[1] Kosanke obtained his Engineering degree from the Physikalisch Technische Lehranstalt in Lübeck, Germany, nowadays the Private Berufsfachschule PTL Wedel.
In the 4 years at IBM USA, he worked on production control, material logistics, and back in Germany focussed on manufacturing research and simulation.
In 1984, Kosanke started participating in the ESPRIT AMICE project as IBM Deutschland representative, focussing on enterprise modelling and CIM Open Systems Architecture.
[1] Kosanke took part in the IFIP IFAC Task Force on Architectures for Enterprise Integration, and contributed to the development of GERAM.
[2][3] Kosanke has published numerous papers in the fields Enterprise engineering.