Professor John Gallaugher is a multi-award winning educator who has pioneered immersive global technology learning experiences across five continents. Recognized as an “Apple Distinguished Educator” by Apple Inc., “Guru to Grads” by Entrepreneur magazine, and a “Most Popular Professor” by BusinessWeek, he has received Boston College’s Trzaska Faculty Leadership Award, the all-university Teaching Award, the Carroll School of Management Teaching Award, and the student newspaper’s Momentum Award for campus impact.
As the founding faculty member for Boston College’s TechTrek and former co-lead of the school’s graduate field studies in Europe and Asia, Professor Gallaugher has provided students with unparalleled access to leading tech executives, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists in innovation hubs including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, New York, Dublin, Sydney, and Ghana. This unique approach infuses his teaching and writing with a broad, deep, and continually refreshed perspective on key industry trends and developments.
Professor Gallaugher’s entrepreneurial mentorship has yielded remarkable results—his students have gained admittance to elite startup accelerators (Y Combinator, Techstars, MassChallenge), launched multiple products, raised well over $100 million in capital, and achieved unicorn ($1 billion+) valuations.
His research has appeared in the Harvard Business Review, MIS Quarterly, and other leading journals. A sought-after speaker, Professor Gallaugher has presented at Apple Inc.’s Americas Educator Summit and AcademiX conferences, served as international keynote speaker at AIBUMA (the Africa International Business and Management Conference) in Nairobi, Kenya, and has held an honorary appointment at the University of Technology Sydney. He has consulted for and taught executive seminars for organizations including Accenture, Alcoa, Apple, Duke Corporate Education, ING, Partners HealthCare, RMIT Melbourne, Staples, State Street, the University of Ulster, and the U.S. Information Agency.
Currently a member of the business analytics department at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, Professor Gallaugher earned his Ph.D. in Information Systems from the Syracuse University School of Management, and holds an MBA and an undergraduate degree in computer science from Boston College. Beyond traditional business courses, he teaches technical subjects including SwiftUI, iOS app development, and physical computing with electronics programming in CircuitPython.
His insights on business and technology have been featured in the New York Times, National Public Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, the Boston Globe, Wired, the Associated Press, Chronicle (WCVB-TV), The Daily Yomiuri (Japan), and the Nation (Thailand), among others. Professor Gallaugher has shared over 500 educational videos on YouTube, receiving in excess of 1 million views. For his latest teaching materials, research updates, and textbook developments, see his two YouTube channels: (profgallaugher focused on iOS Programming, and the new BuildWithProfG focused on Physical Computing), personal website: gallaugher.com, follow his free Substack, and connect on social media via BlueSky (@gallaugher), Mastodon (@gallaugher@mastodon.world), and LinkedIn.