Matthias V.-Freelance IT Project Manager

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Freelance IT Consultant
Freelance IT Consultant
Parental Leave
Service Delivery Manager
Deliverable: System landscape for vehicle type approval
- Staffing and coordinating international teams (India, Romania, Germany)
- Agile project setup
- Aligning requirements and implementation priorities with the customer
- Responsibility for delivery capability, budget, and profitability
- Ensuring a smooth handover of the solution to operations
QA Team Lead
Deliverable: System for generating legally required vehicle documents
- Providing technical leadership to the QA team in an agile project environment
- Defining and implementing the QA strategy
- Coordinating testing, acceptance, and handovers to the customer
- Ensuring quality for production launches
Project Manager
Deliverable: Software modifications and new developments in the airport environment
- Managing several parallel IT projects with different stakeholders
- Traditional project management, including planning, controlling, and reporting
- Coordinating internal teams and external service providers
- Delivering agreed project goals on time
Rollout Manager
(Interruption 3/19-04/20, see below) Deliverable: Platform for searching for and brokering the purchase of vehicles
- Global rollout across numerous markets on all continents
- Gathering requirements in line with the laws and regulations of the target markets
- Conducting international requirements workshops (China, USA, EU, ...)
- Detailed specification of requirements for external implementation providers
- Stable go-lives in all target markets
Requirements Engineer
Deliverable: Adaptation of IT systems to European regulatory requirements
- Conducting structured stakeholder and requirements workshops
- Preparing functional concepts and specifications (UML, BPMN)
- Supporting implementation in close coordination with the development teams
Project Manager
Deliverable: IT systems for implementing the SEPA guidelines
- Managing several parallel small projects
- Traditional project management, including budget, schedule and quality control
- Coordinating implementation with business units and IT
Requirements Engineer
Deliverable: Fleet management system for rail freight transport
- Functional lead of the requirements team for a large-scale project (budget €20 million)
- Organizing and moderating requirements workshops
- Preparing functional concepts and preliminary studies
- Supporting project initiation
Senior Consultant
Randstad Digital AG (formerly Pentasys AG)
- Working with clients as project manager, requirements engineer and quality assurance lead
- Coordinating international project teams (DE, RO, IN)
- Working with stakeholders worldwide
- Responsibility for traditional and agile projects
- Budgets of up to €20 million (requirements engineering), €8 million (project management)
- Automotive, transport / logistics, financial services, airport, telecommunications
QA Lead
Deliverable: B2C sales platform
- Responsible for functional and technical quality assurance
- Defined and introduced test strategies
- Built and used test automation
- Ensured defined quality standards
Developer
Deliverable: Employment agency platform
- Developed software components in Java
- Used model-driven architecture approaches
- Worked with business departments and IT
Developer
Deliverable: Portal for recording and maintaining map data discrepancies
- Developed the solution and led a small development team
- Coordinated requirements with stakeholders
- Planned and managed implementation
Analyst Programmer
Accenture Technology Solutions
- Software development and quality assurance on large client projects.
- Took on subproject and team responsibilities.
- Industries: Public Service, Financial Services, Automotive.
QA Lead / Developer
Deliverable: Consulting software for banking applications
- Quality assurance and development of software components
- Developed automated testing mechanisms
- Supported business acceptance
Research Associate
Technische Universität Berlin
- Research and teaching in software engineering and quality assurance.
- Organization and delivery of courses.
Industry experience
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Experienced in Automotive, Banking and Finance, Transportation, Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Government and Administration.
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Experienced in Quality Assurance, Information Technology, Project Management, Research and Development, Product Development, and Human Resources.
Summary
Freelance IT Project Manager with over 10 years of experience managing complex IT projects and a total of 18 years in the IT industry.
Focus areas: Project management in international and regulated environments, requirements engineering, and global rollouts with significant professional and organizational responsibility.
Certified in project management (PMP), requirements engineering (IREB), and AI project management (CPMAI), technically skilled (Java, Python), and experienced with common project and collaboration tools.
Skills
- Methods: Agile (Scrum, Safe), Classic (Waterfall)
- Domains: Automotive, Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Public Sector, Telco
- Technologies: Java, Python, Uml, Bpmn
- Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Rest, Postman
Languages
Education
Technische Universität Berlin
Diplom Informatik · Computer Science · Berlin, Germany
Certifications & licenses
PMI-CPMAI PMI Certified Professional in Managing AI
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Experience
Global experience
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Matthias is based in Hattersheim am Main, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.
Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Chinese (Elementary).
Matthias has at least 22 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 13 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Matthias would be well-suited for roles such as: Freelance IT Consultant, Parental Leave, Service Delivery Manager.
Matthias's most recent position is Freelance IT Consultant at Freelance IT Consultant.
In recent years, Matthias has worked for Freelance IT Consultant and Randstad Digital AG (formerly Pentasys AG).
Matthias is most experienced in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Transportation. Matthias also has some experience in Telecommunication, Information Technology, and Government and Administration.
Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Project Management. Matthias also has some experience in Research and Development, Product Development, and Human Resources.
Matthias has recently worked in industries like Automotive, Banking and Finance, and Transportation.
Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.
Matthias holds a Bachelor in Computer Science from Technische Universität Berlin.
Matthias has 7 certificates. Among them, these include: IREB CPRE Advanced Level – Requirements Modeling, IREB Foundation Level – Requirements Engineering, Oracle Certified Professional, and Java EE 5 Web Component Developer.
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