Microsoft COM Experts in Austria
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Stavros Vougioukas
Last position:
Transformation & Change Lead (Freelance) at Sanofi
- Led the global transformation of Talent Operations by inhousing recruitment technologies, processes, and teams, reducing over 20 external partners to 2, defining the strategy to hire hundreds of internal talent specialists, and redesigning organisational structures and processes worldwide.
- Drove gap analyses and impact assessments and led the global rollout of Beamery, HireVue, and Paradox, covering solution design, pilot markets, global deployment, and hypercare, ensuring smooth market transitions and standardised operations.
- Developed and maintained detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, RAID logs, and governance routines, leveraging SharePoint as the central platform for programme documentation, rollout artefacts, approvals, and decision tracking.
- Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders including HR, IT, regional teams, and external vendors, using SharePoint-based documentation and governance frameworks to align requirements, manage dependencies, and resolve delivery issues.
- Conducted gap analyses and impact assessments across Paradox, Beamery, and Workday to ensure pilot readiness and global launch success, with outputs captured and governed through SharePoint.
- Built and executed comprehensive change management plans using ADKAR methodology, covering stakeholder mapping, communications, training, and adoption activities, supported by SharePoint-hosted enablement materials and rollout documentation.
- Broke down silos across regions and functions to drive adoption of new systems, processes, and ways of working.
- Tracked adoption metrics and user feedback post-deployment, driving continuous improvement in user experience and operational performance.
Jori Martini
Last position:
Agile IT Manager Healthcare Systems at MA01 Gov. Digital City
- Responsible for managing GMP-critical systems
- Leading a team of 20 professionals
- Vendor management with a €15M annual budget
Shahram Fallahdoust
Last position:
Senior Product Owner at Elderly Neighbour Watch
Delivered a digital, non-profit neighborhood platform to connect older adults with volunteers for practical support and social companionship. Responsible for business analysis, requirement definition, platform evaluation and delivery of a locally scalable service solution focusing on AI-driven enhancements, data-based optimization and clear market positioning. Evaluated several low-code/business platforms including Odoo and Glide Apps and assessed monday.com as a CRM-like option before selecting Glide Apps for implementation. Implemented a non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and the web presence with WordPress. Tasks
- Gathering, analyzing and structuring business requirements for the product and service model
- Conducting market, target group and competitor analyses to position the offering
- Evaluating and selecting suitable low-code/business platforms for implementation
- Defining core user journeys, business processes and operational workflows for older adults, volunteers and administration
- Translating business requirements into functional requirements for profiles, task management, coordination, communication and notifications
- Guiding the implementation of the non-native mobile and desktop application in Glide Apps as well as the web presence in WordPress
- Preparing the business side for future AI-powered features such as intelligent matching and data-based optimization
- Ensuring compliance with GDPR requirements Results
- Successfully delivered digital support platform connecting older adults with volunteers
- Solid foundation for market positioning through market, target group and competitor analyses
- Delivered a functional non-native mobile and desktop application with Glide Apps and a supporting web presence with WordPress
- Established foundation for scaling and AI-based further development
Fabio Galvagni
Last position:
IT Architect, Requirements Analyst and Consultant at CANCOM
- Supports CANCOM customers in migrating legacy on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Foundry
- Takes over and stabilizes existing solutions after a short handover
- Business analysis and requirements engineering for migration to a new cloud environment
- Optimization of machine learning models for feature extraction and customer profiling
- Ensures data protection and compliance
- Leads the migration of on-prem systems to Microsoft Fabric
- Designs new AI platforms for clients
- Tests the integration of chatbots for document intelligence with Microsoft Foundry, including requirements analysis, implementation, validation, and client communication
Jerry Bousardo
Last position:
Owner at DIGIPM Consulting e.U.
From 02/2023 to 05/2024: IT interim manager within an international construction chemicals group headquartered in Germany as Global TSA Manager in a carve-out project responsible for the IT workstream.
From 06/2024: IT consulting in project management and IT service management areas, providing PM/PMO coaching and support.
Christian Neuwirth
Last position:
Digital Consultant at Global Stations
- Conducted due diligence for the acquisition of digital marketing agencies in Manila, evaluating revenue potential, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Advised international companies on go-to-market strategies across Asia, with a strong focus on China and Southeast Asia’s online commerce ecosystems.
- Developed tailored digitalization and automation processes within CRM and marketing operations to drive efficiency and data transparency.
- Achieved successful market positioning and digital process optimization in collaboration with various SaaS and automation agencies, enabling scalable regional growth.
Jörg Pallanich
Last position:
Freelance IT Project Manager / Business Analyst at A1 Telekom Austria AG
Project: Infrastructure Selling Tool
Joint development and documentation of the target process for infrastructure sales to business customers
Cross-functional coordination to find solutions
Overseeing implementations in the CRM system
Coordination of a field trial
Project: FTTH expansion program
Analysis and documentation of the project environment
Process definition in the FTTH expansion program
Specification of IT requirements from the B2B business unit in the form of epics and user stories
Project management with regard to IT implementations in a business context
Project: Product launch "Cyber Defense Business"
Definition of the sales to activation process
Specification of IT requirements for implementation in the A1 Marketplace and interface to ServiceNow
Project management with regard to IT implementations
Nedim Kupusovic
Last position:
Manual Tester and Test Automation Engineer at IT-Systemhaus der Bundesagentur für Arbeit
- Design appropriate test cases to verify the GUI in Azure Test Plans
- Creation and execution of manual test cases
- Test design for user stories to be implemented in the current sprint
- Analysis of deviations/bugs based on log files and Kibana dashboards
- Creation of bug tickets with error description, screenshots, and short videos
- Prioritization of open bug tickets together with the PO
- Retest of bugs and hotfixes
- Execution of manual tests to ensure a 100% fulfillment rate of all functional requirements
- Selection, installation, and maintenance of a test automation tool (Selenium)
- Implementation of automated regression tests
- Continuous expansion of the object repository and adaptation of automated test cases (acceptance, integration, and system tests)
- Creation of test logs before each sprint change
Anton Laza
Last position:
CISO & Interim DPO at Finmatics GmbH
- Built the company’s entire security function from zero to ISO-aligned, audit-ready operation (ISO 27001, GDPR, NIS2).
- Delivered enterprise-grade security posture enabling regulated customer onboarding and due-diligence success.
- Embedded automated security controls (SAST, DAST, secrets, vuln scanning) into CI/CD for a growing SaaS engineering team, removing security as a deployment bottleneck.
- Cut third-party risk exposure by ~70% by replacing manual vendor reviews with an automated, LLM-driven risk scoring and approval pipeline.
- Led board-level security, customer audits, and live incident response.
Michael Selinger
Last position:
Director, IT at Austria Juice GmbH
- Directed IT operations across 13 sites in China, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Germany, Ukraine, and Austria.
- Built and led a new IT team with personnel based in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Germany.
- Upgraded outdated IT infrastructure at sites in Austria, Germany, Romania, and Poland, enhancing clients, printers, networks, servers, storage, firewalls, and backups.
- Retired the legacy phone system and transitioned to Teams.
- Established and deployed AI tools, including Copilot and Zapier.
- Implemented NIS II readiness and achieved ISO 27001 certification.
- Eliminated inefficient business applications to enhance operational efficiency.
- Developed and executed new processes for operations technology, business process outsourcing, purchasing, human resources, and IT.
- Launched a new SAP Warehouse System.
- Established IT standards across all sites.
- Engaged effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Defined and monitored security KPIs, ensuring targets were met.
- Managed budgeting processes, achieving a 15% reduction in operational expenditure.
Atif Yilmaz
Last position:
Head of Technology at Quadrobotics R&D and Software Development Inc.
- Integrated cutting-edge software and hardware enhancements into quadruped robotic systems
- BARS Robotic Dog Platform: computer boards integrations, data link integrations, LTE, anti-jam datalink, RF datalink, satcom datalink integrations, GNSS integrations, GNSS-RTK integration, payload integrations, RCWS (5.56, 7.62 remote control weapon station integration), CBRN sensor integrations (chemical)
- AYBARS Robotic Dog Platform: computer boards integrations, data link integrations, LTE, anti-jam datalink, RF datalink, satcom datalink integrations, GNSS integrations, GNSS-RTK integration, payload integrations, RCWS (9 mm remote controlled gun-box integration), CBRN sensor integrations (chemical)
Gabriela Mair
Last position:
Managing Director & Corporate Communications Expert at ProComm Progressive Communications e.U.
- Independent entrepreneur in corporate communications, PR, and digital marketing
- Advising on and implementing communication strategies for companies in various industries
- Specializing in content marketing, social media, and innovative AI-based communication solutions
Ninoslav Stanojevic
Last position:
Senior Functional Consultant, SAP TM Stream Lead at BearingPoint GmbH
- Played a key role in implementing SAP TM (Embedded) for a large S4 greenfield transformation project, including scoping, designing and execution
- Modeled and documented business processes
- Worked with key business stakeholders to analyze processes and identify improvement and optimization areas
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement and optimize transportation planning and execution processes, including EWM, SD (Sales), and MM (Sourcing)
- Requirements engineering
- Developed and delivered SAP TM training plans and materials
- Created test cases and test plans
- Conducted on-site training sessions in Germany and Shanghai across all SAP TM areas, from Transportation Planning, Execution & Event Management, and Charge Management (including freight agreement setup) to Analytics & Reporting
- Provided Level 1, 2, and 3 support (L3 for standard customization) during all testing phases (SIT, UAT, Hypercare)
- Customization and implementation focusing on Freight Unit & Freight Order Management including Transportation Planning & Transport Cockpit, charge calculation and freight settlement
- Performed error analysis and replication, processed and self-corrected standard customizations, forwarded issues to developers and retested
- Designed and implemented TM forms in cooperation with a developer
- Set up functional and technical design specifications
- Acted as a bridge between the customer (business, IT, key users) and developers to implement business requirements
- Backlog management (prioritizing, detailing requirements, estimating efforts, etc.)
Javid Asgarov
Last position:
B2B Contract - Senior Fullstack developer (Java + Angular)
- Project: E-Platform with 100k users
- Skills: Java, Spring, Spring Boot
- TechStack: Angular 18, Java 17, Spring Boot, Oracle DB, Spring Data, JPA, Hibernate, Oracle, Postgres, SQL
Amir Abou Roumié
Last position:
AI-Workflows at ffektiv.ai
- Prompting & Custom GPTs
- Workflows / Make.com / N8N / Airtable / Google AI Studio
- Chrome Extensions
- Projects with Sparkassenakademie NRW / Deutsche Telekom / TU Wien
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft COM
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
3.5 years
Positions per freelancer
10
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Telecommunication, Transportation
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
68%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
11%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
95%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Austria are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.
Average rates of experts in Austria using Microsoft COM
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
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
COM basics
Microsoft COM, the Component Object Model, is a Windows technology for building software from reusable binary components. It is common in desktop applications, Office add-ins, and system integrations that need stable interfaces across languages and tools. Companies use it when they must connect older Windows software with current workflows.
Typical work
- Automating Excel, Word, Outlook, or Access through COM interfaces
- Connecting legacy Windows applications through OLE and ActiveX
- Building add-ins, shell extensions, and custom automation helpers
- Troubleshooting registration, versioning, and interface issues
Ecosystem skills
Strong professionals know COM object lifecycles, reference counting, marshaling, and interface-based design. They often work with C++, C#, .NET interop, Visual Basic, PowerShell, and Windows API details. They also understand how COM fits with HRESULT handling, threading rules, and binary compatibility.
When to bring help
Companies usually bring in freelance expertise when a system is hard to maintain, an Office workflow must be automated, or a vendor component stops behaving as expected. This is common in Austrian enterprises with long-lived Windows environments, especially where on-site access, German documentation, or hybrid collaboration matters. A good specialist can diagnose issues fast without replacing the whole stack.
What strong professionals deliver
Strong COM specialists leave clean interfaces, predictable component registration, and clear integration points. They document dependencies, fix cross-language calls, and reduce breakage when components move between machines or Windows versions. They also know when to keep COM in place and when to wrap it behind a simpler service boundary.
Signs you need COM expertise
- Your application depends on older Windows components
- Office automation is unreliable or slow
- A COM server, DLL, or type library is difficult to register or consume
- You need safe interop between native code and managed code
- You want to modernize without rewriting stable business logic
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Microsoft COM.
Microsoft COM is used to make Windows software work as reusable components that other applications can call. Teams rely on it for Office automation, shell extensions, add-ins, device tools, and older business systems that still run important workflows. It is also common when native code and managed code must communicate cleanly.
COM is often chosen when the component already exists, when an application depends on binary compatibility, or when Windows-specific integration is the main goal. Compared with newer APIs, it is usually more explicit and more sensitive to registration, threading, and interface rules. A good specialist knows when to preserve COM and when to isolate it behind a modern layer.
A strong Microsoft COM specialist usually knows C++, C#, Visual Basic, PowerShell, and Windows API concepts. Knowledge of OLE, ActiveX, type libraries, marshaling, and HRESULT-based error handling is also useful. For Office work, familiarity with Excel, Word, or Outlook automation helps a lot.
A Microsoft COM project needs someone who has handled registration issues, interface versioning, and interop problems before. The work can look simple at first, but small mistakes often create hard-to-debug failures. For production systems, look for professionals who can read existing code, trace component calls, and explain the impact of each change.
Many COM tasks can be done remotely, especially code review, debugging, and automation work. On-site time can help when access is restricted, the system is tied to local hardware, or a client prefers direct coordination in Austria. The best setup depends on the environment and how sensitive the target machines are.
A good Microsoft COM expert writes code that is stable, traceable, and compatible with existing consumers. They explain object lifetime, threading, and registration clearly, and they leave the system easier to maintain than before. Quality also shows in how they document edge cases and reduce future support effort.
You may need COM help if Office automation breaks, a component registers on one machine but not another, or an add-in behaves differently across Windows versions. Another sign is repeated trouble with native and managed code boundaries. If the system is important but poorly understood, a specialist can save time quickly.
Yes, COM is still relevant wherever Windows desktops, Office workflows, or legacy integrations remain in active use. Many companies keep it because it works reliably inside existing systems and connects older software to current processes. The key is to manage it carefully and avoid unnecessary complexity.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Austria who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects is 100 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 800 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Austria who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects, 68% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Austria who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.5 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Austria who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects are German (95%), English (95%), and French (23%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Austria who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects are Information Technology (91%), Telecommunication (73%), and Transportation (41%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Austria who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Project Management (77%), and Product Development (59%).
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