Dr. Elizabeth A. Teracino is a Senior Researcher and Lecturer in the Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC) at the University of Lausanne. Her research focuses on managing data and value, technology strategy, digital and sustainability transformations, and organizational change.

She is also a Senior Researcher and Advisor at the Competence Center Corporate Data Quality (CC CDQ), an industry-funded research consortium and expert community with more than 20 corporate partners (AXA, Beiersdorf, Bosch, Merck, Nestlé, SAP, Siemens, and Tetra Pak, among others). In the CC CDQ, she leads applied research and collaborates closely with data leaders and teams to develop concepts and actionable approaches that advance data management and organizational transformation.

Prior to joining HEC Lausanne, she was a Research Fellow at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and its Global Center for Digital Business Transformation, where she worked with hundreds of executives from Fortune 500 companies on digital transformation and leadership. She has also been a speaker at the MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality (CDOIQ) Symposium.

Her research appears in leading academic and practitioner outlets, including Harvard Business Review, Information Systems Journal, Business & Information Systems Engineering, and Communications of the Association for Information Systems. She has also contributed to books and edited volumes, including publications with Harvard Business Press.

Dr. Teracino holds a PhD from the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen, an MS in Computer Science from the Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems at Pace University, and a BS in Business Administration from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University. She brings more than 15 years of professional and advisory experience across corporate and nonprofit organizations in Europe, the United States, and Asia.