Marc Martijn Lankhorst (born 1968) is a Dutch

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

, researcher and consultant, known for his publications on

enterprise architecture Enterprise architecture (EA) is a business function concerned with the structures and behaviours of a business, especially business roles and processes that create and use business data. The international definition according to the Federation of ...

, and as key developer of

ArchiMate ArchiMate ( ) is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains

, a modelling language for enterprise architecture.

Biography

Born in

Naaldwijk Naaldwijk () is a town in the Dutch province of South Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Westland, and lies about 10 km (6 miles) southwest of The Hague. Naaldwijk lies in the heart of Westland. The largest economic sector is g ...

, Lankhorst received his MS in computer science in 1991 at the

University of Twente The University of Twente ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. ) is a Public university, public technical university located in Enschede, Netherlands. The university has been placed in the top 170 universities in the world by multiple central ranking tables. ...

, and his PhD in 1996 at the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; , abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1614, th ...

with a thesis entitled "Genetic algorithms in data analysis" under supervision of Nicolai Petkov. After graduation Lankhorst started his academic career as faculty member at the Department of Mathematics and Computing Science of the University of Groningen. In 1996 he started working at the

Telematica Instituut Novay, formally known as the ''Telematica Instituut'' was a Dutch research institute in the field of information technology, founded in 1997, known for its development of ArchiMate. In 2009 the Telematica Instituut was reorganized and operated und ...

as Member of Scientific Staff, in 2000 he became Manager Application Engineering, in 2006 Expertise Group Leader, and in 2009 Principal Advisor. By then the Institute had changed its name to Novay. From 2003 to 2007 he was also Module Manager at the Delft TopTech, School Executive Education of the

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

. In October 2013, he left Novay and joined

BiZZdesign Bizzdesign is a Dutch enterprise architecture and BPM SaaS platform vendor, founded in 2000 by Henry Franken, Harmen van den Berg and Harm Bakker, and is known for the co-development of ArchiMate and the development Bizzdesign Enterprise Stud ...

. At the Telematica Instituut between 2002 and 2004 Lankhorst managed the development of enterprise architecture modeling language

ArchiMate ArchiMate ( ) is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains

, in cooperation with representatives from government, industry and academia. In 2013 Lankhorst is representative of the Netherlands Architecture Forum at the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations.FEAPO (2013) "A Common Perspective on Enterprise Architecture" in ''Architecture & Governance'' Issue 9-4, (2013).

Publications

Lankhorst has authored and coauthored numerous publications in his field of expertise. Books, a selection: * Marc Lankhorst.
Genetic algorithms in data analysis
' Doctoral thesis University of Groningen, 1996. * Marc Lankhorst et al. ''Enterprise Architecture at Work - Modelling, Communication and Analysis.'' Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005. * Marc Lankhorst. ''Agile Service Development - Combining Adaptive Methods and Flexible Solutions.'' With others (ed.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2012. Articles, a selection: * Jonkers, H., Lankhorst, M., Van Buuren, R., Hoppenbrouwers, S., Bonsangue, M., & Van Der Torre, L. (2004).
Concepts for modeling enterprise architectures
" ''International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems'', 13(03), 257−287. * Marc Lankhorst,

Roel Wieringa Roelf Johannes (Roel) Wieringa (born 1952) is a Dutch computer scientist who was a professor of Information Systems at the University of Twente, specialized in the "integration of formal and informal specification and design techniques". Biograp ...

and Henk Jonkers. et al.
Enterprise architecture: Management tool and blueprint for the organisation
" ''Information Systems Frontiers'' 8.2 (2006): 63−66.

References

External links

Marc Lankhorst Photography
at lankhorst.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Lankhorst, Marc 1968 births Living people Dutch computer scientists Enterprise modelling experts University of Twente alumni University of Groningen alumni Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology People from Naaldwijk