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Marco Steidel
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & Digitalization Consultant at paarprojekt GmbH
- Project management and consulting services with a focus on IT interim management: digitalization of corporate management including processes and applications
- Assessment of the entire IT infrastructure including applications, core processes, and contracts, including cost optimization
- Evaluation and introduction of solutions to promote digitalization in the company in the areas of: property management, CRM, invoice review & approval processes, smart metering, DMS, time tracking
- Digitization of file folders and introduction of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams as the central document & communication platform
- Design and delivery of AI workshops including rollout of AI tools to increase efficiency and transparency in key business processes
- Creation of training materials and delivery of user training for newly introduced digital processes and solutions
Markus Halbedel
Last position:
Senior M365 Consultant at BITMARCK GmbH
Creation of concepts for M365 implementation, especially Tenants, EntraID, EntraConnect and ExchangeOnline, taking BAS standards into account (mandatory baseline security requirements) in the project "Concept M365" with the aim of transferring the concepts to the M365 environments of Bitmarck and then handing them over to the customer.
- Creation of a current-state analysis of the existing M365 environments as well as the on-premises environments and the BAS standards.
- Creation of concepts for the topics Tenants, EntraID, EntraConnect and ExchangeOnline taking the BAS standards into account
- Design and implementation of an automated solution for creating standardized M365 tenants based on Microsoft M365 DSC (Desired State Configuration)
- Transfer of the concepts into the M365 environments
- Creation of detailed technical documentation
Chris Wolf
Last position:
Senior Strategy Advisor, Transformation Lead – program realignment with target picture, governance, and priority steering at Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe | S-Communication Services
In-house consulting provider and driver of transformation within the group, multi-stakeholder environment and C-level.
Realignment and stabilization of a cross-functional transformation and scaling program within the group. Sharpening the target picture, priorities, and set of measures, as well as building reliable governance, planning, and steering structures. Structuring roles, responsibilities, and strategic initiatives while including AI and IT automation ideas.
Designed program realignment and project portfolio management
Developed strategy model and target picture for IT projects
Structured portfolio, roadmap, and priorities
Established governance and regular meetings
Worked out operating model for flagship projects
Assessed AI and automation ideas
Clarified roles and responsibilities
Implemented change measures
Developed, moderated, and evaluated workshops
Transformed 17 initiatives into a steering model
Increased transparency and decision-making ability
Strengthened commitment in steering
Sharpened the operating model structurally
Integrated three top-5 institutes
Involved over 80% of stakeholders
Governance
Portfolio steering (PPM)
Change management
Artificial intelligence
Workflow automation
AI use case assessment
Confluence
Jira
Stakeholder management
Thorsten Huber
Last position:
Product Owner, AI Manager at crazyALEX.de GmbH
Digitalization of real places with 3D/LiDAR scans to make spatial data usable for AI applications and derive concrete use cases and prototypes from it.
- Digital capture of real places as a basis for faster planning and analysis
- Browser-based access to 3D data for easier use and coordination
- Turning spatial data into concrete use cases, prototypes, and AI training scenarios
- Planning basis for urban development and other digital future applications
Keywords: LiDAR, 3D scan, AI, use cases, AI training, prototyping, Python, web development, data models, architecture
Martin Hermann
Last position:
Lead Product Owner at Energy
- Team leadership: Prioritization and coordination of four cross-functional teams.
- Platform strategy: Development and implementation of strategies to optimize existing IT platforms.
- Stakeholder management: Active management of expectations and communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Program and innovation management: Prioritization and coordination of cross-department projects as well as innovation initiatives.
- Product Owner consulting: Advising Product Owners with a focus on product development and continuous product improvement.
- Organizational development: Improving communication and decision-making structures across all organizational levels.
- Change management: Implementing best-practice change management methods to ensure continuous optimization and innovation.
- Quality assurance: Ensuring high quality standards in processes, services, and deliverables.
Mario Mohar
Last position:
Co-Founder and CTO at B2B SaaS Recruiting Platform
Complete build of a B2B SaaS platform for recruitment agencies
- Multi-source job aggregation via ATS APIs
- AI-assisted career page scraping
- Rule-based and AI-assisted matching
- Credit-based monetization model with Stripe integration
- Live in production since July 2026
Tech stack
- NestJS
- React
- PostgreSQL
- pgvector
- Claude AI
- Prisma
Artur Schmalz
Last position:
Marketing Consultant // Strategy & Campaigning at Stadtwerke Lübeck
- Marketing consulting for the business units EDL@Home and Commodity (electricity & gas)
- Development and implementation of the marketing/sales strategy in close coordination with the department head
- Definition and expansion of key channels (web, app, portal, social, paid, sales partners)
- Goal, annual, and budget planning for the EDL@Home business unit
- Leading and running team workshops to define goals & develop campaigns
- Campaign/content planning for different target groups
- Concept and implementation of the regional multi-channel sales campaign incl. A/B testing
- Optimization of the customer experience across all channels
- Technical support/advice for the product teams during iterative implementation
- Building and managing a campaign dashboard to measure success
- Managing external agencies and internal teams
- Regular results presentations and reporting to department leadership
- Active stakeholder management
Niklas Witzel
Last position:
AI Engineer at Tensora GmbH
- Designed and developed a multi-tenant SaaS platform enabling organizations to build their own knowledge bases and chat with brand-customized AI assistants (white-label approach with dynamic branding per organization).
- Implemented a scalable RAG architecture with a GPT-4o tool-use loop, hybrid semantic search, and strict tenant isolation at database and search index level.
- Built persistent, project-like chat sessions including a streaming API (SSE), multilingual support, and speech input/output (STT/TTS).
- Delivered the cloud infrastructure as Infrastructure-as-Code, fully automated per-customer CI/CD pipelines, and an onboarding process for new tenants.
Technologies used: Python, FastAPI, Pydantic (v2 noted), Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, OpenAI / LLMs (GPT-4o), Azure AI Search, Cosmos DB, Azure Blob Storage, Azure Cognitive Services Speech, Azure App Service, Azure Container Registry, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Server-Sent Events (SSE), Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, REST, OpenID Connect (OIDC), Multi-Tenancy
Egon Maier
Last position:
SAP S/4HANA Integration Consultant – MES / Siemens Opcenter Integration at Metso Corporation
- Supported an integration project between SAP S/4HANA and a MES / Siemens Opcenter system via Azure Middleware.
- Responsible for SAP-side analysis, mapping and provisioning of relevant data objects such as material master data, production orders and process orders using SAP standard APIs and OData services.
- SAP-side mapping for Material Master, Production Orders and Process Orders
- Usage of API_PRODUCT, API_PRODUCTION_ORDER_2_SRV and API_PROCESS_ORDER_2_SRV
- Consideration of SAP S/4HANA Advanced Available-to-Promise for order confirmation, production availability and downstream MES execution
- Support for SAP Gateway and OData service topics
- Interface coordination between SAP S/4HANA, Azure Middleware and MES / Siemens Opcenter
- Support for testing, monitoring and error analysis
- Worked with BTC Cockpit and Deloitte ASADEV Tool
Gregor Pestsov
Last position:
Engineering Data Management Project Manager
Technical and commercial risk assessment for an investment project in the hardware sector (scaling potential, liability risks, operational processes) Process consulting for two SMEs in the engineering environment, focusing on workflow digitization, PLM
Jürgen Kasch
Last position:
Interim Management / Business Succession – Process Analysis & Stakeholder Management
As part of the preparation and operational support of a business succession:
- Company analysis: Analysis of the overall economic, organizational and structural situation (current state, strengths/weaknesses, risk potentials)
- Process analysis: Recording and documentation of all relevant business processes (BPMN, UML) in the areas of management, finance, procurement, sales and operations
- Process optimization: Identification of weaknesses and inefficiencies, development and operational implementation of improvement measures
- Stakeholder management: Identification and analysis of all relevant internal and external stakeholders; structured communication and coordination with previous and future owners, shareholders and employees
- Change management: Supporting the workforce and management through the handover process; building acceptance and trust among all participants
- Governance & documentation: Creation and handover of structured operation manuals, process documentation and organizational handbook for the new business owner
- Risk & vulnerability analysis: Assessment of operational and strategic risks in the handover process and development of recommended actions
- Operational support: Interim takeover of leadership tasks; ensuring business continuity during the transition phase
Thorsten Matzner
Last position:
Odoo Implementer at N.N.
As project manager for the Odoo implementation at a small company, I was responsible for designing, implementing, and training a fully integrated CRM and accounting system. Through structured requirements analysis, precise data migration, and targeted change management, I was able to complete the rollout in just eight weeks. The project led to a significant reduction in manual tasks, faster business processes, and increased real-time transparency.
Main Responsibilities
Requirements analysis and process mapping Configuration of Odoo modules: CRM, Sales, and Accounting Data migration (Excel/CSV → Odoo) and quality control Creation of workflows, automated email rules, and dashboards Conducting training sessions and providing support after go-live Project coordination (budget, schedule, stakeholder communication)
Key Achievements
Full implementation of the Odoo suite within the set timeframe (8 weeks) 30% reduction in accounting time and 25% acceleration of the lead-to-sale flow 100% customer satisfaction after go-live, based on survey results Successful migration of 100% of existing master data without data loss Establishment of a sustainable support infrastructure (3-month post go-live support)
Impact
Improved decision-making through real-time dashboards and automated reports Increased efficiency and cost savings (≈ €8,000/month) Scalability for future growth (additional modules can be integrated seamlessly) Strengthened sales and finance departments through seamless process integration
This summary highlights how I created concrete and measurable value for the company through structured project work, technical expertise, and targeted training.
Panagiotis Tsafaridis
Last position:
Senior Data Engineer Consultant at GOLDNER GmbH
- Onboarded and conducted comprehensive documentation and system analysis to assess the existing data infrastructure, facilitating rapid integration and collaboration across functional data teams (modelling, processing, reporting).
- Collaboratively defined the architecture and project structure for a central data pipeline repository, including hierarchical standards, knowledge management strategies, and role-specific responsibilities, enhancing maintainability and onboarding speed.
- Evaluated and validated open-source data routing tools (Airbyte, Apache NiFi, Dragster) for ingest and sync requirements in retail analytics, including local benchmarking and error-state testing.
- Led the design and deployment of Airbyte in Kubernetes, creating customized Helm charts, securing secrets handling, and configuring Ingress with TLS and internal DNS routing, ensuring full API and UI accessibility.
- Troubleshot and resolved Ingress controller issues, iterating through multiple stages of debugging and testing, and documented setup and replication steps for scalable reuse.
- Mapped data models to ARTS standard, supporting schema alignment for ERP and reporting use cases, and coordinated review loops to align future data processing logic.
- Drafted strategic 1-pagers comparing MinIO, Pub/Sub, and routing architectures, providing technical guidance for architectural decisions and investment planning.
- Enabled secure access and authentication mechanisms, including initial evaluation for SAML integration, cluster-level configuration reviews, and service annotation improvements.
Andreas Klös
Last position:
Test / QA / QS at KARDEX Software GmbH KARDEX Remstar
Testing adjustments to customer requests for warehouse / logistics software
Windows 10 / 11 Atlassian Tool Chain Agile testing / Kanban
Alicja Wilczek
Last position:
Integrated security and emergency documentation for a 24/7 logistics company at Medium-sized logistics company
- Creation of complete bilingual (DE/EN) security and emergency documentation: Business Continuity Plan / Disaster Recovery Plan, Incident Response Plan v2.0 with four case-specific playbooks (PICERL), access control policy, vulnerability management policy, business resilience programme, risk governance plan
- Consolidation into an integrated emergency handbook (12 chapters) with immediate checklists for six emergency scenarios, a prioritized action table, and a formal approval structure
- Review of a penetration test report (Greenbone) with complete remediation of all findings and formal risk acceptance of a residual risk with documented compensating control
- Review and documentation of NIS2 and HinSchG applicability, including the legal reasoning for non-applicability
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IT Consultants statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
5.4 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
84%
Master's degree or higher
55%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Aug 2026.
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About the role
Strategic Technology Planning and Architecture
IT consultants evaluate existing software landscapes, identify technical bottlenecks, and design scalable target architectures. They align business objectives with modern technology stacks, ensuring that infrastructure investments support long-term organizational growth. Their recommendations form the technical foundation for subsequent development and implementation phases.
Core Competencies and Technical Domain Knowledge
- Enterprise architecture design and cloud migration strategies (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- ERP and CRM system evaluation and integration planning (S/4HANA, Salesforce)
- IT security assessments, compliance audits, and risk mitigation frameworks
- Legacy modernization plans and API-driven system integration architectures
- Agile project management methodologies and DevOps pipeline optimization
Navigating Complex Digital Transformations
When organizations face major technology shifts, a contract IT strategist provides the necessary objectivity and specialized knowledge. They guide companies through complex software selections, vendor negotiations, and system consolidations. This external perspective prevents costly procurement mistakes and ensures that new solutions integrate smoothly with legacy databases.
Typical Project Deliverables and Documentation
- Detailed IT infrastructure audits and current-state analysis reports
- Technology roadmap design including timeline, resource allocation, and budget estimates
- Vendor evaluation matrixes and software procurement recommendations
- Disaster recovery plans, security policies, and data governance frameworks
- Technical specifications and implementation guidelines for engineering teams
Bridging Business Strategy and Engineering Teams
Successful consultants act as translators between non-technical stakeholders and development teams. They translate complex business requirements into concrete functional specifications and technical user stories. This ensures that software developers build exactly what the business needs, reducing development cycles and minimizing misunderstandings.
When to Onboard a Freelance IT Specialist
Companies hire external IT advisors when they lack internal expertise for a specific, one-time technology transition, such as migrating to a cloud-native architecture or merging IT systems after an acquisition. Bringing in a freelancer provides immediate access to niche skills without the long-term overhead of a permanent hire, allowing internal teams to focus on daily operations.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about IT Consultants.
An IT Consultant analyzes a company's technology infrastructure, identifies inefficiencies, and designs strategic solutions to improve operational performance. They advise on software selection, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, and system integration to align technology with business objectives.
While a software engineer focuses on writing code and building applications, an information technology advisor focuses on strategy, architecture, and system integration. They analyze the broader business context, select the right platforms, and design the technical roadmap that developers later execute.
Hiring a contract IT consultant is ideal for defined projects, such as cloud migrations, ERP rollouts, or system audits, where specialized expertise is needed temporarily. This approach avoids long-term overhead costs and brings immediate, objective industry experience to solve specific technical challenges.
Virtually every sector benefits, but highly regulated industries like finance, healthcare, and logistics frequently hire a systems consultant to handle complex compliance requirements, data security standards, and legacy system modernization without disrupting daily operations.
Yes, a remote IT strategist can conduct infrastructure audits, design architectures, and lead stakeholder workshops using modern collaboration tools. However, complex physical infrastructure upgrades or initial stakeholder alignment phases may occasionally benefit from brief on-site visits.
Look for an IT specialist with a strong background in computer science or business informatics, backed by recognized certifications such as TOGAF, CISSP, or cloud architect credentials. Their portfolio should demonstrate successful project delivery in environments similar to yours.
A professional IT security consultant integrates security principles into the design phase, using frameworks like ISO 27001 or SOC 2. They establish strict access controls, data encryption protocols, and comprehensive risk mitigation strategies to protect sensitive corporate assets throughout the project.
An IT advisor begins with an in-depth discovery phase, analyzing your current systems, interviewing key stakeholders, and reviewing documentation. They use this information to create a gap analysis and a detailed project roadmap before any implementation begins.
The average hourly rate for IT Consultants is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 846 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers working as IT Consultants, 84% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 55% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers working as IT Consultants have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 5.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers working as IT Consultants are English (96%), German (92%), and French (18%).
The most common industries among freelancers working as IT Consultants are Information Technology (90%), Professional Services (55%), and Banking and Finance (45%).
The most common business areas among freelancers working as IT Consultants are Information Technology (97%), Project Management (75%), and Product Development (67%).
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