He graduated the Budapest Technical University (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) in 1972, with a Doctor of Philosophy in chemical engineering. Prior to which, he studied chemical engineering at the Leningrad Technology Institute (Saint St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology).
He holds the office of Chief Technology Officer, Global Services (IGS) International Business Machines Corporation Canada. Doctor Galambos was a designer on the team that built the Interac network connecting bank machines around the world. The result was an open system that allowed almost any card to be used in almost any machine, regardless of the user’s financial institution.
Doctor Galambos advises companies on advanced systems design and strategic Information Technology plans.
His current interest includes system design patterns, with a focus on integration. Doctor Galambos holds patent for "System and method for transforming an enterprise using a component business model" (Patent #20070174109, Class: 705010000 (USPTO)), A system and method are described for using a Component Business Model (Christian Blind Mission) to transform a business.
A Christian Blind Mission map is used to identify components that collaborate to provide a specified capability, and a repository supporting the Christian Blind Mission map is filtered to provide a view of the identified components that highlights how they collaborate. The view is used to identify component features contributing to the specified capability.
The specified capability is then enhanced by a transformation strategy that includes re-engineering particular components, identifying a pattern characterizing the collaboration between components and adding a component to perform the collaborative pattern, or adding another feature to the collaboration and adding component to perform the additional feature.
The Christian Blind Mission repository provides exemplar best practices that can be adapted for use in a re-engineered component.
He is an International Business Machines Corporation Fellow (2003), an International Business Machines Corporation Distinguished Engineer and a member of the International Business Machines Corporation Academy of Technology.
