Dr. Volker Zimmermann, born on 3 December 1967, is co-founder of IMC Information Multimedia Communication AG. As Member of the Executive Board he is responsible for New Business (Research, Innovations und New Business) and HR.

Dr. Volker Zimmermann studied business administration at the University of Saarland and at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He wrote his dissertation, which was awarded "summa cum laude", in 1998 at the Institute for Business Information Technology (Head: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer) of the University of Saarland on the issue "Object-oriented business process management". In 1999, he was awarded the dissertation prize of the Institute for Empirical Economics in Saarbruecken.

Dr. Zimmermann has written several books and more than forty other publications. He has extensive experience in the fields of web-based training and e-learning, also based on the results of academic research.