Manuel Schneider - Apro-IT – Make IT A Project!

Q: Where is Manuel based?

Manuel is based in Cologne, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

Q: What languages does Manuel speak?

Manuel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Manuel have?

Manuel has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Manuel has worked in at least 17 different roles and for 17 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months . Note that Manuel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Manuel's latest experience?

Manuel's most recent position is Scrum Master / Project Manager at Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein .

Q: What companies has Manuel worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Manuel has worked for Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein and DuMont Mediengruppe .

Q: Which industries is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology , Media and Entertainment , and Education . Manuel also has some experience in Government and Administration , Telecommunication , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Strategy . Manuel also has some experience in Customer Service , Product Development , and Marketing .

Q: Which industries has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in industries like Media and Entertainment , Education , and Information Technology .

Q: Which business areas has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology , Project Management , and Strategy .

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Cologne, Germany

Experience

Nov 2020 - Present

5 years 5 months

Germany

Scrum Master / Project Manager

Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein

Implementing Scrum Master role, project leadership, project management, consulting
Logineo.NRW – Schools Online
Chat and video conferencing solutions
Requirements management, release and deployment planning, agile coaching
Coordination and presentations to the Ministry of School and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia
Project coordination between the Ministry of School and Education of North Rhine-Westphalia, Medienberatung NRW, and service providers
Products and standards: Jira, Confluence, Xray, Grafana, Redmine, Miro
Technologies: Jitsi-Meet, Matrix-Synapse, Element-Web, BigBlueButton, Teams
Infrastructure: AWS (Amazon Web Services), Kubernetes

Jul 2020 - Oct 2020

4 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager

Digitas Pixelpark

Project management, consulting
Multi-brand portal for medical professionals (migration)
Single-brand portal product pages
German Medicines Advertising Act (HWG)
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Miro, Design Sprint, DocCheck, Sitecore

Dec 2019 - Jun 2020

7 months

Germany

Scrum Master

Landschaftsverband Rheinland

Agile project management
Consulting on agile mindsets and ways of working
Consulting portal
Collaboration with the IT department
Setup and coordination of IT infrastructure
Data structuring and creation of data models
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Pimcore, FirstSpirit, ElasticSearch, Servicekonto.NRW, OZG, LeiKa

May 2019 - Dec 2019

8 months

Germany

Project Manager (agile)

Renault Deutschland AG

Business Intelligence (BI) project management
Management of subject areas, development team, data sources, security, database architecture
Process optimization
Project management of the Data Lake Team Germany
Collaboration with the IT department
Setup of data transfer paths and IT infrastructure
Concept development
Products and standards: QlikView, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Data Lake, NiFi, ETL (Data Lake Loader)

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

4 months

Germany

Technical Consultant / Agile Coach

Eurowings Digital

Technical design for mobile customer touchpoints (iOS/Android app, mobile web portal)
As-is vs. to-be analysis and research of data flows and system landscapes
Workshops and coordination of workstreams: business requirements, design, UX, development, backend IT, testing
Development of process models
Consulting and support for Scrum teams, Scrum Masters, Product Owners
Collaboration with the IT department
Concept development and modeling of JSON APIs/endpoints
Integration of IT infrastructure and backends
Products: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, JSON

Feb 2017 - Dec 2018

1 year 11 months

Germany

Senior Requirements Manager, Senior Project Manager

REWE Group

Management of functional requirements
PAYBACK customer loyalty program
Data protection: EWE management, permission center, EU GDPR
Coordination of timing, budget, prioritization, quality with stakeholders (IT, third-party providers, business units)
Point-of-sale systems and campaign management
Omni-channel projects (web, app, POS, store)
Collaboration with IT department
Expansion and migration of data sources
Concept creation and IT infrastructure model
Data flows and security and protection concepts
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Trello, Asana, SAS CI, SAS Real Time Decision Manager, MS TeamRoom

Jan 2016 - Feb 2017

1 year 2 months

Germany

Program Manager

Renault Deutschland AG

Program management "Customer Ambition", preparation and execution of steering boards
Analysis and optimization of project management, workflows, release management, process models
International communication
Data privacy, opt-in management
CRM targeting
Collaboration with IT department
Migration of data sources and systems
Concept creation: golden record, match & merge, CMDM
Products and standards: Atlassian JIRA, Adobe Campaign, Salesforce

May 2014 - Present

11 years 11 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Consultant

DuMont Mediengruppe

Multi-project management (traditional, agile)
Digital transformation (print, online)
Program management "digital strategy"
Corporate identity and corporate design
Process and workflow consulting, project coaching
Web portals (company website, global corporate intranet)
GDPR: process management, consulting
Software deployment
Collaboration with IT department
Migration of data sources and systems
Network security, intranet, SSO, Active Directory
Products and standards: SharePoint, Typo3, Active Directory, JIRA, Confluence, Otris Privacy, Bitbucket, responsive web, BPM

Sep 2013 - May 2014

9 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

Sevenval GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile)
Mobile portals (internet, extranet), web apps, native apps (iOS, Android), tablets
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Projectile, Merlin, Ganttic, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, Hybris, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, AJAX, responsive web
Clients: comdirect bank AG (mobile portal web app/hybrid app), Automobil-Bank Braunschweig (mobile web portals), Automobil-Konzern Stuttgart (international responsive web portals)

Mar 2013 - Aug 2013

6 months

Germany

Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

i22 internetagentur GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile), requirements management
Progress tracking, project controlling, milestone analysis
Web portals (internet, extranet, intranet)
Responsive web design (Twitter Bootstrap), payment, SLA
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Redmine, Jira, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON, SSO
Clients: Deutsche Telekom AG (mobile device management, CI/CD portal, intranet portals, broadband internet landing page, Telekom Miles & More portal), T-Systems International GmbH (mobile payment systems)

May 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 3 months

Germany

Multi-Project Manager, Scrum Master

Sevenval GmbH

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile)
Control of internal and external teams/agencies (concept, usability, layout, design, architecture, security, development, progress monitoring, support, quality assurance)
Project controlling (budget, time, performance, quality), project reporting, test and release planning
Management summaries, decision papers, presentations, workshops
Mobile marketing, ad server integration, tracking analytics
Mobile portals, web apps, native apps
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Ganttic, WebTrends Analytics, WIPE, Axure, Visio, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON

May 2011 - Jul 2012

1 year 3 months

Germany

Multi-Project Manager, Scrum Master

YOC AG

Multi-project management, Scrum (traditional, agile)
Control of internal and external teams/agencies (concept, usability, layout, design, architecture, security, development, progress monitoring, support, quality assurance)
Project controlling (budget, time, performance, quality), project reporting, test and release planning
Management summaries, decision papers, presentations, workshops
Mobile marketing, ad server integration, tracking analytics
Mobile portals, web apps, native apps
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, Merlin, Ganttic, WebTrends Analytics, WIPE, Axure, Visio, Redmine, Bugzilla, HP Quality Center, XML, HTML, JavaScript, JSON

Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

9 months

Germany

Senior Analyst, Deputy Head of Analysis

Telekom Deutschland GmbH

CoreMedia Competence Team
Requirements engineering, change requests, usability optimizations
Preparation of user training, presentations, workshops
Client concept, intranet portal integration
Analysis of process definitions, review, approval, document management
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, UML, XML, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, DITA

Oct 2009 - Apr 2010

7 months

Germany

Senior Analyst

T-Mobile

Requirements engineering
CRM processes (customer hotline)
Partner portals: interface processes, tariff and option structures
Migration of CRM call center, tracking, Psyma surveys
Concept and solution design
Review planning, prototyping, workshops
Usability engineering, user experience tests
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, UML, XML (WSDL), SOA, HTML, JavaScript, SQL

Jul 2008 - Oct 2009

1 year 4 months

Germany

Senior Analyst

T-Mobile

CMS migration: replacing a Vignette system with CoreMedia
Requirements engineering, specialized pages, IT, operations control
CoreMedia CMS setup, data modeling
Mapping of business components (tariffs, options, newsletter, articles)
Project management with development team (Ukraine)
Tool analysis: modeling, business concept, requirements management
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, Innovator, Erwin, Dia, UML, XML (WSDL), HTML, JavaScript, SQL

Mar 2008 - Jul 2008

5 months

Germany

Senior Analyst

T-Mobile

Change request team for TMD Web
Requirements engineering, specialized pages, IT
Interface analysis (SOA backend), release planning
Coordination with development, testing, and operations teams
Status control of release units
Documentation, functional design
SEO, accessibility, self-service interfaces, functional enhancements
Products and standards: MS Office, MS Project, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Jira, HP Quality Center, oXygen, Toad, Oracle SQL Developer, Rational Rose, Innovator, Erwin, Dia, UML, XML (WSDL), SOA, HTML, JavaScript, SQL

Aug 2005 - Jul 2007

2 years

Germany

Project Manager (employee)

TIMETOACT Software & Consulting GmbH

Project management, project acquisition, proposal creation
Focus on Lotus Notes Content Management System (CMS)
Creation of requirement specs, resource planning, customer relations, support
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, SVN, Lotus Notes
Customer projects for Bayer MaterialScience, Bayer Business Services: intranet portals, customer portlets, HR database, web services

Jul 2002 - Aug 2005

3 years 2 months

Germany

Java Developer, Subproject Leader (employee)

kingmedia GmbH

Software development, requirements analysis, project responsibility
Repository CVS administration, Lotus Notes databases
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, NetBeans, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, Lotus Notes, CSV, SVN
Projects for Technische Akademie Wuppertal, Cosmopolitan Cosmetics (Procter & Gamble), Employers' Association, Schukat Electronic, Total Walther, Cora Verlag

Jan 2002 - Jun 2002

6 months

Germany

Java Developer (employee)

Change-IT Gesellschaft für digitales Prozessmanagement mbH

Software development for SMS contest and customer database
Products and standards: MS Office, WebTrends Analytics, Visio, Eclipse, NetBeans, XML (XSLT), HTML, JavaScript, Lotus Notes, CSV, SVN

Jan 2000 - Oct 2000

10 months

Germany

Subproject Leader, Payment Gateway Team Lead

Mannesmann TeleCommerce

Team leadership and administration of the payment gateway
Design, setup, and implementation
Quality management on IBM AIX mainframe
Products and standards: MS Office, Visio, NetBeans, XML, CSV, SVN

Jan 1997 - Jan 2000

3 years 1 month

Germany

Student assistant

NOC FH Köln

Hardware setup and router configuration
Kiosk POI development
Operating systems: HP-UX, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
Products and standards: MS Office, Visio, NetBeans, Redmine, XML, HTML, FTP, Telnet

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Education, Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Information Technology

Media and Entertainment

Education

Government and Administration

Telecommunication

Automotive

Business Area Experience

See which departments and functions this freelancer has contributed to most.

Experienced in Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy, Marketing, Product Development, and Customer Service.

Information Technology

Project Management

Strategy

Marketing

Product Development

Customer Service

Skills

Professional Focus

Project Management: Agile And Traditional Approaches
In-depth Experience: Requirements Management, Concept Development, Process Models
Systems/technology: Portals (Intranet, Banking, Shop), Cms, Chat And Video Conferencing

Products

Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Redmine, Bugzilla, Hp Quality Center
Miro
Microsoft 365, Google Suite
Ms Project, Merlin, Teamwork, Ganttic, Projectile
Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics
Qlikview, Mail & Deploy, Grafana
Otris Contract
Photoshop
Visio, Rational Rose, Signavio
Adobe Campaign, Salesforce Datacloud, Sas Ci, Sas Real-time Decision Manager
Bitbucket, Gitlab, Github, Jenkins
Kubernetes
Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino Server
Content Management Systems
Typo3
Coremedia
Firstspirit: Sitearchitect, Contentcreator
Adobe Day Cq

Standards

Uml, Bpmn
Xml, Html, Java, Javascript, Json, Sql

Industries

Automotive
Public Sector
Chemical Industry
Pharmaceutical Industry
Aviation
Telecommunications
Food Retail
Banking
Media (Digital, Print)
Agencies

Experience / Skills

Steering: Project Leadership, Team Leadership, Goal Setting, Phase Planning, Effort Estimation, Resource Planning, Project Scheduling, Risk Analysis, Milestone Analysis, Budget Controlling, Quality Assurance/test Planning, Deployment/release Planning, Project Status, Progress Tracking, Outsourcing – Various External Project Partners (Concept, Layout, Development), Offshoring – Development And Qa Partners Abroad (India, Ukraine)
Analysis: Client Requirements, Feasibility Studies, Proof Of Concept, Rapid Prototyping, Design Sprint
Facilitation: Liaison Between Business And Development Teams, Management Summaries, Presentations, Workshops, Decision Papers For Management/board
Documentation: Creating And Quality-checking Deliverables (Requirements Specification, Functional Specification, Technical Specification)
Oversight: Development Phases, Test Cases, Verification And Control Of Tests, Usability
Compliance: Creating Data Protection And Deletion Concepts (Gdpr)
Usability: User Interface Usability (Customer Surveys, Workshops, Analysis, Deriving Improvements)
Standardization: Creating And Optimizing Project And Team Processes, Governance, Controlling, Designing Generic Solution Models
Coaching: Strengthening Team Spirit, Supporting In Issues And Crises, Embedding Agile Mindsets And Practices
Communication: ...What Really Matters!

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Education

University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Diploma in Communications Engineering · Communications Engineering · Cologne, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Certified Scrum Product Owner

Scrum Alliance

Data Protection in Municipal Administration

Basic Course in Information Security

ITIL V2

TÜV Rheinland

Prince2 Foundation 6th Edition

PeopleCert

Product Owner

Scrum Alliance

Project Management Specialist

GPM / IPMA

Scrum Master

Boris Gloger

Scrummaster Advanced Certified

Boris Gloger

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 21

Experience in Information Technology 14 y

Avg length 1 y 9 m

Longest experience 11 y 10 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 1 (Germany)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles Scrum Master / Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master

Main industries Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, Education

Main business areas Information Technology, Project Management, Strategy

Qualifications

Highest degree Bachelor

Certifications earned 9

Profile

Created

February 2025

Last Update

March 2026

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Frequently asked questions

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Where is Manuel based?

Manuel is based in Cologne, Germany and prefers 100% remote projects.

What languages does Manuel speak?

Manuel speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Manuel have?

Manuel has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Manuel has worked in at least 17 different roles and for 17 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months. Note that Manuel may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Manuel be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Manuel would be well-suited for roles such as: Scrum Master / Project Manager, Senior Project Manager, Scrum Master.

What is Manuel's latest experience?

Manuel's most recent position is Scrum Master / Project Manager at Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein.

What companies has Manuel worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Manuel has worked for Zweckverband Kommunales Rechenzentrum Niederrhein and DuMont Mediengruppe.

Which industries is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Media and Entertainment, and Education. Manuel also has some experience in Government and Administration, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Which business areas is Manuel most experienced in?

Manuel is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Strategy. Manuel also has some experience in Customer Service, Product Development, and Marketing.

Which industries has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in industries like Media and Entertainment, Education, and Information Technology.

Which business areas has Manuel worked in recently?

Manuel has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Strategy.

What is Manuel's education?

Manuel holds a Bachelor in Communications Engineering from University of Applied Sciences Cologne.

Does Manuel have any certificates?

Manuel has 9 certificates. Among them, these include: Certified Scrum Product Owner, Data Protection in Municipal Administration, and Basic Course in Information Security.

What is the availability of Manuel?

Manuel will be available full-time from April 2026.

What is the rate of Manuel?

Manuel's rate depends on the specific project requirements. Please use the Meet button on the profile to schedule a meeting and discuss the details.