[2] Hubert Österle studied business administration at the University of Innsbruck and the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz.

He obtained his PhD at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in 1973 with his dissertation “Computerunterstütztes Entscheidungstraining” (computer assisted decision training).

[citation needed] In 1980 Österle became full professor of business and information systems engineering at the University of St. Gallen.

[4] In 1997 he initiated the executive MBA program "Business Engineering" at the University of St.

[6] Besides his academic achievements, Österle founded in 1989 the consultancy company "The Information Management Group"[7] and the Business Engineering Institute St. Gallen AG in 2003.