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Songül D.
Last position:
Freelance SAP BW Consultant at DKV Mobility Services
- Designed and implemented enhancements in SAP BW on HANA 7.5 in the context of CRM migration and S/4HANA and BW/4HANA transformation programs
- Migrated SAPI data sources to the ODP framework as part of the S/4HANA migration
- Delivered SAP ECC data to Snowflake using BW data models and Calculation Views for Power BI analytics
- Integrated SAP and non-SAP data sources (including MS Dynamics)
- Improved reporting transparency through consolidated data models
- Optimized data loading processes for FI-CO data sources, significantly improving load times and system performance
Julian H.
Last position:
IT Project Manager AI Product for Automating Knowledge-Intensive Processes at Leading provider of large-scale catering & food services
Project: Design and implementation of an AI product for four business use cases
Project management for an AI project at a leading provider of large-scale catering and food services, where a production-ready AI product for four use cases was implemented together with an external development partner: automated briefings based on CRM and document data, voice-based capture and structuring of reports, detection and consolidation of duplicates in master data, and data-based market analyses. A key focus was a data-protection-compliant architecture that passed the internal IT security review and enabled production use.
- Translation of business requirements into clearly defined AI use cases with a focused product scope and clear value proposition
- Selection and evaluation of models and architecture options for text extraction, speech-to-text, and context enrichment from business systems, including LLM integration, function calling, and retrieval
- Development and implementation of an architecture with European hosting, data minimization, and masking of personal data as a prerequisite for approval
- Management of interfaces between business departments, IT, IT security, and the external development partner under restrictive data access conditions
- Coordination with the CIO and executive management levels on data access, risk assessment, and approval decisions
- Preparation for the transition to production use
Kai E.
Last position:
CONSULTANT & INTERIM MANAGER at EHLERS Advisory
Independent Consultant
- Advisory focus: E-Commerce, Digitalization, Automation, Pricing, Assortment & Merchandising, Platform Strategy
- Industries: Retail & Consumer Goods
- Subject Matter Expert for leading management consultancies
- Ongoing executi...
Olaf K.
Last position:
CIO Advisor・IT Strategy・Tech/IT Due Diligence・Enterprise Architecture・IT Governance・AI Transformation・ex-BCG Platinion at Kiese IT
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Experience
- Ex-BCG Platinion: 14 years as Manager & Chief IT Architect, leading large-scale IT transformations in complex group structures
- 20+ years of C-level consulting across AI/IT strategy, enterprise architecture, IT organization, transformation, M&A due diligence, project recovery, and interim management
- IT leadership experience with cross-functional, intercultural teams of up to 100+ people
- Hands-on background in software engineering, IT architecture, and project management
- Fortune Europe 500 focus; numerous international projects; SME and start-up experience
Core services:
- IT strategy, enterprise architecture (EAM), target architectures and roadmaps
- PE/M&A/carve-out IT/tech due diligence, asset valuation, cost estimation
- GenAI transformation, process automation, and AI governance
- IT reorganization, target operating model (TOM), agile transformation
- IT governance, development and ITSM process optimization (BizDevOps, SAFe)
- Review and recovery of critical large-scale IT programs
- Planning and steering of transformation programs and IT project portfolios
- IT vendor and platform selection (RfI / RfP)
- Coaching & Interim management
Industries (selection): Insurance, financial services & banking, energy & utilities, telecommunications, retail & consumer goods, logistics, media, industry & engineering, healthcare, professional services
Projects (selection):
M&A Buy-side IT/Tech Due Diligence of an Acquisition in the Energy Sector (Utility, Smart Home) — AI-augmented with Anthropic Claude
AI Initiative for LLM-Based Optimisation and Automation of Sales and Billing Processes
Interim management Enterprise Architecture & group target architecture/roadmap development (METRO)
Reorganization: Design and introduction of agile IT target operating model at international wholesale group (METRO)
Design and implementation of agile BizDevOps target operating model (E.ON Grid Solutions)
Platform/vendor selection for renewal of core insurance solution of start-up (ELEMENT Insurance)
Establishment of project assurance capability and review/recovery of critical transformation projects (ERGO)
Enterprise architecture management and development of divisional/solution architectures (Deutsche Post DHL)
Strategic pricing architecture decisions in digital sales application landscape (E.ON Energie)
IT due diligence: Architecture evaluation and monetary valuation of IT assets (ProSiebenSAT.1 Media)
Interim management of group-wide security/compliance programme (ERGO)
Enabling an application landscape for different sales organizations and product structures (E.ON Energie)
Realignment of business/IT strategy and InsurTech platform selection (RfI, RfP) (nexible, ERGO Digital Ventures)
Stabilization/optimization of an agile/SAFe business/IT DevOps landscape transformation (Lufthansa AirPlus)
Process optimization and design/management of digitization and robotics introduction in power plants (RWE Nuclear)
BSS target architecture development for fixed/mobile networks convergence (Deutsche Telekom)
Optimization of IT organization model and methodology in application development and testing (Deutsche Telekom)
Evaluation of fulfillment of a general contractor agreement for run-off/migration of contract portfolios (ERGO)
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Experience
- Ex-BCG Platinion: 14 years of strategy and implementation of large-scale IT transformations in complex corporate structures (Manager & Chief IT Architect)
- 20+ years of C-level-adjacent IT consulting: IT strategy, enterprise architecture, IT organization, transformation, due diligence, project recovery, and interim management
- IT leadership responsibility for cross-functional, intercultural teams of up to 100+ people
- Solid hands-on experience in software development, IT architecture, and project management
- Focus on Fortune Europe 500, numerous international projects; SME and start-up experience
Industries: insurance · financial services & banking · energy · telecommunications · retail & consumer goods · industry & engineering · logistics · media · healthcare
Services (focus areas):
- IT strategy, enterprise architecture (EAM), IT landscape target visions and roadmaps
- M&A/carve-out IT/tech due diligence, asset valuation, and cost estimation
- GenAI transformation, process automation, and AI governance
- IT reorganization, target operating model (TOM), agile transformation
- IT governance, development and ITSM processes (BizDevOps, SAFe)
- Review and recovery of critical large-scale IT projects
- Planning/steering of transformation programs and IT project portfolios
- IT service provider/platform selection (RfI, RfP)
- IT project management (agile, classic, hybrid)
- Coaching & interim management
Projects (selection):
- M&A buyer-side IT/tech due diligence of an acquisition in the energy sector (utility, smart home) — AI-augmented with Anthropic Claude
- AI initiative for LLM-supported optimization and automation of sales and billing processes
- Interim management of Enterprise Architecture and development of group target architecture in wholesale (METRO)
- Reorganization: design and introduction of an agile IT target operating model (TOM) at an international wholesale group (METRO)
- IT reorganization: introduction of an agile BizDevOps target operating model (TOM) at an energy group (E.ON Grid Solutions)
- Platform selection / vendor selection for renewal of the core insurance solution of a B2B2C start-up (ELEMENT Insurance)
- Process optimization, digitalization, and introduction of robotics in power plants (RWE Nuclear)
- Assessment of fulfillment of a general contractor agreement for run-off/migration of life insurance portfolios (ERGO)
- Business/IT strategy and InsurTech platform selection for a digital insurer/start-up (nexible, ERGO Digital Ventures)
- Enabling an energy application landscape for multiple sales units (E.ON Energie)
- Strategic architecture decisions in price management of a digital sales application landscape at an energy group (E.ON Energie)
- Stabilization/optimization of an agile DevOps IT transformation in business travel and payment management (Lufthansa AirPlus)
- Interim management in a group-wide security and compliance program of a global insurer (ERGO)
- Building project assurance capability as well as review and optimization/recovery of critical IT projects in an insurance group (ERGO)
- Building enterprise architecture management and development of domain and solution architectures for a logistics group (Deutsche Post DHL)
- M&A IT due diligence – evaluation and valuation of IT assets in the media sector (ProSiebenSAT.1 Media)
- Development of BSS target architecture and roadmap for fixed/mobile convergence (Deutsche Telekom)
- Optimization of IT governance/organization and methodology in application development and testing at a telecommunications group (Deutsche Telekom)
Sarvesh L.
Last position:
Data Analytics for Renewable Energy Integration at Harz University
- Created data pipelines and visualization tools to support sustainable energy decision-making
- Developed insights that could optimize renewable energy deployment and grid integration strategies
Saruna M.
Last position:
Master's Thesis at Heinrich Heine Universität
- Title: Enhancing Syntactic Awareness in Transformer Language Models for Hindi Dependency Parsing
- Investigated syntactic knowledge captured by transformer language models (RoBERTa, XLM-RoBERTa) for Hindi dependency parsing, a morphologically rich and low-resource language.
- Developed structure-aware model variants (Struct_Roberta_hi, Struct_XLMR) by integrating a CNN-based parser network between transformer layers, inspired by the StructFormer architecture.
- Conducted extensive error analysis including label-wise, distance-based, direction-based, sentence length-based, and LVC/Non-LVC evaluations.
- Evaluated models on downstream NLP tasks (NER, POS tagging) using the IndicXTREME benchmark.
Ludo P.
Last position:
Senior Consultant at Insurance
- DWH modernization
- Migration from Informatica PowerCenter to IDMC/CDI
- Migration from IBM DB2 to Databricks
Technologies: Informatica IDMC, Databricks
Johann M.
Last position:
Project Manager at Staffing services provider with a focus on Finance & Controlling
- Building a central data model to consolidate data from CRM (ATS), online marketing, HR, and finance
- Integration of various data sources (including Sistrix, eTracker, HR Works, finance systems)
- Creation of a unified data basis for reporting and management
- Design and setup of the data structure
- Business analysis and definition of KPIs
- Coordination of data integration and alignment with business departments
- Consolidation and normalization of heterogeneous data sources
- Building an initial prototype in Excel
- Further development and implementation in Microsoft Power BI
- Central, consolidated data basis across multiple business areas
- Transparent management of CRM/ATS, marketing, HR, and finance KPIs
- Establishment of scalable BI reporting based on Power BI
Archana R.
Last position:
Power BI Assistant at Cataliquent Projekt GmbH
- Evaluate, design, and implement Power BI solutions for Cat4 reporting, significantly improving reporting efficiency, accuracy, and stakeholder visibility.
- Develop and maintain robust data integration interfaces between Cat4 and Power BI, eliminating manual processing bottlenecks.
- Configure and continuously optimise Power BI reports to deliver sharper management insights and support data-driven decision-making.
- Ensure full GDPR data protection compliance across Power BI reports, proactively identifying and mitigating risks.
- Acquired in-depth product knowledge of CAT4, a globally deployed enterprise platform, enabling effective requirements analysis, solution design, and seamless Power BI integration across client environments.
- Developed and integrated scalable reporting templates within the CAT4 product interface, delivering new product features and enhancing data visualisation, reporting efficiency, and stakeholder visibility across global users.
- Trained and mentored staff on Power BI configuration and best practices, accelerating adoption and embedding a data-driven culture.
- Prepared clear technical documentation and delivered hands-on demonstrations to end users and clients, ensuring smooth adoption and confident use of Power BI solutions integrated with CAT4.
- Researched and recommended licensing strategies for cost-effective and scalable Power BI deployment.
SKILLS - BI & Visualisation: Power BI (Desktop, Service, Report Builder), DAX, Power Query
Project and Product Management Tool: CAT4
Franziska M.
Last position:
Business Insights & Analytics Working Student at Eurowings Holidays
- Built & maintained 10+ Power BI dashboards tracking booking, revenue & yield KPIs, reducing manual reporting effort
- Developed a centralized data model (SQL & Azure Analysis Services), integrating multiple data sources to improve reporting consistency & scalability
- Delivered ad-hoc analyses for leadership, supporting data-driven decision-making across multiple business units
Olga M.
Last position:
Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG
- Implemented the BI solution and replaced the old BI landscape
- Led the “Sales Bonus Plan” subproject: expanded the existing solution and migrated to Azure (Databricks)
- Led the “Cognos Migration” subproject: expanded existing data warehouses based on MS technologies (source systems: Oracle), analyzed business requirements and designed the technical solution
- Expanded the relational DWH database
- Developed ETL processes using SSIS
- Developed the multidimensional database (OLAP Cubes/SSAS)
Antje B.
Last position:
AI Strategy Consultant, Change Manager at SMEs (various marketing boutiques, IT & office services)
AI Strategy & Enablement for SMEs Management consulting – SMEs (e.g. marketing boutique, IT & office services)
Concept and delivery of structured AI introduction and strategy workshops for small and medium-sized businesses. Result: Practical AI status assessment, prioritized use case list, and management decision template as the basis for the next steps in the company’s AI development.
Activities
- Needs analysis and individual preparation of the consulting formats
- Facilitation of a structured AI status assessment including vision, mission, and target picture
- Identification and prioritization of relevant AI use cases and action fields
- Creation of management decision templates and roadmaps
- Raising awareness for opportunities, risks, and success factors of AI introduction
- Support for first customers with AI-supported automation scenarios
- Supporting people and teams through the change process of AI introduction (CM)
Methods / Tools / Technologies
Methods:
- AI status assessment & use case analysis
- Workshop moderation / facilitation
- Requirement Management
- Change Management (PROSCI)
Tools:
- Generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude)
- Automation/AI coding tools (e.g. n8n, Claude Code, Visual Studio, Antigravity)
Technologies:
- Prompt engineering
- AI workflow automation
Patrick L.
Last position:
Management Consultant at Self-employed
- Advising primarily mid-sized companies on growth and transformation topics
- Developing business models, positioning, and strategies, including implementation plans and KPI roadmaps
Phil H.
Last position:
Lead Consultant HRIS Transformation & AI in HR (Freelance) at International management and technology consulting firm (name confidential) · via Hauser Enablement Solutions
- Led the global HRIS transformation program (16 country units): program setup, PMO, phase planning, status reporting, and steering up to partner/SteerCo level
- Built an HR readiness assessment framework (6 dimensions, weighted scoring) as a decision basis for implementation and AI maturity — mandated by the board as the project outcome
- HR process architecture: analysis of 80+ level-3 processes and 87 ISO process documentations across 13 country clusters; gap analysis and harmonization roadmap
- Designed agentic AI HR processes (hiring, onboarding, probation period management) on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and ServiceNow — human-in-the-loop design, process screening for agentic potential, decision paper at partner level
- HRIS market analysis: vendor screening, criteria framework, and evaluation logic for system selection
- HR target operating model: organizational analysis, archetype framework (9 dimensions), governance design for a global HR function
- Self-assessment tools and workshop formats for 16 country HR teams incl. nomination and stakeholder management; SharePoint project hub and communication architecture
- AI-supported consulting delivery: my own Claude-based working model for analysis, document creation, and project management — one consultant delivering program output
Ricardo M.
Last position:
Controlling Staff Unit (CFO/Head of Controlling) at IT Security Solutions
- Process optimization, process design
- Business partnering, target vision
- Teambuilding
- Workflow design
- Budget, MEC
- SAP S4/Hana, Board
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Statistics of experts using Business Intelligence
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
19 years
Position duration
2.1 years (Germany: 3 years)
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Business Intelligence, Information Technology, Project Management
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Retail
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Business Intelligence
Bachelor's degree or higher
94% (Germany: 93%)
Master's degree or higher
69% (Germany: 67%)
Doctorate
4% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.
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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Business Intelligence experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (68%)
- Professional Services (63%)
- Retail (53%)
- Manufacturing (44%)
- Banking and Finance (41%)
- Automotive (32%)
- Energy (32%)
- Telecommunication (32%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What Business Intelligence covers
Business Intelligence, often called BI, combines data collection, modelling, analysis and visualisation to support better business decisions. It turns information from finance, sales, operations, customer systems and other sources into reports, dashboards and governed metrics.
What it delivers
BI specialists create reporting environments that help teams monitor performance and investigate change. Typical deliverables include:
- Executive dashboards and operational reports
- Data models for consistent business metrics
- Automated refresh and distribution workflows
- Self-service analysis with controlled access
- Forecasting and scenario views
Tools and technical skills
The ecosystem includes Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker and SQL-based reporting stacks. Strong professionals also work with data warehouses, ETL or ELT pipelines, semantic models, APIs and cloud services such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse, Snowflake and BigQuery. They understand both data engineering dependencies and the needs of business users.
When companies bring in specialists
Companies often need freelance BI expertise when reporting is inconsistent, a warehouse migration is underway or a new analytics function must become productive quickly. A specialist can assess existing sources, define a metric layer, connect systems and establish reliable dashboards without forcing internal teams to pause their core work.
In Dusseldorf, BI work may support manufacturing, logistics, retail, finance and professional services. Remote delivery is common, while workshops with local stakeholders can make requirements, terminology and reporting ownership easier to align.
Signs of strong professionals
The best BI professionals connect technical decisions to business questions. Look for specialists who can:
- Trace a dashboard number back to its source
- Explain data quality limits in plain language
- Design models that remain useful as needs change
- Balance self-service access with governance
- Measure adoption and improve unclear reports
They also document definitions, test refreshes and challenge requests that would create misleading metrics. Clear communication matters as much as visual polish.
Choosing the right project partner
Before engaging a freelancer, define the decisions the reporting must support, the source systems involved and who will own the result. Ask for examples of comparable dashboards, modelling work and stakeholder workshops rather than judging a portfolio by appearance alone. For distributed teams, confirm availability for discovery sessions, documentation, security reviews and handover. The right specialist leaves behind trusted data products that internal teams can maintain.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Business Intelligence.
Business Intelligence is used to turn operational data into reports, dashboards and analysis for better decisions. Companies apply it to financial control, sales performance, supply chain monitoring, customer insight, workforce planning and executive reporting.
Business Intelligence usually focuses on trusted, repeatable reporting and visibility into current or historical performance. Data analytics can be broader, including statistical analysis, experimentation and predictive modelling; many projects use both disciplines together.
A strong Business Intelligence specialist may work with Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Looker or similar tools, depending on the company’s stack. SQL, data warehouses, dimensional modelling, ETL or ELT, access controls and cloud services are important adjacent skills.
The right Business Intelligence experience depends on scope, data complexity and the level of governance required. A dashboard refresh may need focused reporting expertise, while a warehouse redesign or company-wide metric model calls for someone comfortable with architecture, stakeholder alignment and delivery ownership.
Yes, Business Intelligence projects are often delivered remotely because much of the work happens in cloud systems, reporting tools and shared documentation. On-site workshops in Dusseldorf can still help when specialists need to map processes, resolve conflicting definitions or train business users.
For Business Intelligence, provide a clear decision or reporting problem, a list of source systems, known data issues and the expected users of the result. Access requirements, security constraints, preferred tools and ownership after handover also help a specialist estimate the work accurately.
Assess whether Business Intelligence work produces consistent definitions, traceable numbers, reliable refreshes and dashboards that users can act on. Ask the specialist to explain modelling choices, testing methods, data-quality controls and how they validate results with stakeholders.
A Business Intelligence specialist should communicate clearly with both technical teams and business owners. For work in Dusseldorf, agree whether German is needed for workshops, documentation or user support, while keeping technical terms and delivery responsibilities unambiguous across remote teams.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Business Intelligence in their recent projects is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 877 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Business Intelligence in their recent projects, 94% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 69% hold at least a Master's degree, and 4% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Business Intelligence in their recent projects have 19 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Business Intelligence in their recent projects are German (98%), English (98%), and French (32%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Business Intelligence in their recent projects are Information Technology (68%), Professional Services (63%), and Retail (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Dusseldorf, Germany who have used Business Intelligence in their recent projects are Business Intelligence (92%), Information Technology (85%), and Project Management (71%).
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