Hartmut F. Binner was a full-time professor at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1978 - 2009. As part of his doctoral thesis, he developed the Swimlane representation, today an essential BPMN 2.0 structural element.From 1999 - 2003 he was president of REFA e.V., from 2007-2017 chairman of the board of the Society for Organization.Within the last 20 years he wrote articles in more than 500 journals and more than 18 basic works on the topic of organization and process design. Since December 2015 he is the Vice Chairman of iTA (IT Automotive Service Partner e.V.).