenz) is an Austrian/Swiss academic, Professor of Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen and Professor of Information Management at the ETH Zurich.

Fleisch received his BA in mechanical engineering in 1987 at the HTL in Bregenz, his Ma in business economics at the Vienna University of Technology, and in 1993 his PhD in the area of Artificial Intelligence. In 1994 he completed his habilitation at the Institute of Computer Science at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) on corporate networks.

In 1996 Fleisch had interrupted his postdoctoral research for a year and founded the company IMG Americas in Philadelphia, USA. In 2000 he became assistant professor at the HSG. In 2002 he is appointed Professor at the Institute for Technology Management at the University of St. Gallen (ITEM-HSG). In 2004 he also became professor of Information Management at the ETH Zurich at the Department of Management, Technology and Economics (MTEC).

Ever since the emergence of the concept of Internet of Things (IoT) in 1999, Fleisch's research interest focussed on the merger of the physical and digital worlds to an Internet of things. He aims to understand this merger in the dimensions of technology, applications and implications and, based on new technologies and applications for the benefit of the developing business and society.

Fleisch has organized its research into five research laboratories that span each over both universities, combine technology and economics and are theoretically grounded and anchored in practice. All projects take place in close cooperation with the industry, which resulted in numerous scientific papers and the introduction of nine startups.

Elgar Fleisch published several books and numerous articles. Books, a selection:

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