Biography
In 1972 Scheer received a PhD from the University of Hamburg with the thesis "Kosten- und kapazitätsorientierte Ersatzpolitik bei stochastisch ausfallenden Produktionsanlagen". In 1974 he obtained his Habilitation also in Hamburg with a thesis about project control.
In 1975 Scheer took over one of the first chairs for information systems and founded the institute for information systems (IWi) at the Saarland University, which he led until 2005. In 1984 he founded IDS Scheer, a Business Process Management (BPM) software company, which is widely regarded as the founder of the BPM industry. In 1997 he also founded IMC AG, a company for innovative learning technologies and spin-off of the Saar University, together with Wolfgang Kraemer, Frank Milius and Wolfgang Zimmermann.
In 2003 Scheer was awarded the Philip Morris Research Prize and the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In December 2005 he was awarded the Erich Gutenberg price and in the same month the Federal Cross of Merit first class. In 2005 he was also elected as a fellow of the Gesellschaft für Informatik. Since 2006, he has been a member of the council for innovation and growth of the Federal Government. 2007 he was honored as a HPI-Fellow by the Hasso-Plattner-Institut (HPI) für Softwaresystemtechnik and was elected President of the German Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media.
On June 4, 2010 Scheer was awarded with the Design Science Lifetime Achievement Award at the University of St. Gallen. He received the price as a recognition for his contribution to design science research.
Scheer is a passionate saxophone player. In public presentations, he often includes links to jazz theory in his speech or performs short jazz tunes with his band. Since 2001, the August-Wilhelm-Scheer Foundation funds a lecturer position for jazz at the University for Music Saar.
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