Lombardi Software was founded in 1998 by Brian Cooper and Eric Hanich in Austin, Texas.
Unlike other "stack vendors", Lombardi did not sell products or services outside the BPM industry.
Lombardi lodged a number of Patents for the innovation created in TeamWorks[2], but with a change of management were not followed through with.
[3]Phil Gilbert has played a key role in IBM's efforts to focus product development on design.
Compared to traditional business process modeling tools, Blueprint is a web-based application with wiki, shared whiteboard, and chat capabilities.