Business Intelligence Experts in Germany

Reporting and controlling with Power BI for a productive ERP system

• Analysis of ERP data and interfaces for use in Power BI dashboards
• Evaluation and migration of existing reports (e.g. Excel) to Power BI
• Development of an access rights concept for selective data access
• Documentation and training on how to use and adapt the Power BI dashboards

Label: Power BI, Excel, SelectLine ERP, Microsoft SQL, SQL Server Management Studio

• AI product development: Design of an AI-supported GRC platform to automate compliance processes.
• AI expertise: Strategic deepening in Agentic AI and GenAI as a core asset for modern IT governance
• IT interim management and strategic consulting

• Building a scalable nearshore IT developer hub (Croatia, Czech Republic, Poland) as an independent company using a BOT model (Build – Operate – Transfer)
• Identifying, selecting, and managing full-service agencies; introducing governance and control mechanisms including KPIs, SLAs, and regular service reviews
• Creating and reviewing data processing agreements and framework contracts in coordination with Legal & Compliance; integrating regulatory requirements (including KRITIS) into process design
• Advising on cloud-vs.-on-premise strategies, data storage, and authorization concepts; supporting procurement with tendering and vendor evaluations
• Change management and process harmonization between internal teams and nearshore partners; reporting to management board, CFO, and CIO

Result: Scalable IT developer hub with an audit-proof governance model, lower operating costs, and faster product development.

• Marketing Strategy: Lead the end-to-end analysis and evaluation of cross-channel marketing campaigns across the entire Customer Journey. My focus is identifying optimization potential and deriving clear, actionable recommendations that drive measurable business impact.
• Data Science & AI: Advanced predictive modeling (Churn, LTV), market basket analysis, clustering, and real-time AI-powered audience discovery utilizing RAG/LLMs.
• Marketing Analytics & Measurement: End-to-end attribution analysis, Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM), audience segmentation, conversion path analysis, and A/B testing across all major platforms.
• Data Engineering & Reporting: Designing and managing robust, multi-platform data pipelines (BigQuery, GCP) for data consolidation, automated dashboard generation, and critical API integrations.

• Development of a production-ready Enterprise AI solution for the automated processing of invoices and business documents
• Integration of Azure AI Document Intelligence and LLM technologies into existing business processes
• Development of robust REST APIs for automated document processing and system integration
• Extraction, validation, and storage of structured invoice data in Azure SQL as a base for analytics and machine learning models
• Development of an AI-based recommendation engine with machine learning and deep learning to generate personalized product recommendations based on historical purchase data
• Implementation of logging, monitoring, error handling, and validation mechanisms for stable production use
• Collaboration with business teams to define business rules and integrate the solution into existing enterprise processes

Technologies: Python, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Azure OpenAI, Azure SQL Database, REST APIs, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, OCR, Pandas, JSON, Workflow Automation

Due to the steady growth of the customer organization and the associated increase in the number of projects in a wide range of areas, including IT/digitalization, sales and organizational development, and controlling, the demands on the projects are increasing. Projects are often started but not implemented within the planned time frame, resources are not clearly assigned, and the business value is not clearly demonstrated. The goal of the assignment as Interim Head of PMO is to further develop and embed an existing project organization from the CDO area at management level. It is important that the governance is pragmatic, easy to understand, and simple to apply in daily project work. The tasks and roles are to be defined, embedded in the organization, and this strategic PMO is also to be supported by an IT solution. This solution is to be selected and introduced. In addition, all ongoing projects are to be gradually transferred into PMO governance and project control is to be centralized.

• Electronics – Surface Solutions | Carve-out of IT, data and system landscape*

• Separation of a full business division's IT, data and system landscape following divestment; centrally governed investment envelope in the three-digit m€ range

• Laboratory notebook and laboratory analytics platform stream: Palantir Foundry, Snowflake, Signals Notebook, Power BI and connected laboratory instrumentation; site transition completed without interruption to laboratory operations

• Decision authority and escalation point for business, IT infrastructure, IT security and vendors; separation executed across globally distributed users and systems, handed over on schedule

• Rework demand, development and operational organizational set up for the Solution Train
• Rework requirement refinement process flow from strategic theme to user story
• Introduction of visualization tools (Canvas) of work dependencies over different requirement levels and Solution Train leadership coaching

Subproject management in an agile IT environment

Leading a software development team (10 employees)

• Leading a software development team with 10 employees
• Budget responsibility approx. 3 million Euros per year
• Conducting employee and job interviews
• Responsibility for resource planning (budget and employees)
• Digitalization of a web interface
• Regular reporting to clients and stakeholders (C-level)
• Product management: developing and implementing product strategies; defining requirements to steer product development
• Designing product development & continuous testing efficiently to quickly incorporate feedback & compliance points
• Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, define priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
• Project experience in an energy industry company, including the functioning of energy markets, the basics of energy generation and distribution, as well as current challenges and developments in the industry
• Project experience in the railway sector - including the structure and operation of railway systems.
• Project experience within the 16.7 Hz traction power sector including knowledge of regulatory processes
• Formulating the subproject charter and the project profile according to the project standard together with the project management
• Steering performance delivery according to the project charter
• Planning and steering human resources including budget planning for the subproject
• Ensuring the working capacity of subproject participants, e.g., by requesting access rights and documents for the subproject team
• Planning and steering for the respective subproject (Time, Scope, Budget) including the creation of necessary documents
• Coordinating with the department and Product Owners to plan the subproject scope and the corresponding implications
• Conducting milestone planning according to the agreed process model
• Effort estimation and support of subproject controlling as well as overall project controlling in forecasting and planning
• Reporting subproject status (according to status slide template) including progress (according to progress measurement)
• Analyzing, preparing, and addressing needs for action and decisions
• Escalating subproject issues to project management
• Creating and managing Change Requests (CR)
• Quality assessment of completed task packages from a project management perspective (Time, Scope, and Budget)
• Steering the implementation of cross-cutting specifications and requirements in the subproject, supported by cross-functional roles on the business and technical side.
• Identifying, steering, documenting, and communicating opportunities, risks, and dependencies within and across subprojects
• Supporting project management in creating the overall project plan and overall status reports
• Preparing and steering commissioning including required documents and protection requirements assessment

Scrum Master in an agile IT environment supporting a software development team in the fullstack area (7 people)

• Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, define priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
• Introducing the selected Scrum method, including the required events, meetings, artifacts (Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Burndown Charts), metrics, and conducting required training in an agile IT environment
• Preparing Scrum events such as Daily, Retrospectives, Review, Sprint Planning, Estimation, and Refinement (agile way of working)
• Facilitating retrospectives and removing impediments to drive the team and product forward
• Preparing action points and retros via Whiteboard and Figma
• Applying and improving agile methods such as Kanban, Scrum, SAFe, or Scrum of Scrums
• Tracking the "Definition of Done" and "Definition of Ready" for all work results of the development team
• Advising on information flow and communication improvements between Product Owner and project team
• Experience with automation, validation such as mandatory field checks, notification functions, creating filters, boards, and reports via JQL, and setting up Cycle Time
• Using Jira & Confluence
• Setting up progress measurement for project management to transparently map planned vs. actual team capacities and actual effort for user stories
• Measuring team progress: creating team KPIs: "Velocity", "Burn-Down Chart", "Throughput", "Costs", "Quality", "Scope"
• Evaluating agile metrics, process management, and process modeling methods (BPMN, EPC, UML)
• Communication and moderation know-how
• Proven methodological competence in conflict resolution discussions

Most mid-sized companies already have their numbers. What is missing is the translation: a dashboard with forty tiles does not answer a single question that is actually asked in management.

Analysis

• Evaluation of existing data with Python and SQL
• Checking data quality and methodology before making a statement
• The result is an analysis that leads toward a concrete decision

Preparation

• Reports in Power BI and Tableau
• Interactive calculators and visualizations on the web
• Presentations and specialist texts for customers, sales and the public
• Analysis and communication from one source — that

• IT systems: Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Opal/Repost, JustinMind, Monday, SAP

• Analysis of requirements for branch software

• Coordination of intercultural teams

• Partly agile project organization

• Master data management / DMS

• UI/UX design and mockup creation

• Requirements documentation

• Digitalization of signatures

• Stakeholder management and workshop facilitation

• Billing/bank transfer

• Business analysis / requirements engineering

• Prepared and reviewed quarterly royalty settlements for licensors across music, publishing and media brands, including minimum guarantees, recoupment, returns reconciliation and process optimisation.
• Reconstructed historical licensing data for an external audit by a major US studio, covering music publishing and recorded music across ROW and AUS, and coordinated the resulting statements with the licensor.
• Supported the reconciliation of music royalties with the German collecting society and its international hub for 2018 to 2024.
• Assessed licensing data for accruals and provisions, and structured metadata for contract negotiations.
• Designed target processes and SOPs for a royalty automation tool and accompanied testing during rollout.

The online service "Special Use of Streets and No-Parking Zone" was in a partially completed state. The following tasks had to be carried out to reach final completion:

• Preparation of an expert report on the status of the online service, and recommendations for action
• Ensuring that all LEIKAS to be used are available (service catalog / service descriptions of the authorities)
• Creating and aligning concepts for complex IT projects (business/IT concepts, architecture, interfaces, roadmaps)
• Requirements management
• Multi-project management with 3 stakeholders (Police, Dataport, development company)
• Determining resource needs
• Coordination to identify technical requirements through the IT architects
• Creating use cases and test cases
• Creating action items
• Managing external IT service providers
• Coordination and management of all activities
• Conflict resolution / business mediation
• User Acceptance Test (UAT) and acceptance by Hamburg Police (Traffic Directorate, Policy Department, Central Road Traffic Authority)

Technical environment: .NET, EfA minimum requirements, Leikas, Administrative Procedure Act (VwVfG), HWG (Hamburg Roads Act), Atlassian Jira, Confluence, MS Office

• Webinar on Blackout - Brownout - Power failure - how do I recognise it and what can I do?