Stephan Aier

Stephan Aier is a professor and senior lecturer at the School of Computer Science at the University of St.Gallen. He co-heads the Architectural Coordination Group (ACG) at the university’s Institute of Information Management (IWI-HSG) and serves as IWI's Executive Director. Stephan studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the Technical University of Berlin, where he received his Ph.D. (Dr.-Ing.) in 2006. In 2016 Stephan finished his habilitation, was appointed Privatdozent in 2017, Affiliated Professor in 2020 and Senior Lecturer in 2021 at the University of St. Gallen.

Today, Stephan is active in fundamental research in the areas of enterprise-wide information sysytems, enterprise architecture, data management and analytics, and digital platforms funded by public research organizations and for applied research funded by industry partners. He gained industry experience in projects at AXA, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Telekom, HP, IBM, Munich Re, Motorola, Novartis, SAP, Swiis Post, Swiss Re, UBS, and others. Stephan has published more than 150 articles on enterprise architecture, Integration, and platforms, is active in undergraduate, graduate, and executive education as well as in company specific in-house programs. He is a regular speaker at practitioner conferences and seminars.

Education

• 1997-2002: Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management (Dipl-Ing.) from Technical University of Berlin, Germany, passed with distinction
• 2002-2006: Ph.D. in engineering sciences (Dr-Ing.) from Technical University of Berlin, Germany, doctoral thesis: Integration Technologies as a Basis for a Sustainable Enterprise Architecture – Interdependencies between Organization and Information Technology (in German language, grade 1.0)
• 2016 Habilitation on "Enterprise Architecture Management: Enabling Coordination of Enterprise-Wide Transformation"
• 2017 Privatdozent of Business Administration with specialization in Information Systems

Main Focuses

• Enterprise-wide Information Systems
• Digital Platform Ecosystems
• Enterprise Architecture Management
• Data Management and Data Analytics
• Digital Transformation
• Simulation Modeling

Fields of research

• Digital Platform Ecosystems
• Enterprise-wide Information Systems
• Data Management and Analytics

Teaching Activities

Courses taught on assessment level

• from 2010 Information Systems@University of St.Gallen, introduction

Courses taught on bachelor level

• from 2021 Fundamentals and Methods of Computer Science (University of St.Gallen)
• 2020 Enterprise Modeling (University of St.Gallen)
• from 2013 Information and Communication Technologies (University of St.Gallen)
• 2008–2012 Object Oriented Programming with Java (University of St.Gallen)
• 2000–2002 Business Information Systems (TU Berlin)
• 1999–2002 Foundations of Mechanical Engineering and Apparatus Engineering (TU Berlin)

Courses taught on master level

• seit 2020 Enterprise Architecture Management (University of Liechtenstein)
• 2018–2020 Methods: Architecture Management (University of St.Gallen)
• 2018–2020 Research Methods for Business Innovation (University of St.Gallen)
• from 2014 Enterprise Architecture (Reykjavik University)
• from 2013 Business Engineering Navigator: Theory and Tool Support for the Integrated Design of Business Solutions (University of St.Gallen)
• 2009–2011 Integration and Architecture (University of St.Gallen)
• 2008 Business Information Systems (University of St.Gallen)
• 2008–2011 Object Oriented Programming with Java (University of St.Gallen)
• 2003–2006 Enterprise Application Integration and Service Oriented Architecture (TU Berlin)
• 2002–2006 Foundations of Systems Analysis (TU Berlin)
• 2002–2006 Systems Analysis Projects (TU Berlin)
• 2002–2003 Computer-aided Systems Analysis (TU Berlin)

Courses taught on executive education level

• 2020 Enterprise Architecture in the Era of the Intelligent Enterprise (OpenSAP MOOC, >10,000 participants)
• 2015 Enterprise Architecture Management (logistics company in-house program)
• 2013 Data Architecture Management (utility company in-house program)
• 2012/2013 LEAD Enterprise Architecture Program (SAP, The Netherlands)
• from 2008 Executive Master in Business Engineering (University of St.Gallen)
• 2007–2009 Enterprise Architecture Management (logistics company in-house program)
• from 2007 IT-Business Management (University of St.Gallen)
  

Awards

• 2021 Best Paper Award, Conference of the Italian Chapter of the AIS (itAIS 2021)
• 2021 Best Paper Award, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021)
• 2021 Most Innovative Paper Award, Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2021)
• 2021 Best Reviewer Nomination, Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI2021)
• 2016 Best Paper Nomination, European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2016)
• 2015 Best Paper Nomination, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 2015)
• 2013 Junior Scientist Business Innovation Award, University of St.Gallen
• 2011 Junior Scientist Business Innovation Award, University of St.Gallen
• 2010 Best Paper Nomination, International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2010)