Microsoft COM Experts in Frankfurt
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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.
Mario Pucko
Last position:
Senior IT Project Manager / Program Lead – Network Strategy 2030 at ALDB GmbH
- Holistic responsibility for modernizing and expanding federal networks and upgrading critical data center and telecom infrastructure in the high-security agency environment of BDBOS
- Planning and management of the expansion of national BOS network infrastructure in the VS-NfD/KRITIS environment with technical decision authority at the architecture and component level (Cisco, Layer 2/3, WAN redundancy)
- Planning, tendering (EVB-IT/UVgO) and oversight of the upgrade of security-critical telecom infrastructure for emergency call 110/112 (ACD)
- Capacity planning, rack integration, structured cabling, power supply, cooling concept (CRAC/In-Row) and DCIM monitoring for data center expansion
- Building the IT department from scratch: structures, governance, processes, team recruiting, vendor selection and long-term IT strategy
- Planning and managing infrastructure and application migrations: migration strategies, batch planning, hypercare stabilization and rollback concepts
- Creating vendor-neutral specifications (telecom systems, signature solutions) according to EVB-IT and UVgO; contract award and vendor management
- Setting up a secure IT environment according to BSI basic protection, ISO 27001 and VS-NfD; developing IT security concepts and CMDB analyses
- Hands-on program leadership: decision papers for management and steering committees, risk management, reporting and change request control
Ebru Ataman
Last position:
Product Operations Manager, Media Operations & Growth, Global Marketing at Zalando SE
- End-to-end responsibility for the successful implementation and continuous optimization of Mediatool for strategic media planning (offline & online).
- Development and management of efficient onboarding, configuration, and support processes for international stakeholder teams.
- Leadership of API integrations to connect external systems (e.g., for result tracking and performance measurement).
- Advising departments on tool usage and development, including workshop design, training, and knowledge transfer.
- Establishment and maintenance of comprehensive PMO tracking for all tasks, milestones, and deliverables.
- Prioritization and documentation of requirements, change requests, and bugs in Jira, with transparent communication via Confluence.
- Systematic evaluation of user feedback to derive data-driven optimization measures.
- Responsibility for the monthly Mediatool communication newsletter, including content creation for users and leadership.
Malte Lohrberg
Last position:
Product Owner, Change Management Coach and Organizational Consultant & Founder and Product Architect at Freelance + Resilience Bakery
The combined experience from recent project years shows that two hearts beat in my chest: on the one hand, working in and for organizations to develop new, innovative products, ideally as part of a digitization strategy or business development – and the closely related change and transformation process expertise as part of holistic organizational consulting. For this, I have established the Change Bakery and Product Validators offerings.
On the other hand, my heart and mind are fired up to find my own products, evaluate markets and potentials, and test ideas. Currently, I am proactively and part-time, in addition to ongoing projects, working on a product idea in the mental health area and have founded Therapymate.
Yves Schleich
Last position:
Owner and AI Operator at Path to AI
- Operational implementation of the growth levers of growing E-Com brands: SEO, GEO, SEA, shop, conversion, and automation of recurring processes.
- Building and managing specialized AI agent systems that work as roles (SEO, content, conversion, Shopify engineering) instead of single prompts.
- Working either as done-for-you execution or as done-with-you setup, where the brand's team can continue working on its own afterward.
- Customers and projects include TeamTex and Original Veddel, Störtebekker, ConstructionX.
- AI workshops and enablement formats for specialist and leadership teams, plus the joint webinar series AI Vibe Club with Xentral.
Ivaylo Piskov
Last position:
Senior Project / Rollout Manager at Deutsche Glasfaser GmbH
- Manage and coordinate site design, deployment, new Core/DWDM implementation, and optimization of a robust and scalable fiber optic network infrastructure
- Create high-level design (HLD) and low-level design (LLD) documents for core and aggregation network
- Define scope of network elements and establish operational and deployment guidelines
- Determine core-site strategy, integrate voice and ISP systems, and swap core components of 60 existing sites
- Develop site design, execute proof of concept, and deploy additional core sites
Minh Doan
Last position:
Project Manager / Business Analyst / Application Manager at Finance and Insurance
Introducing 5 different process applications for various teams
Release planning: scope and time management
Resource/capacity planning
Conducting sprint planning / retrospectives
Increment planning (multiple sprints)
Preparing steering committee meetings / reporting to the executive board
Coordinating / aligning with external suppliers / deliveries
Multi-project resource planning
Aligning with the business unit and development team
Identifying best practices with IBM BAW
Cost control and planning for the project team and external service providers
Collecting KPIs using LogScale
Analyzing application errors with LogScale / queries
Defining user stories / aligning requirements with the business unit and development team
Testing and defect tracking
UI/UX design of the application
Preparing and facilitating brown-paper workshop
Test concept, test data, test organization, test execution
Recording team velocity / metrics
Executing tests
Scripts for automated testing
Organizing tests with the business unit and IT
Recording and prioritizing defects
Setting up and operating the application
Setting up application monitoring with LogScale dashboards
Checking health endpoints with PowerShell
Post mortem analysis
Setting up incident management
Setting up problem management
Analyzing errors using LogScale queries and dashboard
Pre-processing data for AI
Conducting evaluation with AI language models (Meta Llama 3.3 LLM and deepset Haystack) and RAG
Installing runtime environments for LLMs (large language model)
Evaluating various LLMs
Installing RAG (retrieval augmented generation) and integrating with LLM
Extracting unstructured data with LLM and RAG
Project based on IBM BAW (Business Automation Workflow), WebSphere Liberty, Domea, d.3, REST, LogScale (formerly Humio), Swagger, PowerShell, JIRA, Confluence, Lucom Interaction Platform (LIP), Mattermost, Jabber
Dimitrij Neumann
Last position:
Logistics Designer / Network Designer at Deutsche Bahn Cargo
- Requirements analysis, design, and development of a product for freight logistics (dispatching, planning, timetable and network optimization)
- Documentation of technical focus areas and support with acceptance and integration testing
- DBMS-agnostic modeling and mathematical algorithms for optimization with solver integration (Gurobi, Cplex, Coin-OR)
- Implementation of service layer, automated testing, and integration with third-party systems
Eric Bouendeu
Last position:
Quality Assurance Lead (QSV) at Federal Employment Agency
Supported the International Web Presence project of the Federal Employment Agency (IntWeb) in quality management, taking on responsibility for the quality of processes and project deliverables while adhering to BA standards. The project's main goals are to give professionals abroad a quick overview of their chances to move to Germany and to enable them to take the necessary steps in a consistently digital way.
Set the fundamental guidelines using the QA handbook
Summarized test results in QA reports for PLA
Analyzed project outcomes for improvement opportunities
Quality management of requirements analysis (especially processes, methods and tools)
Ensured compliance with SERA guidelines
Created a cross-project test concept
Agreed on sprint completion reports
Conducted formal reviews of deliverables according to guidelines and/or project plan
Acted as contact person for internal audit and external audits by auditors or the Federal Audit Office (BRH)
Technologies: JIRA, Confluence, MS Office, GitLab, Kubernetes
Martina Treichel
Last position:
MDM Support Specialist at Paul Hartmann AG
- Data entry according to specifications
- Master data maintenance in SAP SD environment
- Maintenance of prices in the SAP system
- Continuous data matching and error analysis
- Creating surveys/questionnaires with MS Forms
- Analysis and evaluation of results and data
- Creating simple workflows to automate processes
- Documentation
Mario Mai
Last position:
Product / Solution Owner B2B Webshop Applications at Triumph International AG
- Further development and stabilization of existing IT solutions and interfaces to SAP, Salesforce.com, PIM (master data) and DAM (digital asset management)
- Project management / Business Relationship Manager / service management
- Communication between business units and IT
- Managing internal and external resources in implementing enhancements
- Coordinating integration efforts with internal and external partners
- Reviewing functional specifications
Manfred Wüst
Last position:
Head of Purchasing and Project Procurement, Special Machine Engineering at Client in Hamburg
- Leading the purchasing team
- Identifying cost saving opportunities and efficiency improvements in the procurement process and implementing process optimizations
- Developing and implementing procurement strategies in coordination with product management (CTO) and operations management (COO)
- Managing and selecting suppliers for high-quality and cost-effective products and services
- Negotiating purchasing contracts and framework agreements
- Monitoring material flow between suppliers, external manufacturing and assembly companies, and in-house production
- Ensuring compliance with quality and delivery standards in coordination with QA (production)
Stefan Dreßler
Last position:
Managing Director and System Architect at HelpSpace GmbH
- Development, operation, and sales of the HelpSpace helpdesk software
Peter Voloshin
Last position:
IT Consultant at Evotec KG
- Operation and administration of Windows 2016 / 2019 servers and domains
- Infrastructure services (Active Directory, ADFS, AD Azure Connect, DHCP, DNS, Group Policies)
- Consulting, support and troubleshooting of customer systems
- Documentation and concept design in the area of MS Active Directory
- Updating operation, process and system documentation
- Ticket handling (remote analysis and resolution via incident, change and problem management)
- Technologies: Windows 2022, Active Directory, ADFS, AD Azure Connect, DHCP, DNS, GPO, VMware vSphere, CheckMK, Exchange 2019, PowerShell, Jira, Confluence, Office 365, Matrix42, NetApp, Ansible
Erhan Yigit
Last position:
Commerzbank
- Newly developed an ASP.NET web application for mortgage financing
- Maintained and enhanced it both functionally and technically (expanded to other loan types, connected to various services, developed custom web services)
- Analyzed business requirements in close cooperation with business units
- Created IT concepts and technical documentation
- Developed backend and frontend
- Designed and implemented automated build, deployment, and testing processes
- Created scripts to automatically generate data access layers (C# classes and SQL scripts) and integrated them into build and deployment processes
- Languages: C#, PowerShell, JavaScript
- Technologies: ASP.NET, Windows Forms, XML Web Services, Windows Services, MS SQL Server, Entity Framework, unit testing, automated build, deployment, and testing processes
- Tools: Visual Studio 2005–2015, Team Foundation Server, DevExpress, Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, CruiseControl.net
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft COM
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years (Germany: 23 years)
Position duration
4.4 years (Germany: 5.5 years)
Positions per freelancer
16 (Germany: 12)
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
100% (Germany: 87%)
Master's degree or higher
69% (Germany: 51%)
Certifications per freelancer
4 (Germany: 3)
Most common languages
German, English, Russian
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Frankfurt 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, or Component Object Model, is a Windows technology for letting software parts talk to each other through well-defined interfaces. It still appears in desktop applications, Office automation, and older business systems that need stable integration on Windows.
Where It Fits
COM is common in software that must connect separate components without rewriting the whole system. Typical work includes:
- automating Microsoft Office tasks
- connecting legacy Windows applications
- exposing reusable components to other tools
- supporting ActiveX-based interfaces and plugins
Tooling and Stack
Strong specialists know the surrounding Windows stack, not just COM itself. They work with the Windows Registry, type libraries, threading models, C++ or C#, and debugging tools that help trace interface and reference-counting issues. Many projects also touch OLE, ActiveX, and COM Interop.
When Companies Need Help
Firms usually bring in freelance expertise when a legacy system must be maintained, extended, or moved into a new environment without breaking existing integrations. In Frankfurt, this often matters for companies running finance, logistics, or enterprise software on Windows desktops and internal networks.
What Good Experts Do
A strong specialist reads existing interfaces quickly, documents dependencies clearly, and avoids unsafe changes in shared components. They know how to handle registration, object lifetimes, binary compatibility, and error handling in code that cannot afford guesswork.
Remote or On-site
Many COM tasks can be handled remotely, especially analysis, refactoring, and integration work. On-site support can help when access to local machines, older builds, or sensitive internal systems is required. In Frankfurt, hybrid collaboration is common when teams want close coordination with local stakeholders and clear communication in English or German.
Frequently asked questions
Curious about Microsoft COM? Here are the answers that come up again and again.
Microsoft COM is used to make Windows software components work together through interfaces, not through tight code coupling. Companies use it for Office automation, legacy desktop integrations, reusable in-process components, and Windows tools that must stay compatible with older systems.
COM is older and lower-level than .NET or REST-style APIs, but that is often why it still matters. It is a good fit when an existing Windows application, Office add-in, or vendor library already depends on COM and cannot be replaced quickly.
Component Object Model systems often sit inside business-critical Windows environments that cannot be rewritten on demand. Experts are brought in to fix integration failures, stabilize legacy code, maintain ActiveX controls, or connect old software to newer services without breaking compatibility.
A strong Microsoft COM specialist usually knows Windows internals, C++ or C#, and how COM Interop works in .NET. Practical experience with type libraries, the Registry, threading models, and debugging tools is often just as important as the COM interfaces themselves.
A small fix may need someone who can read existing code and trace interface registration issues quickly. A larger modernization effort needs a specialist who understands binary compatibility, object lifetimes, and how to keep older clients working while the implementation changes.
Yes, much of COM work can be done remotely because analysis, debugging, and code changes usually happen in development environments. On-site time helps when the system is tied to local hardware, locked-down machines, or internal Windows setups that are hard to access remotely.
Not exactly. COM is the underlying component model, while ActiveX is one of the technologies built on top of it for reusable controls and automation. In practice, many older business applications use both terms when they describe the same Windows integration area.
Look for clear explanations of interface contracts, reference counting, registration, and compatibility risks. A strong COM expert can read legacy code, explain why a component fails, and suggest the safest path forward instead of only proposing a rewrite.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects is 105 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 840 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects, 100% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 69% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 4.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and Russian (12%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects are Information Technology (80%), Banking and Finance (56%), and Professional Services (44%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Frankfurt, Germany who have used Microsoft COM in their recent projects are Information Technology (88%), Project Management (76%), and Operations (68%).
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