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Beshr Alnirabieh

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Data & Business Analyst | Business Intelligence | AI & Automation

Bonn
Beshr Alnirabieh

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System Administrator – HealthCare IT & Data Infrastructure at Cellitinnen Hospital Association

  • Integration of medical modalities (including ultrasound) into the existing IT infrastructure (DICOM, HL7) – put into operation within the planned timeframe.
  • Administration and optimization of PACS systems for efficient archiving and distribution of radiology image data across multiple locations.
  • Ensuring consistent data quality and seamless interoperability in data exchange between HIS, RIS, and PACS.
  • Close collaboration with medical staff to analyze and digitally optimize clinical workflows.
  • Requirements management and test coordination when implementing clinical requirements in complex IT structures.
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Fahad Razzaq

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AI Platform Engineer | MLOps | Kubernetes | Cloud Infrastructure

Bonn
Fahad Razzaq

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Data Science – Operations Optimization at Netto-marken

Project: Digitalization of Warehouse Processes | Building a Data Analytics Platform.

  • Built a web-based workforce allocation system that digitized daily shift planning by matching worker expertise to operational zones, replacing manual coordination with a structured workflow adopted across the site, saving supervisors time on daily planning.
  • Developed a real-time operational visibility dashboard giving supervisors a live view of task throughput and outstanding workload across warehouse zones throughout the day, helping reduce overtime and idle labour costs.
  • Developed a slotting optimization solution to improve warehouse picking efficiency and reduce picking time per order, working directly with operations teams from concept through production deployment.

Technologies used: Python, Django, PostgreSQL, Pandas, NumPy, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Power BI, GitHub Actions CI/CD, GitOps, Claude, OpenAI

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Amelie Mbuyi

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Project Manager | Agile Coach

Cologne
Amelie Mbuyi

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Project Manager | Agile Coach at Einhundert Energie GmbH

  • Reorganizing and structuring business units in line with agile frameworks
  • Scaling agile ways of working across multiple teams and departments
  • Advising and supporting teams in forming squads and introducing new meeting structures
  • Introducing agile portfolio management to align strategic initiatives
  • Implementing metrics and KPIs to measure agile maturity and success
  • Assisting in integrating agile methods into existing company processes
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Marcel Oelschläger

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Freelance Senior UX/UI Designer & Innovation Consultant

Cologne
Marcel Oelschläger

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Senior UX Designer | Redesign of a Complex B2B Risk Management Platform at Schleupen SE

trategic Requirements Management: Steered user-centric product development for highly complex analytical platforms in close coordination with Product Owners.

Team Enablement: Provided technical supervision and UX alignment across multiple development teams to ensure consistent implementation.

Translation of Requirements: Translated complex business logic into intuitive, user-centric concepts and workflows along the entire customer journey.

End-to-End Design: Led ideation, conceptualization, and UI design for UX projects, accounting for cross-functional requirements.

Quality Assurance: Ensured strict adherence to and verification of usability standards and web accessibility (WCAG) within a B2B context.

Stakeholder Management: Confidently presented and defended design solutions to senior management and specialized departments.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Acted as the primary interface between Product, Engineering, and Business to resolve conflicting objectives within the design process.

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Brahim Ahmat

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Lead Developer at Blazor Web App

Cologne
Brahim Ahmat

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Lead Developer at Blazor Web App at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

  • Web development with Blazor
  • Two-factor authentication for Blazor applications
  • Uploading and downloading files
  • Bug fixes for existing applications
  • Programming interfaces
  • Integration of third-party tools and technologies
  • Creation of developer tests (unit tests)
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Dmitriy Drichel

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Freelance Senior Data Scientist

Bonn
Dmitriy Drichel

Last position:

Freelance Senior Data Scientist at Merck KgaA

  • AWS
  • Genedata Profiler
  • Data Lake
  • APIs
  • Rstudio
  • GitLab
  • Python
  • R
  • Data acquisition, integration, and simulation
  • Multiplex immunofluorescence
  • Copy-number variation calling
  • HLA typing and loss-of-heterozygosity analysis
  • RNA expression analysis
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Petal Smart

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Medical Editor, Senior Associate/Consultant, Quality Assurance

Leverkusen
Petal Smart

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Senior Associate/Consultant, Quality Assurance at Elanco Animal Health

  • Conducted GCP/GLP audits, compiled quality metrics, supported inspection and documentation for regulatory submissions
  • Collaborated with clinical, technical, regulatory, study execution, and management teams
  • Reviewed systems and processes in preparation for EU and global regulatory filings
  • Edited quality and regulatory documents for internal and external review
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Matthias Fitzner

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Information Security Project Manager

Leverkusen
Matthias Fitzner

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Information Security Project Manager at Deutsche Bahn AG

  • Introduction of a new Information Security Management System (ISMS) according to ISO/IEC 27001.
  • Implementation of the cybersecurity guideline RL CySec-Rail for cross-border rail networks.
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Denis Kirpicev

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Management Consultant

Cologne
Denis Kirpicev

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Management Consultant at Freelance Management Consultant

  • Implementation of custom reporting solutions for financial KPIs aligned with specific business requirements

  • Development of a machine learning application that achieved a 250% performance improvement

  • Data Architect "Production-Oriented Quality Assurance" (03/2024–09/2024):

  • Design and implementation of an analytics platform to detect quality deviations in manufacturing

  • Build of a scalable data lakehouse architecture on Databricks in combination with SAP ERP data via SAP Datasphere

  • Close collaboration with the SAP team to harmonize bill of materials and order data

  • Visualization of KPIs to support shopfloor management

  • Lead Data Engineer "Sales Performance Monitoring" (08/2023–12/2023):

  • Design and implementation of a Databricks-based platform for analyzing sales figures and promotion effects

  • Integration of SAP SD data via SAP BW/4HANA

  • Use of Azure DevOps to orchestrate ETL jobs and deploy workflows

  • Technical Project Lead "Cloud Migration & Data Strategy" (02/2023–05/2023):

  • Migration of a heterogeneous data warehouse stack to a modern cloud architecture on Azure with Databricks as the central processing platform

  • Development of a governance-compliant data architecture to integrate SAP financial data and non-SAP sources

Technologies: Databricks, Delta Lake, Python, SAP Datasphere, Azure DevOps, PowerBI, SQL

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Steffi Götzen

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Managing Director & Partner

Köln
Steffi Götzen

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Managing Director & Partner at joettis GmbH

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Giovanni Spinelli Barrile

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Technical Product Manager

Cologne
Giovanni Spinelli Barrile

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Technical Product Manager at Logicc GmbH

  • Acted as the primary bridge between Legal, Engineering, and Business units to ensure zero compliance violations while maintaining product velocity.

  • Led the development of a GDPR-compliant AI aggregator platform, managing a roadmap that balances legal constraints with aggressive feature delivery.

  • Scaled the engineering team from 4 to 9 developers, establishing hiring protocols and technical onboarding processes to support rapid product iteration.

  • Boosted the development process by introducing structured sprint cycles and backlog refinement, resulting in a 20% reduction in feature delivery time.

  • Architected and prototyped agentic AI workflows with n8n and RAG pipelines on Langchain.

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Nico Schäfer

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Quantitative modeling and model development, statistical data analysis, reporting

Köln
Nico Schäfer

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Quantitative modeling and model development, statistical data analysis, reporting at DB InfraGO / Brockmann & Büchner Partnergesellschaft

  • Technical project management, requirements management, and design to guide the data team in developing a predictive maintenance model for DB InfraGO's maintenance planning.
  • Statistical modeling and analysis programming with R Studio for fault analysis in preventive maintenance: multivariate modeling using quasi-Poisson, negative binomial, lasso, offset, splines, RandomForest.
  • Implementation of various R Shiny dashboards.
  • Sparring partner and requirements management for data engineering, data modeling, and ETL pipeline in Tableau Prep.
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Nhu Loc Thuy Tran

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Ph.D. Researcher in Quantitative Genetics & Computational Biology

Cologne
Nhu Loc Thuy Tran

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Ph.D. Researcher in Quantitative Genetics & Computational Biology at University of Cologne (CEPLAS – Cluster of Excellence in Plant Sciences)

  • Generated and analysed large-scale RNA-seq data (>800 samples) using R, Python, and high-performance computing (HPC/Linux) systems.
  • Integrated multi-omics data (genomic, transcriptomic, and phenotypic); applied Bayesian approaches and machine learning to study gene expression variation and inheritance of complex traits.
  • Mentored B.Sc. and M.Sc. students in experimental design, programming in R/Python/Bash, biostatistics, data visualisation and scientific presentations.
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Michael Hagemeyer

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Certified Trainer

Rösrath
Michael Hagemeyer

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Project management (operational) at EWE – NETZ, Immobilienmanagement

  • Responsible for the entire process chain of land acquisition (cell tower construction) as a contribution to the energy transition.
  • Ensuring the legally required installation of about 40 cell towers across Lower Saxony to guarantee communication in case of network failure.
  • Verifying and acquiring land after coordinates were determined by the 450 Connect federal headquarters.
  • Clarifying approval procedures and environmental protection issues.
  • Stakeholder management and negotiations with property owners and municipalities to conclude 30-year purchase or lease agreements.
  • Construction implementation of the 450 MHz frequency masts.
  • All around 40 sites were acquired successfully. Environmental protection and regulatory obstacles were cleared.
  • The lease and purchase agreements with landlords and municipalities were negotiated and finalized within the set guidelines. This ensured a significant contribution to securing energy in EWE-NETZ's area of responsibility.

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Statistics of experts using Data Visualization

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

16 years (Germany: 15 years)

Position duration

3.3 years (Germany: 3 years)

Positions per freelancer

9

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Business Intelligence

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Human Resources, Project Management

Bachelor's degree or higher

93% (Germany: 92%)

Master's degree or higher

73% (Germany: 67%)

Doctorate

27% (Germany: 11%)

Certifications per freelancer

3 (Germany: 2)

Most common languages

German, English, Italian

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.

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Average rates of experts in Cologne using Data Visualization

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 844 €
Germany avg. 720 €

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Median rate 840 €
Germany median 720 €

The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

About the technology

Clear insight

Data visualization turns data into charts, dashboards, maps, and reports people can read quickly. It helps teams spot trends, compare segments, and monitor KPIs without digging through rows of numbers. Strong work in this field makes complex data usable for decision-making.

Common tools

  • Tableau for interactive business dashboards
  • Power BI for reporting and self-service analytics
  • Qlik Sense for guided exploration and data apps
  • D3.js for custom visual stories in web products

The right specialist chooses the format that fits the audience and the question. That can mean executive scorecards, operational views, or embedded analytics inside a product.

Where it helps

Companies bring in freelance expertise when a reporting setup is messy, a dashboard is hard to trust, or a new data product needs a better visual layer. In Cologne, this often matters for teams that work with sales, logistics, media, finance, or e-commerce data. Remote collaboration works well when source data and goals are clear; on-site time helps when stakeholders need alignment on definitions and usage.

What good work looks like

A strong professional does more than make charts look polished. They understand data modeling, metrics, visual hierarchy, color, layout, and the limits of each chart type. They also know how to reduce clutter, avoid misleading visuals, and keep the message tied to the business question.

Skills around it

  • Dashboard design and KPI reporting
  • Data modeling and semantic layers
  • SQL for data preparation and validation
  • API or warehouse integration for live data
  • Accessibility and cross-device presentation

Data visualization projects often sit next to analytics engineering, BI, and product work. Good specialists can work with analysts, data teams, and stakeholders without losing the clarity of the final output.

Typical deliverables

Freelance experts are often asked to create a dashboard from scratch, improve an existing report, or standardize a visual language across teams. They may also build templates, define chart standards, and document how metrics should be read. The best result is not just attractive visuals, but a reporting layer people actually use regularly.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Data Visualization? These answers cover the essentials.

Data visualization covers the way data is turned into charts, dashboards, maps, and reports that support decisions. It is used for management reporting, operational monitoring, customer analytics, and embedded product views. In practice, it sits between raw data and the people who need to act on it.

Data visualization is the broader discipline, while Tableau, Power BI, and Qlik Sense are common tools used to do it. They overlap in dashboarding and reporting, but they differ in data modeling, sharing, design feel, and how they connect to systems. A good choice depends on your stack and the way teams consume reports.

Data visualization specialists are useful when a report layer needs to be redesigned, a new dashboard has to be delivered quickly, or internal teams lack time for cleanup and validation. Freelancers also help when a company needs a fresh view on KPI design or wants a one-off product analytics layer. That is common when reporting has grown inconsistent.

A strong Data visualization specialist usually knows SQL, data modeling, and basic statistics, because the chart is only as good as the data behind it. Familiarity with warehouses, APIs, and business metrics matters too. For product work, experience with UX and accessibility is a big plus.

A simple Data visualization task may only need someone who can clean up an existing report and make it easier to read. A larger analytics project needs deeper skill in metric design, data validation, and stakeholder alignment. If the visuals drive management decisions, you want someone who can question the source data, not just style it.

A good Data visualization deliverable is clear, correct, and easy to use. Look for the right chart choice, consistent metric definitions, readable labels, and a layout that answers the main question fast. It should also avoid clutter, misleading scales, and hidden assumptions.

Most Data visualization work can be done remotely if the specialist has access to source data, context, and decision-makers. On-site sessions help when teams need to agree on definitions, review prototypes, or align on how executives will read the report. Many projects use a mix of both.

A careful Data visualization freelancer will ask who the audience is, what decision the report supports, and which source systems are in scope. They will also want to know the refresh cycle, the metric definitions, and whether the output must fit Tableau, Power BI, or a custom web layer. Clear answers save time and reduce rework.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Data Visualization in their recent projects is 106 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 844 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Data Visualization in their recent projects, 93% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 73% hold at least a Master's degree, and 27% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Data Visualization in their recent projects have 16 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Data Visualization in their recent projects are German (100%), English (94%), and Italian (28%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Data Visualization in their recent projects are Information Technology (67%), Professional Services (44%), and Manufacturing (39%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Data Visualization in their recent projects are Information Technology (67%), Project Management (67%), and Business Intelligence (56%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Data Visualization

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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