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Paul W.

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Enterprise & Solution Architect · Senior IT Program Manager Freelance IT Consultant — SAP · Salesforce · Cloud · AI/Agentic

München
Paul W.

Last position:

Enterprise Architect at ePrimo GmbH

Led the end-to-end integration and migration architecture for decommissioning SAP IS-U market communication and transitioning to Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with E.ON IT Services — covering regulated EDIFACT market messaging, a three-phase data migration (transfer of market message inventory after cutover), redesign of market communication processes, and full GDPR and German energy-market compliance.

  • Designed the three-tier target architecture (SAP IS-U → NScale B2B gateway → SFMC) processing 50,000–100,000 EDIFACT messages daily within sub-5-minute SLAs.
  • Architected the three-phase data migration: 36 months of historical data, zero-loss cutover of in-flight market messages, and near-real-time CDC synchronization.
  • Delivered secure, BDEW/GDPR-compliant integration (AS2/OFTP2, RFC/IDoc, REST APIs, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, AWS S3) achieving >99.5% uptime, <0.1% migration discrepancy, and RTO <4 hours.
  • Applied BPMN to model and optimize the market communication processes.

Technologies: SAP IS-U, NScale, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, EDIFACT, OAuth 2.0, Azure AD, AWS S3, BPMN, Jira, Confluence, Draw.io

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Jan F.

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Senior IT Project Manager & Business Epic Owner

Munich
Jan F.

Last position:

Business Epic Owner – Central Master Data for Business Customers at Telco Group (B2B / Enterprise IT Services)

Overall business responsibility for a program-wide initiative to create a central, authoritative data foundation for business customer master data (contacts and locations) within an IT service management transformation program.

  • Managed the Epic portfolio from exploration through launch; prioritization and quarterly planning in a SAFe environment
  • Aligned business units, architecture, and IT delivery around a shared vision and clear rules for data ownership (Data Governance)
  • Prepared and secured scope and key decisions with program leadership, including deliberate descoping
  • Managed risks, dependencies, and escalations; reported to program leadership and the PMO
  • Developed the 2027 roadmap as a basis for budget and portfolio planning

Result: a clear MVP scope, key decisions made, and a 2027 roadmap. The program continued after handover without any loss of knowledge.

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Katarzyna G.

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Finance Consultant

Heltersberg
Katarzyna G.

Last position:

Interim Financial Accountant / Accounts Payable at Consulting for an alcoholic beverage manufacturer

  • Supported monthly and annual closing activities
  • Checked incoming invoices for formal and factual accuracy
  • Posted incoming invoices
  • Contact person for internal departments on accounting matters
  • Created and maintained vendor master data
  • Processed open items
  • Took on additional accounting-related special tasks
  • Managed the functional mailbox
  • Performed payment runs

Training and knowledge transfer – Accounts Payable:

In addition to the tasks above, I was responsible for training and transferring knowledge to 8 employees of an external service provider in India who took over the accounts payable activities:

  • Conducted structured training and practical guidance throughout the accounts payable process
  • Trained employees in checking and posting incoming invoices, including formal and factual checks
  • Taught vendor master data maintenance, open-item processing and payment runs
  • Trained employees in using the functional mailbox and communicating effectively with internal departments
  • Explained accounting procedures, controls and company-specific accounts payable requirements
  • Conducted “Training on the Job” using practical posting cases and real business transactions
  • Supported the team in independently carrying out accounts payable processes and resolving accounting questions
  • Checked the quality and accuracy of work results and provided continuous feedback and coaching
  • Supported the transfer of accounts payable processes to the external service provider and ensured structured knowledge transfer and an orderly handover
  • Supported a smooth transition by documenting processes, clarifying responsibilities and ensuring consistent application of accounting requirements

Software: JDE, ELO, SAP Concur

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Umut G.

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Freelancer

Frankfurt
Umut G.

Last position:

Data Architect at BA Technology

I am an experienced data engineer specializing in end‑to‑end data integration, cloud DWH architectures, and high‑quality, governed data products.

I delivered following projects and engagements as a freelancer.

  • Data Migration of CRM System for AL-FA Objekt Service Gmbh
  • Microsoft Software Resales Partnership

I am looking for freelance roles like: Freelance Data Engineer Cloud Data Warehouse Architect Data Modeling & Architecture Consultant MDM & Data Governance Specialist BI & Analytics Developer

Technical Focus Areas

  • Data Engineering & Integration: SQL Server/SSIS, Informatica PowerCenter/IDQ, Talend, Kafka, Azure Data Factory – Delta/CDC/ELT patterns, robust pipelines, monitoring/recovery, data lineage & impact analysis, medallion architecture Bronze/Silver/Gold layers
  • DWH & Cloud: Azure SQL / Data Lake / Synapse, AWS Redshift/S3, on‑prem SQL/Oracle – scalable data marts with a strong cost/benefit focus.
  • Data Modeling: Atomic (Inmon) and Dimensional (Kimball), Data Vault (Linstedt), Domain‑Driven Design, clear lineage & contracts.
  • MDM & Governance: Informatica MDM, IBM MDM, stewardship processes, data quality rules, survivorship/XREF, catalog/glossary, SIF/BES/REST publication.
  • Analytics/BI: Power BI, SSAS, Cognos – business‑ready, maintainable data products.
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Michael R.

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Project Manager

Wadern
Michael R.

Last position:

Project Manager at Payone GmbH (Worldline AG)

  • Goal/Motivation: PAYONE urgently needs a 360° view of its customers. PAYONE has not had an overarching master data strategy so far. It is not possible to identify customers across all relevant systems.

The organization should be enabled to identify customers across all relevant systems. Establishing the basis for master data management at PAYONE

  • Challenge: Due to company acquisitions, the system landscape is very heterogeneous. The company is very dynamic and burdened with many system harmonization and integration projects, meaning resource shortages and changes in project priorities repeatedly make this an almost impossible task.

Due to BaFin findings, the project has a central task and role. The initial focus is on migrating all customers, including their AML/KYC data, from the master-data-leading backend systems to Salesforce. This is intended to resolve one of the largest findings and establish the relevant ODD/EDD processes.

In addition, customer data must be harmonized in Salesforce. Some customers were entered multiple times as a result of earlier migrations. The aim is for only one customer record to remain in Salesforce and for the relevant information from the backend systems to show which products the customer uses and in which processing systems they receive Payone services.

Project: ONE Customer

Budget: 1,5 Mio. €

Team: 10/30 employees (full-time/part-time); 4 vendors/providers

Integration: 8 (subsystems/interfaces)

Applications: Salesforce; SAP S4/HANA; in-house developments

Tools: MS Office; Jira, Confluence, Sharepoint

Methods: Hands-on; Agile (SAFe); Prince2

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Alexander Z.

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Senior Data Architect & Data Engineer

Berlin
Alexander Z.

Last position:

Senior Data Solutions Engineer at VMware Inc.

  • Architected and deployed private cloud data platform on VMware vSphere, integrating Greenplum MPP, Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and Apache Solr, and developed real-time ingestion pipelines with Kafka Connect and Schema Registry.
  • Led Oracle Exadata to Greenplum migration, rearchitected data models, optimized storage, implemented RabbitMQ with Debezium for CDC, and deployed VectorDB for Generative AI.
  • Designed and executed multi-cloud migration PoC across AWS, Azure, and GCP, defined KPIs for throughput, latency, and cost efficiency, executed bulk data transfers, validated analytics and streaming workloads, and delivered full-scale architecture recommendations.
  • Assessed legacy on-premises infrastructure and designed modern cloud-native data platforms using Greenplum and containerized microservices, advising on scalability, disaster recovery, and high-availability.
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Emre S.

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Freelance IT Project Manager and Technical Project Lead

Köln
Emre S.

Last position:

IT Project Manager | SAP E-Invoicing Outbound at Rohde & Schwarz

Project: Introduction of statutory-compliant electronic invoicing (outbound, Germany) in SAP for an international technology group.

  • Project management: Planning, steering and reporting of the E-Invoicing outbound rollout across all affected business areas, including budget and resource coordination.
  • UAT: Structured user acceptance test with key users per business area, test cases per invoice scenario, and consolidated test results for decision making.
  • Defect management: Handover and tracking of defects in Jira, including validation of the generated invoices against the statutory schemas.
  • Cutover, go-live and hypercare: Readiness checks and cutover planning aligned with the statutory deadlines, coordination of go-live and stabilization during hypercare.
  • Stakeholder management and reporting: Alignment with Finance, Tax, business departments and IT, preparation of status reports and decision papers, and consistent follow-up of open items.
  • Change management and documentation: Communicated process changes to the business departments, enabled key users, and created process and compliance documentation to ensure traceability and audit readiness.
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Peter S.

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Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA

Düsseldorf
Peter S.

Last position:

Project Manager for SAP GTS Trade Services, edition for SAP 4/HANA at ETENGO AG

  • Creation of detailed concepts for all relevant GTS modules (compliance, pricing, customs clearance, Intrastat, preferences)
  • Planning and conducting workshops, including scheduling and documentation
  • Development and consulting of the organisational structure and its master data
  • Setup and customisation of compliance functions: sanctions list review, embargo, legal control, US re-export
  • Uploading and maintaining sanction and commodity lists
  • Implementation and validation of integration tests
  • Setup and customisation of the modules: pricing (including uploading of customs tariff numbers and STAWN data), customs clearance (including application for test operation with customs), Intrastat and preferences (including preference calculation and LLEs)
  • Development and presentation of prototypes
  • Derivation of insights for the final concept
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Saqib J.

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Senior Solution & Software Architect · Interim IT Lead · AI/Agentic AI, Cloud, .NET

Erlensee
Saqib J.

Last position:

AI Developer / AI Engineer (Lead) at KOM4TEC GmbH

  • Designed and implemented modular AI assistants for sales and business processes within the Microsoft ecosystem (Agentic AI, Copilot extensions)
  • Frontend architecture and development with React + TypeScript for embedded chat and assistant surfaces (streaming UI, Hooks, React Query, OpenAPI clients)
  • Enterprise-level agent development: reusable skill/agent library, MCP servers, review and compliance gates
  • LLM integration into the user experience: Anthropic (Claude), OpenAI, tool use, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering, guardrails
  • Architecture and code review consulting, and mentoring within the AI development team
  • Integration with Microsoft Graph, Power Platform, and Azure services
  • Technologies: React, TypeScript, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, MCP, RAG, Microsoft Graph, Power Platform, Azure
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Farid A.

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SAP_S/4 Hana Senior Consultant & Global SAP Process Expert for MDG/EWM/MM/PP-MES and SAP Data & Cutover Manager

Hamburg
Farid A.

Last position:

SAP Data Migration & Data Management Consultant for SAP GEMINI at Montblanc

The consultant's responsibilities/actions are:

  • Consulting on the migration of material master & PP Master data
  • Prepare Article List template for Cutover Phase
  • Implementation of data cleansing measures using individual and bulk changes
  • SAP all mandatory fields data extraction regarding Business needed
  • SAP migration, Cutover, Testing, BAT, UAT
  • Align with the multiple Stakeholders regarding Data from Legacy and SAP System
  • Deployed SAP MM best practice (guided configurations, active methodologies and road map for project initiation)

SAP ERP | SAP GEMINI | SAP Fields Coordination | Documentation | SAP IDoc | SAP Integration | SAP End-to-End Process | SAP MM (Material Management) | SAP Functional Consultant | SAP Gap analysis | SAP MDM (Master Data Management) | Data Migration & Management

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Tobias S.

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Project Lead & Expert SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud

Rostock
Tobias S.

Last position:

Project Manager SAP S/4 HANA Public Cloud at TIMETOACT Group

To achieve savings and optimize compliance, apps were restructured in line with the mappings in identity management, restrictions were defined and, above all, costs resulting from overuse were reduced. Communication with stakeholders, validation of authorizations with users and technical implementation in the SAP FI/CO and Sourcing & Procurement modules created significant added value for the group. This also included the corresponding documentation for the auditors.

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Songül D.

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Senior SAP Data & Analytics Consultant & Project Manager (BI / BW/4HANA) | Planning (BPC, BI-IP)

Düsseldorf
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
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Martin H.

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SAP Consultant

Hagen
Martin H.

Last position:

SAP Consultant at Montblanc-Simplo GmbH

  • Production master data: bill of material, work center, routing and production version, customizing, FIORI
  • Optimization and organization of production
  • gATP and aATP training
  • Classical MRP, pMRP and MRP Live
  • Various planning strategies in PP
  • Workflow and MDM tables and fields
  • Metadata in SAP, fields and their mapping
  • Creation of metadata in Excel
  • LSMW basics: data cleansing with Excel + deduplication
  • LTOM or Migration Cockpit
  • Training in APO, later as ePP/DS master data, heuristics and optimizer CIF integration models
  • Production orders and capacity planning, reconciliation and evaluation
  • Net requirements calculation, lot sizes and pegging, detailed planning board, product view in PP/DS
  • KUT test or migration test
  • Digitization of maintenance plans, orders, checklist documents
  • Technical objects, equipment, bills of material and their customizing
  • Measuring points and serial numbers customizing
  • Work and maintenance planning, cycles and different dimensions
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Henning U.

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Senior Expert Data Governance, Master Data Quality and Data Migration

Leichlingen (Rheinland)
Henning U.

Last position:

Senior Expert Data Governance, Master Data Quality and Data Migration at E.ON

  • Planning and implementation of a migration strategy for master and transaction data for the continuous loading of a cloud-independent database
  • Creation and pilot implementation of a company-wide Business Data Model for customers, suppliers, contracts, products, prices, consumption, invoices, and dunning
  • Concept and consulting for a Data Governance Framework incl. definition of committees, roles, processes, and metadata model
  • Operationalization of the Data Governance Framework with definition of data standards
  • Sub-project management in two pilot projects (PoCs) for Data Governance systems (ErwinDIS and Atlan)
  • Training and coaching the data team in migration, data quality, and data modeling

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Statistics of experts using Master Data Management

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

24 years

Master Data Management experts have 24 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

2.2 years

Master Data Management experts stay in a single position for 2.2 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

15

Master Data Management experts have completed 15 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Master Data Management experts have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Top industries

Information Technology, Manufacturing, Professional Services

Master Data Management experts are most in demand in Information Technology, Manufacturing, and Professional Services.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance

Master Data Management experts earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Quality Assurance.

Bachelor's degree or higher

89%

89% of Master Data Management experts hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

54%

54% of Master Data Management experts hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

6%

6% of Master Data Management experts have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

4

Master Data Management experts hold 4 professional certifications on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

Master Data Management experts most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

99%

99% of Master Data Management experts speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 5 Nov 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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28% of Master Data Management experts charge less than €800 per day.
56% of Master Data Management experts charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
16% of Master Data Management experts charge €1200 or more per day.
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The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.

Average rates of experts using Master Data Management

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

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Daily rate avg. 888 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 848 €

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 5 Nov 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

Master Data Management 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 (83%)
  • Manufacturing (64%)
  • Professional Services (60%)
  • Retail (50%)
  • Automotive (48%)
  • Banking and Finance (39%)
  • Healthcare (37%)
  • Transportation (37%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

What MDM Solves

Master Data Management, commonly called MDM, creates consistent records for core business entities such as customers, products, suppliers, employees and locations. It connects fragmented sources, removes duplicate records and establishes trusted data that teams can use across applications, reports and processes.

Core Capabilities

  • Define ownership, standards and approval rules for master data
  • Match, merge and enrich duplicate customer or product records
  • Create golden records and publish them to connected systems
  • Track data lineage, changes and stewardship decisions

Successful MDM programs combine data governance with practical workflows. They make responsibilities clear without slowing down daily operations.

Ecosystem and Tooling

MDM work often spans ERP, CRM, ecommerce, PIM, data warehouses and integration platforms. Specialists may work with Informatica MDM, SAP Master Data Governance, IBM Match 360, Microsoft Purview or custom services built around APIs and event streams. SQL, cloud storage, ETL tools and identity resolution techniques are common parts of the toolkit.

When Companies Need Help

  • Mergers have created duplicate customer, supplier or product records
  • An ERP or CRM rollout needs clean data before migration
  • Different regions use conflicting definitions and coding schemes
  • Reporting and compliance teams cannot agree on trusted figures

Freelance expertise is useful when the internal team understands the business but lacks capacity for profiling, model design, tool configuration or rollout planning.

Delivery and Collaboration

A strong engagement starts with source-system discovery, data profiling and a clear definition of the records that matter most. The professional then designs domains, hierarchies, validation rules, survivorship logic and stewardship workflows, followed by testing and controlled publication. Remote work is effective when access, ownership and decisions are documented; on-site sessions can help align business teams during governance design.

What Strong Specialists Bring

Look for evidence of measurable data improvements, not only product configuration. Strong specialists can explain why a matching rule is safe, how exceptions reach a steward and how changes are monitored after go-live. They understand business processes as well as schemas, APIs and integration dependencies, and they leave behind maintainable rules, documentation and operating guidance.

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Frequently asked questions

What clients ask us most about Master Data Management — answered in short.

Master Data Management is used to create reliable, consistent records for business-critical entities such as customers, products, suppliers and locations. It helps companies reconcile information from ERP, CRM, ecommerce and other systems so that operations and reporting use the same definitions.

MDM focuses on managing shared master records and distributing trusted versions to consuming systems. Data quality covers the accuracy, completeness and consistency of data, while data governance defines ownership, policies and decision rights; effective MDM brings these practices together.

A strong Master Data Management specialist usually combines data modeling, SQL, profiling, integration design and API knowledge with practical governance skills. Experience with ERP, CRM, PIM, ETL, cloud data services and identity resolution is valuable because master records cross system boundaries.

MDM projects may use Informatica MDM, SAP Master Data Governance, IBM Match 360 or Microsoft Purview, alongside integration and data-quality tools. The right choice depends on the company’s domains, source systems, workflow needs, deployment model and existing technology landscape.

The scope matters more than a fixed experience threshold. A focused domain cleanup may suit a specialist who has delivered similar workflows, while a multi-system rollout needs a Master Data Management professional who can lead modeling, matching, governance, migration and change management.

Master Data Management work is often well suited to remote collaboration because profiling, modeling, configuration and documentation can be performed online. Workshops with data owners may benefit from on-site sessions, especially when teams must agree on definitions, approval rules and ownership.

Ask how the MDM specialist handles duplicate detection, survivorship rules, exceptions, lineage and post-launch monitoring. Review relevant deliverables such as domain models, matching logic, governance workflows and test plans, and ask for a clear explanation of trade-offs rather than a tool-only presentation.

A Master Data Management freelancer should clarify the priority domains, source systems, target consumers, data owners, access constraints and definition of success. They should also confirm whether the work covers discovery, implementation, migration, governance rollout or ongoing stewardship, since each requires different deliverables.

The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects is 111 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 888 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 54% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects are German (99%), English (96%), and French (21%).

The most common industries among freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (83%), Manufacturing (64%), and Professional Services (60%).

The most common business areas among freelancers who have used Master Data Management in their recent projects are Information Technology (94%), Project Management (88%), and Product Development (63%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Master Data Management

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Vienna Graz

Across Switzerland our specialists are active in Zurich, Geneva, Basel and Bern — working on-site or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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