Microsoft 365 Experts in Frankfurt

• 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.

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.

I founded Nick's Advisory to make HR management, HR project delivery, and AI expertise available to companies on a temporary basis when internal capacity or experience is lacking.

Services:

• HR interim management: taking over the HR business partner or HR manager role during restructuring, growth, or a vacant leadership position, on a daily or hourly basis
• HR consulting: projects around reorganization, talent acquisition, separation processes, and building HR structures
• AI consulting for HR teams: selection, introduction, and use of AI tools in HR processes

Further development & digitalization of key sales and application processes in a regulated banking environment, including requirements structuring, roadmap development and AI-supported use case assessment

Responsibilities & Impact:

• Management of existing digital products to ensure stable operations (Keep the lights on) amid growing regulatory complexity
• Product vision and development of a consistent, implementable roadmap
• Strategic backlog prioritization based on business goals, dependencies and technical feasibility
• Coordination of release planning, backlog, quality assurance and go-live readiness with business departments, IT, implementation teams and management
• Identification, structuring and assessment of AI-supported use cases at the interface of business departments, IT and the regulatory environment
• Analysis, structuring and translation of complex business requirements into epics and user stories
• Facilitation of team, stakeholder & alignment formats to ensure clarity of objectives, collaboration and decision-making ability
• Transparency on capacities, dependencies, delivery status and KPI/status aspects as a basis for product & management decisions
• Compliance with transparent structures and documentation (LeanIX, application profiles, runbooks)

Contribution to results:

Stabilization and further development of key financial processes under high regulatory and technical complexity. Improved transparency, decision-making ability and implementability through structured requirements, auditable documentation and AI-supported ways of working.

• 100% Remote | Germany & Europe
• Freelance and interim support in talent acquisition, recruiting and executive search
• Flexible and short-term support for companies during recruiting peaks, temporary resource shortages and project-based talent acquisition needs
• Fast assumption of operational recruiting responsibility through many years of experience in in-house recruiting, RPO and recruitment consulting
• End-to-end recruiting from requirements analysis through active sourcing, direct search and interviews to selection, offer management and onboarding
• Targeted support for hard-to-fill positions through active sourcing, direct search and executive search
• Advising HR and hiring managers on recruiting, sourcing and hiring strategies
• Support with recruiting process optimization, standardization and further development of existing recruiting processes
• Independent management of parallel vacancies and recruiting projects with a short onboarding period and a high degree of operational independence
• Project-based engagement without long-term headcount expansion – 100% remote and flexible in Germany and Europe

• Design and global rollout of sensitivity labels (confidentiality labels) for automated classification and encryption of business-critical data.
• Definition and rollout of Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies to protect IP and personal data across endpoints, Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and non-Microsoft clouds.
• Setup of Insider Risk Management policies to detect and contain excessive data leaks and risky user behavior.
• Implementation of GDPR and retention requirements through automated retention policies and structured records management.
• Technical support for legal teams in internal and external investigations using eDiscovery (Standard/Premium) and Content Search.
• Continuous improvement of the security and compliance level by reviewing the Microsoft Compliance Manager and closing gaps (regulations such as ISO 27001, NIS-2)

Self-employed consulting, implementation, and support of IT infrastructures with a focus on IT security, network and server administration, virtualization, backup & recovery, IT documentation, asset management, and business continuity management.

• IT security consulting and implementation of technical protective measures
• Windows server and client support, patch management, user support
• M365 – Entra ID – MS Azure administration
• Planning, installation, and operation of LAN, WAN, WLAN, and VLAN infrastructures, Cisco, HP, Netgear, Sophos, Securepoint
• Support of virtual systems based on Hyper-V, VMware, and Proxmox
• Backup and recovery concepts including test recovery, documentation, and handover
• Introduction and maintenance of IT documentation, asset management, and inventory tracking
• Implementation of measures related to IT baseline protection, emergency manuals, and BCM
• On-/offboarding concepts with a focus on permissions, devices, data access, and handover processes

Security awareness and practical sensitization of users and IT staff

• Consulting and creation of various web applications based on SharePoint and the React framework for different clients
• Development and testing of accessible apps for SharePoint
• Creation of various test cases for test automation
• Development of various solutions based on Azure
• Creation of various web services based on .NET
• Development of various SharePoint Framework solutions
• Development of various UI solutions based on SharePoint
• Consulting and creation of various Power Apps applications and Power Automate for the steel industry and an IT consulting company
• Support, consulting, and development with offshore teams for SharePoint 2013, 2016, and microservices for a logistics company
• Consulting, concept design, and development of microservices and web applications based on Microsoft technology and the React framework for a logistics company
• Consulting, concept design, and development of various SharePoint Framework solutions on SharePoint 2016 for logistics
• Consulting for the migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2016 for an IT consulting company

• Built and successfully certified the Information Security Management System (ISMS) according to ISO 27001 in seven country organizations (Ghana, India, Bangladesh, Uzbekistan, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania).
• Full implementation of the ISMS from kick-off phase to certification, including defining the governance structure and process landscape.
• Developed and delivered target-group-specific trainings, workshops, and coaching sessions for local responsible persons on the basics of information security and ISMS operations.
• Designed and continuously improved training concepts and content to increase understanding and acceptance.
• Identified and implemented improvements in processes and tools, including risk management for international projects.
• Optimized central ISMS core processes from the idea through pilot operation and fine-tuning to global rollout.
• Optimized knowledge management, as well as work aids and methods for the global ISMS team.
• Built and moderated cross-functional coordination with key interfaces to the ISMS.
• Microsoft Teams, Excel, SharePoint Lists, Power Apps.

• Creation of construction schedules and standard plans.
• Preparation and submission of traffic control orders (VRO) and RSA-compliant plans.
• Application for and documentation of all permits, including excavation permits and water permits.
• Carrying out and documenting site inspections.
• Maintaining digital site diaries.
• Coordinating and selecting subcontractor crews.
• Checking and approving measurements.
• Ensuring compliance with all technical requirements and standards.
• Summarizing and passing on operator rules to the subcontractors.

• Extracted relevant infotypes from SAP HCM for migration to SuccessFactors Employee Central and mapping to ECP fields.

• Configured P2P integration including BAPI setup and secured data exchange with HTTPS and OAuth protocols.

• Set up foundational settings in Recruiting (REC) including roles, permissions, and job requisition templates.

• Implemented Career Site Builder to create a branded candidate experience and integrated external job boards.

• Configured candidate application workflows, screening, interviewing, and hiring communication templates.

• Set up pre-screening questions and assessment tools including DHB sanction list checks.

• Implemented automated background check and KYC integration with external vendors in the REC module.

• Localized job requisition templates to reflect regional job titles and regulatory compliance.

• Customized onboarding document templates and localized document archiving protocols (DRTM).

• Adjusted onboarding forms to capture country-specific employee information including Form I-9.

• Enabled Form I-9 remote document verification and integrated eVerify with SuccessFactors.

• Set up automated reminders for employees and HR to complete I-9 sections within deadlines.

• Configured pre-Day 1 access for new hires to complete tasks and mandatory trainings prior to start date.

• Enabled e-signature integration for onboarding documents to support remote verification.

• Technologies: SAP SuccessFactors, BTP, CPI, HCM onPremise, EC, ECP, REC, ONB, Form I-9, eVerify, S4HANA.

• Migration of SEPA direct debits, credit transfers & card clearing to Worldline's internal platform as part of the outsourcing contract

• Definition of the MIGR strategy

• Mobilization of the community (300+ experts at client & Worldline)

• Creation of the MIGR runbook (100+ workshops)

• Close collaboration with upstream project streams: BUILD & TEST, as well as with the operating units

• Set up of the governance framework, capacity management & reporting

• 100% of SEPA DD, CT & CC transaction traffic migrated (7 months)

• ~80 migrations carried out with a success rate of 70% ("first-time right")

• Set up technical & manual production monitoring

• Established a "fast-track" incident management process in the MIGR & hypercare phases

• Set up 20+ exception handling processes

• Conducted trainings

• Implemented SLAs & billing

• Development of positioning and brand strategies for market entries & relaunches
• Creation of messaging frameworks, content, and communication guidelines
• Advising marketing teams & agencies in growth and transformation phases
• Project-based takeovers of marketing lead roles (interim / sparring)

Projects: DATEV eG | Senior Technical Marketing & Content Lead | 02/2026 - 09/2026 Building and leading internal communications for the central technology team. Development and implementation of a cross-media communications strategy, building the communication platforms in Confluence and SharePoint, as well as designing technical content, new formats, and video concepts on DevOps, cloud, and software development.

• DEGUMA-Schütz GmbH | B2B Marketing & Communications Consultant | 07/2026 - present Strategic and operational B2B communication for mechanical engineering: campaigns, press work, website and landing page content, as well as texts in German and English; designing HubSpot mailings, LinkedIn campaigns, and sales materials in close collaboration with marketing and sales.