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Ivo Blohm

Ivo Blohm

Ivo Blohm

Prof. Dr.

Associate Professor of Information Management with special focus on Business Analytics

IWI-HSG
Büro 52-6014
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 6/8
9000 St. Gallen
Main Focuses

Business Analytics

Data Science

Crowdsourcing

Fields of research

Business Analytics

Data Science

Crowdsourcing

Education
  • 2021 Habilitation "Leveraging Business Analytics in Organisations with Crowdsourced Data" at University of St.Gallen
  • 2017 CAS Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at the University St.Gallen 
  • 2012 Ph.D. Studies at the Chair for Information Systems (Prof. Krcmar) at Technische Universität München (Germany)
  • 2009 Technology and Management-oriented Business Administration at Technische Universität München (Germany)
  • 2005-2006 Erasmus-Exchange at Università degli Studi di Verona (Italy)
Professional Career
  • Since 2022 Associate Professor for Information Systems and Business Analytics at University of St. Gallen
  • Since 2019 Academic Director and Program Manager "CAS Big Data & Artificial Intelligence for Managers"  
  • 2016-2022 Assistant Professor for Data Science and Management at University of St. Gallen
  • 2009-2012 Research Associate at Technische Universität München (Germany) in Information Systems Research (Prof. Dr. Krcmar)
  • 2013 Invited Visiting Researcher at University of Queensland (Australien)
  • 2012 Invited Visiting Researcher at Harvard University (USA)
Teaching Activities

The core of my teaching is in the domain business analytics:

  • Business Analytics and Data Science Applications (Bachelor, Data Science Fundamentals Program) 
  • Big Data und Data Science (Master)
  • Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Business (Master) 
  • FPV Big Data - Developing Smart Business Models (Master)
  • CAS "Big Data and Artfificial Intelligence for Managers" and participation in various other ExecEd (Executive)

Besides, I teach / tought various core information system courses

  • Theories in Organization and Information Systems (Ph.D.)
  • Business & IT Strategy Alignment (Master)
  • Case Study Seminar Internet Economy (Bachelor)
  • Introduction to Information Management (Bachelor)
Affiliations
  • AIS
  • AOM
  • VHB
Awards

Ivo Blohm has been ranked on place 28 out of german-speaking 3346 business researchers in terms of research productivity by Wirtschaftswoche

  • 2021 Best Associate Editor, European Conference on Information Systems 
  • 2021 Best Associate Editor, Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik
  • 2020 Latsis Price of University St. Gallen (Best Early Career Researcher)
  • 2019 Runner Up Best Associate Editor, International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2019 Nominee HICCS Best Paper Award
  • 2019 Ranked 40th out of 2854 business researchers in Switzerland, Austria, and Germany by Wirtschaftswoche in terms of research productivity
  • 2018 Nominee VHB Best Paper Award (Best IS Paper in 2016/2017)
  • 2018 Runner Up, Best Associate Editor, International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2018 Finalist TUM Research Excellence Award
  • 2017 Nominee Most Innovative Short Paper, International Conference on Information Systems 
  • 2017 Nominee European Research Paper of the Year, CIONET
  • 2016 2nd Runner Up Most Innovative Research-In-Progress Paper, International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2016 Best Paper in Track "Digital Collaboration and Social Media", International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2016 Best Reviewer Award Academy of Management Annual Meeting, OCIS Division
  • 2016 Junior Faculty Consortium, International Conference on Information Systems
  • 2015 Nominee Best Paper Award Internationale Tagung Wirtschaftsinformatik          
  • 2011 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Doctoral Consortium OCIS Division        
  • 2010 University President's Performance Award for outstanding contributions at Technical University of Munich
  • 2007-2008 Leonardo scholarship 
  • 2006-2012 e-fellows.net scholarship 
  • 2005-2006 Erasmus scholarship 
Spin-Offs
  • BeeUp GmbH
  • Perspective Food AG
Talks

Speaker, Keynoter, and Panelist for business analytics, building data-driven organizations and innovations, artificial and collective intelligence as well as crowdsourcing and other forms of digital work. A small selection of recent talks:

  • Wie Tech "Business Resilienz" schafft und "Organisationelle Agilität" ermöglicht, Swisscom CAP 2021 Virtual Kickoff-Event, 15.01.2021
  • Building Data-driven Organizations, CIE Virtual Roundtable, 12.11.2020
  • Analytics für Manager, Handelsblatt Workshop, Berlin, 16.04.2020
  • What must Managers know about Analytics? Digital Week, Executive School University of St.Gallen, 03.03.2020
  • How to Build a Data-Driven Organization, Webinar Executive School University of St.Gallen, 30.06.2019
  • How to Build Data-Driven Innovations and Organizations, AppliedAI KI für den Mittelstand, München, 09.05.2019
  • How to apply AI for small data problems? Simulating survival and profitability of startups, AI Suisse Meetup Zürich, 20.02.2019
  • The Nature of Crowd Work and its Effects on Individuals’ Work Perception, IDHEAP University of Lausanne, 26.06.2019
  • Verbindung künstlicher und kollektiver Intelligenz zur Entwicklung skalierbarer Software Testing Lösung, BDLI TecDays, Airbus, Friedrichshafen, 18.03.2019
  • Re-Imagining Education: The Solution to embrace Artificial Intelligence into Society, Swiss Cognitive, Zurich (CH), 05.11.2018  
Editorial Board

Editorial Board “Journal of Information Technology”

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