Microsoft Project Experts in Essen
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Felix Bauchspiess
Last position:
Digital Consultant and Solution Manager at Vorwerk SE & Co. KG
Launch of a new digital product in the Chinese market as part of a global growth strategy.
Contact point and coordinating interface between central product management, local Chinese teams, and international stakeholders.
Steering the full program management for the coordination of complex digital projects.
Successful market launch of a digital product in China (including successful certification for the Chinese market).
Balancing local needs with global priorities while taking tax and regulatory requirements into account.
Introducing a new way of working to improve collaboration and management across locations.
Developing and implementing a scaling strategy for the digital business model in China.
Used Jira, Confluence, Miro, Scrum, Agile work, SAFe.
Project language: English.
Rudolf Eggelbusch
Last position:
Datacenter Engineer, Network & Security Administrator at International insurance group
Operation and further development of the network and security infrastructure.
Monitoring, analysis and resolution of network and security incidents.
Cross-department collaboration with other specialist teams for operations, further development and reporting.
Firewall vulnerability analysis.
Firewall rule approvals.
Troubleshooting IP communication issues in the network and firewall infrastructure.
Security-critical IT infrastructure, processing of personal data, compliance with legal regulations.
Products: Palo Alto Networks Firewalls, Cisco ACI, Checkpoint Firewalls, F5
Technologies: SDN, SDWAN, Cisco EPIC, Cisco ACI
Arndt Maas
Last position:
Project Manager for ServiceNow Vulnerability Response at Union Investment Services & IT GmbH
- Led the subproject for implementing Vulnerability Response as part of DORA
- Documented the current processes in compliance, risk & security
- Created the functional design for introducing application, infrastructure, and cloud vulnerabilities
- Agile management of the integration service provider, the technical department, and the company's cross-functional teams
- Integrated the V scanners Tenable, Qualys and Defender, as well as NVD and CISA/KEV
- Integrated GitLab Ultimate for importing and processing SBOMs
- Developed automation rules to match scan results with CIs in the CMDB, assign vulnerabilities and remediation tasks, handle approvals (false positives, exceptions) and closures
- Calculated multiple risk scores and priorities
- Defined dashboards and reports (Workspaces, Performance Analytics)
- Aligned the new processes, especially to improve the CMDB data quality (according to CSDM)
Frank Dostert
Last position:
Project Manager at TEAG Thüringer Energie AG
- Transition of Microsoft Azure operations to BTC AG
- Responsibility: budget of €60k
- Staff: leadership of 5 people
- Tools: Office 365, JIRA, Confluence
Jens Schneeweiß
Last position:
Network Technology at ISP, Internet Service Provider, BGP Peering
- Optimization of the transmission media of the data links in the Ruhr area
- Configuration/expansion of switches and routers for an autonomous system AS
- Improve the network protocols used Layer 2/3 (OSI model), RSTP, broadcast, etc.
- Laying cables, crimping, antennas, routers, switches
- Maintenance, expansion, selection and prioritization of troubleshooting measures for network monitoring (PRTG, The Dude)
- Organization and new connection of another BGP peering, data center, NGN fiber optic
- VPN IPSec site connections for 6 sites with PFSense, Fritzbox
- Configuration of WLAN devices (Mikrotik, UBNT
Label: TCP/IP, VLAN, BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VPLS, routing protocols, WLAN, EoIP, PPPoE, routing, SNMP, DHCP, DNS, NAT, native IP, VLAN, Ethernet, VoIP., switches and routers from: Nortel, Cisco, MikroTik, UBNT., network management systems: The Dude, PRTG, UISP
Henok Abraham
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at Afworki GmbH IT-Consulting
The goal of Afworki GmbH IT-Consulting is to make small and medium-sized companies more competitive by overcoming challenges in digitalization, automation, and data management.
Tailored technology, strategy, and specialist consulting designed to meet the individual needs of each company.
Analyzing the company's current situation and developing the best possible solution together with the client.
Using both agile and classical IT project management methods to deliver projects on time and within budget.
Focusing on automating and orchestrating all data flows in a data warehouse to create a unified and standardized data foundation.
Considering the dependencies between IT and business to achieve sustainable positive effects.
Employing modern strategies and tools specifically tailored to the company's needs.
Supporting digitalization, the introduction of agile working methods, and the creation of up-to-date reports and analyses.
Objective: streamlining management and enabling well-founded, data-driven decision-making.
Asım Yurduseven
Last position:
Freelance BI/DWH/ETL Specialist at Akbank
- Setting architectural standards for Informatica Power Center development teams
- Maintenance-performance-health for DWH (Exadata) environments
- Qlik Sense / BO reports architectural standards
- Implementing best practices in ETL tasks
- Documentation ETL standards on Confluence
- Dynamic Data Masking rules for GDPR/KVKK regulations by using Informatica DDM tool
- DWH Data model Power Designer
- Upgrade Qlik Sense versions
- Merge all Informatica server's repository databases on one Oracle DB
Jan-Christoph Wiemann
Last position:
Owner / Management Consultant at Wiemann Consulting
- Independent management consultant for the energy and real estate industry
- Interim manager at a municipal energy provider for sub-metering
- Strategic corporate development for an Austrian energy service provider
Nguyen Nam Tran
Last position:
Finance + Project Management Advisor
- Operational and financial support for the start-up build of a medical care center brand in Germany with 11–25 planned locations
- Designing a scalable site rollout model including a standardized ramp-up (go-live, capacity, FTE plan, revenue/cost projections)
- Developing an operating model and making TCO/make-or-buy decisions
- Building site business cases (revenue mix, cost structure, break-even, sensitivities) to prioritize the expansion pipeline
- Setting up liquidity and financing planning, including deriving funding requirements
- Establishing a reporting structure for transparency on performance and scaling progress
- Implementing budgeting and forecasting (rolling forecast, scenario analyses) for operational control of the medical care center build
- Standardizing employment contract templates and supporting the hiring setup
Gilbert Huwar
Last position:
Process Design: Solution Development and Release Management at E.ON Digital Services
- Led workstream for analysis and optimisation of the solution development and release process within the newly established organizational structure
- Analyzed and adopted existing processes after transition of technical responsibility to E.ON Digital Services
- Supported the agile development approach within engineering teams
- Established a unified workflow for business requirements and clear communication interfaces, documented using Atlassian Jira on both the business and engineering sides
- Created dashboards with Rich Filters for Jira Dashboards to provide an overview of feature releases and their connection to technical releases
- Designed new burnup charts and statistics per release to improve transparency of overall technical progress at the product level
Gernot Lang
Last position:
Founder and Managing Director at Softwerk/Ruhr GmbH
- Architecting and developing SaaS platform for graphical definition and execution of pandas data processing pipelines
- Developed POlyglott, an open-source Python CLI tool for translation workflow management featuring PO file parsing, quality linting with glossary enforcement, and DeepL API integration for machine translation
- Developed web application for material compliance management (EU REACH) using Django and modern web technologies
- Built automated infrastructure platform using Proxmox, Terraform, and Ansible — VM provisioning, configuration management, internal DNS, and fleet-wide security hardening across multiple subnets
Thomas Martin
Last position:
Managing Partner, Transformation Consultant at THRIVE8
- Established and led the Enterprise PMO to increase the growth of a security provider in Germany
- Introduced SAFe in portfolio configuration to scale production for a security provider in Germany
- Built ESG performance management and defined KPIs for an energy company in Germany
Ayhan Ibraim
Last position:
Interim Procurement Manager at Cofinity-X GmbH
- High-level process and system analysis
- Support for building a new process and system landscape
- Systems: SAP MM, SAP SRM, SAP WM/EWM, SAP R3/S4 HANA, Navision, E2E
- E-Procurement: SAP Ariba, Coupa
Nermin Kasumovic
Last position:
Service Manager, Change Manager, Project Manager at ITZ-Bund
- Responsible for service management and change management within the ITZ-Bund network.
- Creating, tracking, and modifying change requests for applications and infrastructure at ITZ-Bund.
- Adapting and extending change management processes.
- Ensuring required technical functionality of specific applications (beBPo Web, Governikus Multi Messenger GMM).
- Project management activities for individual projects within the ITZ-Bund network.
- Managing and ensuring availability of external service providers (Governikus, Materna).
- Participation in an FMS audit (documentation description, processes, quality) for individual agencies of ITZ-Bund.
- Monitoring deadlines and milestones, reporting project progress to various stakeholders.
- Single point of contact (SPOC) for various departments, weekly fixed meetings with clients and status meetings.
- Creating and planning infrastructure G2X maps, monitoring, and status reporting to clients and external service providers.
- Participation in certificate requests and certificate exchange for customer-specific infrastructure and applications.
- Planning, coordinating, and executing communication for announcing, carrying out, and following up on planned activities.
- Monitoring effort and developing improvement suggestions.
- Skills/Tools: ITIL, Prince 2, Windows 10, Microsoft Office, Governikus products, Materna products, Confluence, Jira, BMC Remedy, Smart IT
Damian Kemner
Last position:
Independent advisory
- Valuation support; analysis of assets, ownership/intercompany structures, reporting, and asset-transfer issues
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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Project
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
2.1 years (Germany: 5.3 years)
Positions per freelancer
17 (Germany: 15)
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Energy
Certification focus areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
75% (Germany: 88%)
Master's degree or higher
56% (Germany: 53%)
Doctorate
6% (Germany: 9%)
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
100% (Germany: 98%)
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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Average rates of experts in Essen using Microsoft Project
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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
Planning control
Microsoft Project is used to build and manage project plans with clear tasks, dates, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths. Strong specialists turn rough scopes into schedules that teams can follow and update as work changes.
Core workflows
- Create work breakdown structures and task links
- Set baselines and track plan drift
- Balance resources and calendars
- Maintain Gantt charts and timeline views
- Prepare status reports for leaders and stakeholders
Ecosystem fit
A Microsoft Project specialist often works with Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI, and the rest of the Microsoft stack. In many companies, the tool sits inside wider delivery processes, so clean file structure, reporting discipline, and version control matter as much as the plan itself.
When specialists help
Companies bring in freelance professionals when plans are late, resource conflicts are growing, or reporting needs to be reset. This also helps during PMO setup, portfolio clean-up, template design, or a move from old desktop files to more shared ways of working.
What good work looks like
Strong experts keep schedules realistic and easy to maintain. They understand dependencies, calendars, constraints, and the difference between a tidy plan and a useful one.
- Clear logic and stable task structure
- Practical resource and capacity thinking
- Accurate status updates without clutter
Essen collaboration
In Essen, companies often need support that fits both local office work and remote delivery. MS Project experts can work on-site for workshops, schedule recovery, or PMO setup, then continue remotely with regular plan updates and stakeholder reporting in English or German.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about Microsoft Project — answered in short.
Microsoft Project is used to plan work, map dependencies, track milestones, and keep schedules under control. Companies bring it in when they need a structured view of delivery, resources, and dates across one project or a full portfolio.
Microsoft Project is better when task links, critical path, baselines, and resource views matter. Excel can track lists, but it does not give the same scheduling logic or change control, so it is usually the weaker choice for active project planning.
A strong MS Project specialist usually also knows project management basics, reporting, and stakeholder communication. In many setups, Excel, Power BI, SharePoint, and Teams are important because the schedule needs to feed reports and daily coordination.
It depends on the problem. Simple plan cleanup or template setup may need a focused specialist, while portfolio reporting, resource planning, or a rescue plan needs deeper Microsoft Project experience and a solid understanding of delivery methods.
Yes, Microsoft Project works well for remote work when updates, approvals, and reporting are handled clearly. For teams in Essen, that often means remote schedule maintenance with occasional on-site sessions for planning workshops or stakeholder alignment.
Look for clean schedules, sensible dependency logic, and evidence that the person can keep a plan usable after the first version. A good Microsoft Project professional explains assumptions clearly, handles resource conflicts well, and builds reports that managers can actually read.
Yes. Microsoft Project is still common where structured scheduling matters, especially in PMO work, engineering delivery, and complex internal programs. Many teams pair it with cloud tools for communication and reporting, rather than replacing it entirely.
Typical deliverables include a task plan, Gantt view, milestones, resource assignments, baseline setup, and status reporting structure. In better engagements, the Microsoft Project expert also leaves behind a reusable template and clear rules for maintaining the plan.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Essen, Germany who have used Microsoft Project in their recent projects is 118 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 943 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Essen, Germany who have used Microsoft Project in their recent projects, 75% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 56% hold at least a Master's degree, and 6% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Essen, Germany who have used Microsoft Project in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Essen, Germany who have used Microsoft Project in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and French (23%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Essen, Germany who have used Microsoft Project in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Manufacturing (73%), and Energy (55%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Essen, Germany who have used Microsoft Project in their recent projects are Project Management (95%), Information Technology (82%), and Operations (82%).
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