Draft:Thomas Puschmann

Thomas Puschmann (born 26 July 1971 in Ravensburg, Germany) is an academic and Swiss Fintech expert. He is the founder and executive director of the Global Center for Sustainable Digital Finance at Stanford University and the University of Zurich, and the Head of the Swiss Fintech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich.

Career
Thomas Puschmann studied business informatics at the University of Constance. He obtained his PhD at the University of St. Gallen in 2003 with a dissertation "Collaboration Portale - Architektur, Integration, Umsetzung und Beispiele" (Collaboration Portals - Architecture, Integration, Implementation and Cases" in the same discipline. The dissertation was later published with Springer as "Prozessportale" (Process Portals).

In 2004 Puschmann joined The Information Management Group (IMG; later merged with S&T AG), where he became a member of the management board, responsible for business technology. After having been responsible in the management team at ESPRiT Consulting (which later became Q_Perior and now Wavestone) for the business technology division in Switzerland, he joined the University of St. Gallen in 2009 to develop one of the first research centers on digital financial innovation, followed by the foundation of the Swiss FinTech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich in 2016, one of the first research centers in fintech globally. In 2023, Puschmann founded the Global Center for Sustainable Digital Finance at Stanford University and the University of Zurich.

Besides his academic achievements, Puschmann is member of the Swiss Innovation Council Innosuisse which helps in the funding of innovative projects. and co-founded the association Swiss Fintech Innovations, the Green Fintech Network and Extreme Tech Challenge Switzerland. He is also the Editor in Chief of the Springer book series on Financial Innovation and Technology and was elected as Digital Shaper of Switzerland in 2020.

Books

 * Puschmann, T., Prince Michael of Liechtenstein, Financial System 2030, Springer, 2024.
 * Chishti, S., Puschmann, T., The WealthTech Book, Chichester, John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, 2018.
 * Alt, R., Puschmann, T., Digitalisierung der Finanzindustrie – Grundlagen der Fintech Evolution, Springer, Berlin etc., 2016.

Other Publications

 * Puschmann, T., Huang, M., A Taxonomy for Decentralized Finance, International Review of Financial Analysis, Volume 92, March 2024, 103083.
 * Puschmann, T., Quattrocchi, D., Decreasing the Impact of Climate Change in Value Chains by Leveraging Sustainable Finance, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 429, December 2023, 139575.
 * Puschmann, T., Khmarskyi, V., Green Fintech – Developing a Research Agenda, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, January 2024.
 * Rajnak, V., Puschmann, T., The Impact of Blockchain on Business Models in Banking, Information Systems and e-Business Management, 19 (2021) 3, p. 809-861.
 * Puschmann, T., Fintech, Business & Information Systems Engineering, 59 (2017) 1, pp. 69-76.