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Peter Jetter

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Principal Management Consultant, Business Coach & Advisor

Gauting
Peter Jetter

Last position:

external SPC & SAFe Trainer, Scrum Master at Siemens Energy

support SAFe adoption at team, ART and Portfolio level with consulting, coaching and training. Establish hierarchical enterprise backlog and Kanban Systems integrating portfolio, value stream and team level. Make e2e value stream flow across organisational boundaries visible and measurable. Teach "stop starting, start finishing" and Limit WiP.

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Andreas Rühl

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Principal Consultant Information Security

Berlin
Andreas Rühl

Last position:

Freelance Consultant for Information Security at A-R-C Andreas Rühl Consulting

  • Development and implementation of tailored information security strategies

  • Introduction and further development of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI baseline protection, and other standards

  • Risk management and creation of security concepts

  • Consulting for KRITIS, PCI DSS, TISAX, and VdS 3473/10000

  • Building and improving security organizations

  • Creation and implementation of guidelines, policies, work instructions, and process descriptions

  • Audit support and certification preparation

  • Conducting trainings, workshops, and awareness campaigns

  • Selection and consulting on the introduction of IT security solutions such as SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and encryption technologies

  • Conducting penetration tests and vulnerability analyses

  • Consulting on the selection, integration, and management of security architectures in complex IT environments

  • Consulting on ITSM and managed security services and SOC

  • Leading and managing complex projects to improve information security

  • Process analysis, optimization, and management according to ITIL, ISO 27001, and cybernetics

  • Introduction and quality assurance of management, documentation, and knowledge management systems

  • Support in complying with regulatory information security requirements (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GMP, KRITIS)

  • Development and implementation of risk analysis procedures

  • Organizing initial response, forensic investigations, and organizational measures in the event of security incidents

  • Designing and running targeted workshops on topics such as ISMS, IT risks, and current threat scenarios

  • Awareness campaigns to promote security culture in companies

  • Special trainings on ISO 27001, BSI baseline protection, KRITIS, and other relevant standards

  • Simulations and exercises to prepare for information security incidents

  • Interim management for leading information security projects or IT security organizations

  • Taking on the role of an external CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)

  • Support in developing and implementing IT security and corporate strategies

  • Coaching and mentoring of managers in the field of information security

  • Building and leading security departments as well as recruiting and qualifying employees

  • Temporary assumption of management responsibility in critical situations

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Christian Fritsch

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Architecture Management

Waldesch
Christian Fritsch

Last position:

Architecture Management at Agency

  • Expert in the company's architecture management area

  • Support for standardizing the company's IT landscape

  • Further development of architecture management

  • Shaping the company's business architecture

  • Restructuring, administration and maintenance of all IT assets

  • Support in creating a unified software asset management and CMDB

  • Creation of unified document management (e-file)

  • Transition of documents into a central DMS structure

  • Link between architecture management and the department's internal business process management

  • Support in developing strategic and tactical development plans

  • Organizing communication with key stakeholders

  • Support in the conception, organization and coordination of the architecture office to be built up

  • Accompanying and advising the entire architecture management process

  • Advising the company's business units on architectural topics and their framework conditions

  • MS Office, Windows 10, VBA

  • ITIL, TOGAF, PowerBi, Kanban, Scrum

  • Internal agency tools

  • Open Touch Conversation, Webex, wire, bdbos

  • MS Sharepoint, JIRA, Confluence

  • ARIS, Archimate, BPMN

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Alwin G.

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Head of IT

Essen
Alwin G.

Last position:

IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist

  • 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
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Yusuf Demirci

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Senior Project Manager

Bonn
Yusuf Demirci

Last position:

Senior Project Management Transformation & Data at BG-PREVENT

Nationwide service provider for occupational medicine, occupational safety, and health management with a focus on prevention, health, and digital transformation.

  • Role: Responsible for building and further developing professional project portfolio management in the area of Digital Transformation & Data. Steering and supporting strategic IT and transformation projects as well as supporting the introduction and establishment of project management standards, methods, and governance structures.

Focus areas:

  • Build-up and further development of IT project portfolio management
  • Analysis and structuring of business and technical requirements
  • Steering and coordination of cross-functional IT initiatives
  • Stakeholder management at business, management, and service provider level
  • Introduction and further development of project management methods and tools (including Jira, Confluence, MS Planner)
  • Preparation of decision bases, target visions, and implementation concepts in the context of digital transformation
  • Steering and coordination of transformation, digitalization, and organizational projects
  • Preparation of decision papers and management documents for steering committees
  • Running workshops and stakeholder management with business units and IT teams
  • Definition of requirements for dashboards, reporting, and KPI steering
  • Support in the project Wissenskompass (requirements analysis and MVP concept)
  • Analysis and evaluation of AI support options in knowledge management
  • Investigation of AI use cases to improve knowledge provision and use
  • Consideration of AI requirements as part of the Wissenskompass concept
  • Coordination with strategic business units on the further development of project management standards
  • Introduction, configuration, and training of Microsoft Planner to support project and task management
  • Conducting user training and supporting employees in the introduction of new ways of working and tools
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Wolfgang Orgler

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Business Analyst

Freilassing
Wolfgang Orgler

Last position:

Business Analyst at Österreichische Post AG

  • 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

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Peter Fleischer

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Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation

Walpertskirchen
Peter Fleischer

Last position:

Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation at Automotive Industry

  • Integration of highly regulated countries such as China and South Korea into a company-wide M365 tenant.

  • Technical contact for integrating special requirements for the executive board and German subsidiaries that are subject to BaFin compliance requirements.

  • Subproject management.

  • Coordination of requirements within the overall architecture.

  • Design of the use of DLP features from Microsoft Purview.

  • Design of special access restrictions via Entra ID Conditional Access.

  • Support in designing the provisioning of Teams teams and SharePoint sites with higher compliance requirements.

  • Technical support for implementing information classification with sensitivity labels for SharePoint Online and Teams.

  • Technical support for the subproject introducing CoPilot for M365.

  • Skills: M365, Purview, DLP, Entra ID, Sensitivity Labels, CoPilot, Teams, SharePoint Online.

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Martin Hermann

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Senior IT Transformation Consultant | Solution Architect | Cloud Architect | CTO/CIO Advisor

Freilassing
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.
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Mario Tschunke

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Global IT Executive | Digital Transformation Leader

Wiesbaden
Mario Tschunke

Last position:

IT Interim Manager at ITInterim.eu

Independent practice | IT consulting & AI infrastructure

  • Self-employed with a focus on agentic AI and IT transformation
  • Design and operation of a self-hosted multi-agent AI infrastructure (20+ agents)
  • Consulting on digital strategy and taking on interim leadership mandates for organizations in transition
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Karl-Heinz Reis

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ITIL 4 Master

Leipzig
Karl-Heinz Reis

Last position:

Support in the further development of a European IT store service organization (15 countries) at European retail company (discount store)

  • Capturing the current processes Incident Management, IT Service Request Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Service Configuration Management (including CMDB)
  • Carrying out maturity assessments for these processes based on the ITIL® 4 Maturity Model
  • Analyzing the different service value streams based on the ITIL® 4 value stream model
  • Agreeing maturity levels for the processes being reviewed
  • Developing and approving a roadmap to achieve and measure the respective maturity levels
  • Presenting the approach, including milestones, to management for approval
  • Managing external service providers in 1st level support
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Markus Blohm

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Consultant, Technical Project Manager

Bergheim
Markus Blohm

Last position:

Consultant, Technical Project Manager at Lanxess

  • Project: ESU Windows and SQL Server consolidation / Configuration Management in ServiceNow
  • Creation of an as-is analysis of all servers worldwide
  • Creation of an as-is analysis of all SQL servers worldwide
  • Creation of requirements analyses for SQL and server migrations
  • Coordination of requirements with partners for migrations to Hyper-V (on-premises) or Azure Cloud
  • Moderation of jour fixe meetings
  • Creation of roadmaps and solution models for server migrations
  • Setup of test scenarios
  • Moderation of workshops for the introduction of a Global Admin Team
  • Creation of data models (CMDB) in ServiceNow
  • Conducting workshops for the CMDB data model
  • Creation of solution models for the CMDB
  • Creation of seamless configuration and work documentation for the CMDB
  • Creation of reports for license management
  • Creation of KPIs for data quality in ServiceNow
  • Creation of a service catalog
  • Moderation of workshops for creating service requests
  • Interface between needs analysis and ServiceNow development team
  • Systems used: Windows 7, Windows 10, Microsoft Office 365/2010, Windows Server 20xx, SQL Server 20xx, SharePoint, Azure Cloud, Hyper-V, ServiceNow, various tools
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Robert Francia

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Interim Project Manager

Kriftel
Robert Francia

Last position:

Interim Project Manager at IT services company of a regional energy supplier

  • Delivery of various end-customer projects in server and network infrastructure on time, in quality, and within budget.
  • Project 1: Firewall renewal, replacement of an ASA firewall with a Fortinet firewall at an automotive supplier.
  • Project 2: Migration of file services from dedicated servers at 5 branch locations into a central managed file service, including DHCP, directory, and print services, as well as decommissioning of the old domain controllers.
  • Project 3: Renewal of the network infrastructure at the headquarters and branch locations of a logistics company and transition of the LAN, WLAN, and firewall environments into a managed network service.
  • Project 4: Network renewal, replacement of the core and access switches at the headquarters of a medical technology company and transition into a managed network service.
  • Project 5: Firewall renewal, replacement of an ASA firewall with a Fortinet firewall for a city.
  • Environment: ASA and Fortinet firewalls, Cisco network components, ITSM Heat/Ivanti, Confluence.
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Martina Büttner-Leibovici

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UX Lead / Product Design Manager

Berlin
Martina Büttner-Leibovici

Last position:

UX Designer and Consultant at Self Employed

  • As UX Manager and UX Team Lead, my focus is on creating the conditions for excellent UX design – not only by improving results, but also by investing in people, culture, and systems. I am convinced that sustainable UX design comes from a combination of autonomous teams, clear rituals, and a shared vision of product and user value.

  • My job is to enable successful UX design within a company. This includes setting up and growing the UX team, establishing a design system, designing design processes, defining and developing UX maturity and UX culture within the company, and developing strategies that combine business requirements and user experience design.

  • Consulting and conceptual support in UX and product topics (project-based)

  • Deepening strategic topics: UX Strategy, Organizational Design, UX Maturity

  • Market and role orientation with a focus on Head of UX / UX Leadership positions

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Alfons G.

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Senior Infrastructure Consultant – Technical Project Lead

Frankfurt
Alfons G.

Last position:

Senior Migration Consultant / Technical Project Lead

Europe-wide re-platforming & centralization

  • Independently created the migration concept and implementation plan for the Europe-wide centralization and consolidation of IT services for around 20 European companies as part of a re-platforming program.
  • Migration assessment: analysis of the existing IT, infrastructure, application, and service landscapes of the companies as the basis for the migration strategy.
  • Development of the centralized target vision and target architecture based on a modern technology stack, taking platform and containerization approaches into account.
  • Design of a highly available central infrastructure in an active-active model across two data centers; consideration of cloud, infrastructure, application, CMDB, and IAM services.
  • Development of the migration and transformation roadmap, including defining migration waves, dependencies, requirements, and priorities for the move from decentralized services to the central platform.
  • Analysis of technical and organizational dependencies, identification of migration risks, and development of a structured approach for step-by-step migration and centralization.
  • Creation of target, solution, and implementation views for each service domain; design of the end-to-end join-move-leave process as a blueprint for the European rollout (Jira/Jira Asset Management).
  • Alignment of migration strategy and roadmap with European companies, management, IT, providers, and other stakeholders; presentation of the 12-month roadmap to the Managing Director Europe.

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Statistics of experts using IT Service Management

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

23 years

Position duration

3 years

Positions per freelancer

15

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Operations

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Bachelor's degree or higher

82%

Master's degree or higher

45%

Doctorate

6%

Certifications per freelancer

5

Most common languages

German, English, French

Speak two or more languages

97%

Based on our profile pool as of 6 Sep 2026.

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Average rates of experts using IT Service Management

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Daily rate avg. 913 €

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Median rate 896 €

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Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 6 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

About the technology

What ITSM covers

IT Service Management, often called ITSM, is the way companies run and improve IT support and service delivery. It covers incident handling, service requests, problem management, change control, and the service catalog. Strong work in this area keeps internal teams, users, and systems aligned.

Common tool stack

  • ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, BMC Helix
  • Knowledge bases, request portals, CMDB design
  • SLA flows, approvals, routing, and automation

The best professionals know how these parts connect. They shape clean workflows, reduce manual handoffs, and keep data consistent across tickets, assets, and services.

When companies bring in specialists

Companies hire freelance ITSM experts when a process is messy, a tool rollout is blocked, or an existing setup no longer fits the business. They also help during platform migrations, catalog redesigns, major change programs, and service desk optimization. In Germany, this often means working with mixed teams across business, IT, and vendors.

What strong professionals do

A strong specialist maps real support work, not just the tool screens. They define practical categories, prioritize incidents well, and design approvals that do not slow delivery. They also document clear operating rules so service owners, agents, and users all know what to do.

Skills around ITSM

  • ITIL practices and service governance
  • Process analysis and stakeholder workshops
  • Workflow design, reporting, and data cleanup

Useful adjacent skills include asset management, identity and access touchpoints, endpoint operations, and release coordination. Many experts also understand ServiceNow admin work or Jira workflows, but the core value is turning service needs into stable processes.

Good fits and outcomes

IT Service Management work fits internal support environments, shared service centers, and regulated industries where traceability matters. The best outcome is not a busy tool. It is a service operation that is easier to use, easier to measure, and easier to improve.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with IT Service Management? These answers cover the essentials.

IT Service Management is used to organize how IT teams handle incidents, service requests, changes, and recurring problems. It gives companies a structured way to deliver support through clear workflows, service catalogs, and knowledge articles. That makes it easier to keep service quality consistent across teams.

ITSM is the broader discipline, while ITIL is a widely used framework for good practice within it. A company can run IT service management without following ITIL strictly, but ITIL often shapes the language and process design. Freelancers who know both can translate principles into workable day-to-day operations.

IT Service Management projects often center on ServiceNow, Jira Service Management, or BMC Helix. The work also touches CMDBs, knowledge bases, request portals, and automation rules. A good specialist should be able to work across process design and the chosen tool, not only one side.

A strong ITSM specialist usually understands process mapping, stakeholder workshops, reporting, and data cleanup. Helpful adjacent knowledge includes asset management, access workflows, release coordination, and service governance. That mix helps turn a service model into something teams can actually follow.

The right level depends on the scope of the work. A workflow fix or catalog cleanup may need one focused expert, while a full service model redesign needs someone who can handle governance, change impact, and adoption. For a complex setup, choose a specialist who has already delivered similar ITSM work end to end.

Most IT Service Management tasks can be done remotely, especially process design, tool configuration, and documentation. On-site time helps when the expert needs to map current support behavior, run workshops, or align many internal stakeholders. In Germany, mixed remote and on-site collaboration is common for larger service changes.

Look for concrete examples of service workflows improved, tool setups cleaned up, or adoption problems solved. A strong ITSM professional asks about the current service model, ticket data, approval paths, and who owns each process. Good signs are clear thinking, practical documentation, and a focus on outcomes, not just tool customization.

Before starting with IT Service Management, a freelancer should understand the current tool, the service teams involved, and which process pain points matter most. It also helps to know whether the work is about stabilization, redesign, or migration. That context shapes how much change the team can absorb and how fast improvements can land.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects is 114 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 913 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects, 82% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 45% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects have 23 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (25%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (93%), Professional Services (64%), and Banking and Finance (53%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used IT Service Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (99%), Project Management (91%), and Operations (79%).

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