Stella Gatziu Grivas received her PhD from the University of Zurich in the field of active databases under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Klaus Dittrich. She created and realised the active and object oriented Database Management System SAMOS, which was one of the first open source active database systems offering complex event processing. After the completion of her PhD, Stella supported the team of Klaus Dittrich as a senior assistant, and worked on the construction of a database service – which was at that time a complete novelty throughout the world. She also initiated projects in data warehousing and workflow management. After that, Stella Gatziu Grivas was employed at Credit Suisse as a senior consultant for IT Strategy.

Since August 2007, Stella Gatziu Grivas has been a full professor at the Institute for Information Systems at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland where she is head as well as researcher at the competence center Cloud Computing, Digitalisation & Transformation and her research interests lie in the fields of cloud computing, digitalisation and transformation. She is on the board of EuroCloud Swiss and holds the congress management of the FHNW Cloud Days.

Master of Science in Business Information Systems

• IT Management & Cloud
• Mentoring of student projects and Master’s theses

Bachelor of Science in Business Information Technology

• Databases
• Specialization Databases
• Specialization Banking
• Mentoring of student projects and bachelor’s theses

Further Education

• CAS IT Management (course management)
• CAS Cloud Computing (course management)
• CAS Digital Business Development (course management)
• Mentoring of MAS theses
  

Presentations

2017

• Talk “Cloud Marketplaces – Erkenntnisse aus der FHNW Studie”, Cloud 2017, Infrastruktur & Security, 26 October 2017
• Talk «Das FHNW Cloud Maturitätsmodell – Untersuchungsergebnisse der FHNW CIO Studie», EuroCloud Swiss Herbst Event, Zurich, 11 October 2017
• Talk «Cloud Services, Digitalisierung und Transformation und die Bedeutung für die Unternehmen in der Schweiz», Last Monday, donna Informatica, Monday, 28 August 2017
• Talk «FHNW Cloud Studie Schweiz – Die Ergebnisse», GENNEX Konferenz, 14 June 2017
• Vortrag «Digitale Zukunft Solothurn – Studienergebnisse», Infoanlass TCBE Event Chapter Solothurn, 14 June 2017
• Opening Talk, 4. Cloud Use Cases Day, 15 March 2017
• Talk «IT Kosten bei Gemeinden und die Rolle des Outsourcings», Swiss eGovernment Forum 2017, 8 March 2017

2016

• Talk «Swiss Cloud Initiative - Unterstützung der KMUs bei der Transformation ins digitale Business», FHNW Wirtschaftsforum, September 2017
• Talk “Digital Transformation for the financial department”, Oracle Cloud Day, Brugg, 9 November 2016
  Keynote “Cloud, Transformation und Digitalisierung – eine Einführung“, Solothurner Handelskammer, Olten, 17 November 2016
• Talk “Von GovCloud zur Swiss Cloud Initiative“, ERFA Gruppe IT Engineering & IT Operations, Zurich, 1 June 2016
  Opening Talk, 3. Cloud Use Cases Day, 2 February 2016
• Keynote “How to Survive in Cloudy Times - Was der Schweizer Markt jetzt von Resellern will“, inside channel forum, Zürich, 30 January 2016

2015

• Keynote “Clouds on the way to transform the Enterprises“ CISCO Fast IT Event,  27 October 2015 in
  Zurich and 29 October 2015 in Geneva
• Keynote “Cloud Einsatz in der Hotellerie - Transformation einer Branche“, Expertenforum, Hotelleriesuis-se, Bern, 29 October 2015
• Keynote,“ Cloud Einsatz bei NPO’s - welche sind die Gründe und die Auswirkungen?“  NPO Event Agilita, Olten, 3 September 2015
• Keynote “Die Swiss Cloud Initiative unter dem Patronat vom Bund”, Ingram Micro 4te Cloud Roadshow, Zurich, 23 June 2015
• Opening Talk, 2. Cloud Use Cases Day, 23 January 2015
• Talk „Big Data und Cloud Computing”, CSA Chapter Switzerland «Big Data & IT Security Event», Zurich, 17 June 2015

2014

• Keynote “Das ABC des Cloud Computing», AlpiqInTec Cloud Anlass, Olten, November 2014
• Keynote “Ohne Donnerwetter in die Cloud“, 2. Informationssicherheitstag Basel-Landschaft, 17 Septem-ber 2014
• Roundtable, 5. Swiss IT Sourcing Forum, Lucerne, 2 April 2014.
• Keynote “The Next Wave in Cloud Computing - From building trust to the Cloud towards to Cloud as enabler for business innovation”, Oracle Cloud Days, Zurich, 25 March 2014
• Talk “GovCloudForum - die Community Plattform für Cloud-Lösungen“, eGovernment Forum, InfoSocie-tyDays, Berne, 5 March 2014
• Opening Talk, 1. Cloud Use Cases Day, 24 January 2014

2013

• Keynote “IT as Business Driver - The Usage of Cloud Computing as IT Innovation Towards New Business Models” Oracle Partner Network Lounge, 18 September 2013 in Geneva und 19 June 2013 in GDI Insti-tute, Rüschlikon
• Keynote “Cloud Computing in der Schweiz: Einblick in aktuelle Entwicklungen „Österreichische Wirt-schaftsdelegation, Advantage Austria, Zürich, 15 May 2013

2012

• Talk “Business Software as a Service: Clever in die Cloud”, Praxis Forum, TopSoft Zurich, 10 December 2012
• Keynote „Cloud Computing – Möglichkeiten und Grenzen Status Quo„ IKGEO Veranstaltung, Lavaux, Switzerland, 25 October 2012
• Talk “Compliance – Anspruch und Wirklichkeit”, 17th Symposium on Privacy and Security 2012, ETH Zürich, 29 August 2012
• Talk „«Community Clouds and Interoperability», Open Cloud Day, Berne, 19 Juni 2012
• Keynote “Der Weg in die Cloud“, ESE Conference, Schlieren Schweiz, 24-25 March 2012

2011

• Keynote „IT Sourcing mit grenzenloser Freiheit über den Wolken, ICT Sourcing Veranstaltung, Fachgruppe Sourcing Swiss ICT, Zürich, 27 December 2011