Dr. Oliver Gausmann

About me

I advise companies on AI strategy, governance, and regulatory compliance, as well as on the economical and efficient development of software. In parallel, I support B2B software and tech companies as CEO, COO, and operating partner, permanent and interim. Especially in AI transformations, the bottleneck is rarely the technology. It's the work with the people who have to use it.

I earned my doctorate at the University of Augsburg in Business Information Systems, summa cum laude. My research focused on situational value networks: collaboration and data exchange between companies and systems across organizational boundaries, in the context of order-driven product individualization. Back then, we called it mass customization. Today it's called composable enterprise or agentic workflows across organizational boundaries. Twenty years ago this was basic research. Today it sits on every board agenda, usually under a new name. I also hold a Diploma in Corporate Governance with Distinction from The Corporate Governance Institute.

As a lecturer, I teach in the Master's program in Business Information Systems at the University of Zurich. My courses cover global software management and aspects of AI and regulation in enterprise settings. If you want to know how I work: I write my articles myself. I use Claude and Perplexity for research and feedback. Editorial judgment stays with me.

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