Paul W.P.J. Grefen

Paul W.P.J. Grefen is a Full Professor and Chair of Information System Architecture at the School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). He holds a PhD from the University of Twente (1992) and has held roles including Chair of the Information Systems subdepartment (2006-2014). His research focuses on the intersection of advanced IT and flexible business collaboration, with key areas in business information systems architecture, inter-organizational processes, service-oriented design, and digital transformation.

Education background includes:

• PhD in Computer Science, University of Twente (1992)
• Assistant/Associate Professor roles at University of Twente
• Visiting researcher stints at Stanford University (1994), IBM Almaden (2019), Penn State (2019), and KU Leuven (2024)

Research interests emphasize architectural design for business systems, blockchain applications in manufacturing, cooperative information systems, and supply chain digitization. He has led EU projects like SHOP4CF and FENIX, and contributes to editorial boards of journals like International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems.

Key contributions include frameworks for value negotiation in business models, taxonomies for digital domains, and architectures for smart manufacturing. He has published over 275 research outputs and actively participates in international conferences, delivering keynote talks on topics like networked business models and IT-business alignment.