About
Bernd Ruecker
Bernd is software engineer at heart and the co-founder and chief technologist at Camunda. He is the author of "Practical Process Automation," the co-author of "Enterprise Process Orchestration" and "Real-Life BPMN," and is active on the technology speaking circuit. He holds an MSc in software technology from HFT Stuttgart.
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Books
Enterprise Process Orchestration
A hands-on guide to strategy, team structures, and technology that will transform your business
Wiley, 2024
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Practical Process Automation
Orchestration and Integration in Microservices and Cloud Native Architectures
O'Reilly Media, 2021
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Real-Life BPMN
A practical guide that helps business and IT professionals model and improve processes using BPMN
Independant, English, 5th Edition, 2025
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Praxishandbuch BPMN
A practical guide that helps business and IT professionals model and improve processes using BPMN
Hanser, German, 6th Edition, 2025
View on AmazonCo-founder of Camunda
I co-founded Camunda in 2008 as a consulting company focused on business process management (BPM). In 2013, we pivoted toward building an open-source workflow engine—and that shift defined our trajectory. Today, Camunda is the leading process orchestration and automation platform, shaping Agentic Automation to operationalize Agentic AI and bring LLM-powered intelligence into core business processes. Unlike proprietary, closed vendors, we’ve always built Camunda as an open, developer-friendly platform. Now, thousands of organizations worldwide use Camunda to design, automate, and optimize complex processes at scale—staying open, composable, and adaptable in a fast-changing world. Our mission remains the same as on day one: to make process orchestration open, flexible, and powerful for everyone.Bios for CFPs & Speaking Engagements
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