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Yaroslav S.

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Senior Low-Code Consultant

Cologne
Yaroslav S.

Last position:

Senior Low-Code Consultant at Freelancer

  • Structured analysis and evaluation of business processes

  • Gathering, documenting, and prioritizing requirements

  • Creating business-friendly and technically executable process models

  • Use of Camunda tools

  • Deriving requirements and interfaces from BPMN diagrams

  • Coordination with stakeholders and business units

  • Translating business requirements into technical solution designs

  • Implementing efficient and tailored applications

  • Systematic collection, analysis, and documentation of requirements

  • Prioritizing and validating requirements in close collaboration with stakeholders

  • Alignment between business and development to ensure shared objectives

  • Creating use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria

  • Continuous requirements and change management throughout the project lifecycle

  • Define project goals and create project plans

  • Delegate tasks and monitor project progress

  • Monitor budgets and inform stakeholders

  • Mendix: Architecture, development, and maintenance of custom applications (Microflows, Domain Model, Security, XPath)

  • Modeling Mendix workflows for process optimization

  • Develop scalable apps with Mendix including REST/SOAP integration with SAP, SQL, Azure & SharePoint

  • UI design for Mendix using Atlas UI, Fluent UI, HTML, CSS, JavaScript

  • Develop web & mobile apps with Mendix using agile methods (Scrum, Kanban)

  • Implement business logic with Mendix Microflows and Nanoflows

  • Performance optimization and architecture improvements for Mendix applications

  • Conduct Mendix training

  • Create technical documentation and best practices for Mendix

  • Coaching and mentoring for low-code development with Mendix

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Carolin K.

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Freelance Digital Marketing & Communications

Cologne
Carolin K.

Last position:

Campaign Management CRM Loyalty at REWE Markt GmbH

Planning and delivery of cross-target group CRM and loyalty campaigns for the REWE Bonus Program across digital and offline channels. Coordination of cross-functional stakeholders and analysis of campaign performance to specifically improve customer engagement, new customer acquisition, and customer retention.

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Maurice H.

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Senior Product Owner

Hürth
Maurice H.

Last position:

Senior Product Owner at Hydra Lynx Ltd

  • Unified AI initiatives through the central coordination and integration of artificial intelligence projects to increase efficiency and business value.
  • Identified and prioritized AI use cases through business process analysis and translated them into structured product backlogs and roadmaps.
  • Led change management activities, including the introduction of new digital tools, communication strategies, and training concepts to support cultural change.
  • Managed requirements and processes through end-to-end requirements analysis, process modeling, and organizational optimization.
  • Scaled agile practices (Scrum, Kanban, OKRs) and promoted cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement.
  • Supported company-wide digital transformation by leading technical change initiatives and strengthening collaboration models.
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Eberhart N.

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IT Project Manager

Cologne
Eberhart N.

Last position:

IT Project Lead at Uniper.energy

Project: Rollout of new infrastructure components

  • Defined and managed the implementation of an overarching management framework with clear roles and responsibilities as part of the hardware rollout.
  • Designed and established governance and control mechanisms, including the development of compliance requirements and processes for continuous quality assurance, supported by ServiceNow.
  • Coordinated technical activities between service, infrastructure and specialist teams to ensure the smooth delivery and commissioning of printers and notebooks.
  • Created a detailed rollout plan with specific timelines, milestones and responsibilities.
  • Managed the procurement, delivery, testing, configuration, installation and on-site commissioning of hardware, including integration into existing IT systems.
  • Established and continuously optimized processes for the procurement, distribution and use of printers and notebooks.
  • Developed and implemented standardized provisioning processes, analyzed existing procedures, harmonized the processes involved and ensured compliance with security, compliance and quality requirements.
  • Introduced agile methods to continuously improve the hardware provisioning process.
  • Promoted collaboration through clear responsibilities and communication structures between internal IT teams and external service providers.
  • Documented and monitored rollout progress, created rollout reports and tracked hardware implementation in real time.
  • Supported change management and organized and delivered training sessions for end users.
  • Created user manuals and online resources.
  • Analyzed the existing hardware landscape, created hardware inventories, assessed current equipment and checked hardware compatibility.
  • Developed detailed infrastructure mappings.
  • Planned, organized and conducted structured interviews with key stakeholders and created requirements documents.
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Christoph S.

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Test Manager

Cologne
Christoph S.

Last position:

Test Manager at Logistics

  • Coordination and planning, execution, documentation, and analysis of test cases
  • Development of test concepts considering best practices (e.g., test pyramid) with a focus on reliable, automatable test runs
  • Implementation and maintenance of test cases according to the test concepts
  • Technologies: Citrix Workspace, Shopify, Jira, Xray, MS Teams, MS SharePoint, Confluence, MS Office 365
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Alexander R.

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IT Consultant

Monheim am Rhein
Alexander R.

Last position:

Business Analyst at Financial Services Provider Landesbank

The Helaba ATLAS project aims to modernize core systems and make them future-proof. As part of the subproject, the existing legacy system for international payments is being replaced by a modern web-based application.

  • Analysis of functional and technical requirements
  • Analysis and optimization of business processes
  • Process modeling
  • Preparation and facilitation of workshops
  • Defining project scope and prioritizing requirements
  • Business process management (analysis, modeling, and optimization)
  • Specification of user stories
  • Designing business and authorization concepts
  • Testing and acceptance
  • Designing mockups in Figma
  • Creating the UI/UX style guide for web applications Approach: Scrum (agile) Technologies: Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Conceptboard, Java, Vaadin, Figma
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Dirk H.

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Owner

Köln
Dirk H.

Last position:

Owner at Soorce GmbH

  • Working on a temporary assignment at REWE digital GmbH
  • Agile team coach for a team in brick-and-mortar retail
  • Coaching, lateral leadership, and facilitation
  • Establishing agile values and applying agile methods
  • Supporting team development and facilitating conflict resolution
  • Facilitating company-wide strategy workshops
  • Technologies: Kanban, Scrum, Microsoft Teams, Liberating Structures, Jira, Confluence, Concept Board, Miro, Test-Driven Development, OOP, DBMS (SQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL)
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Maximilian M.

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Interim Recruiter

Köln
Maximilian M.

Last position:

Interim Recruiter at Intersnack Group

  • End-to-end recruiting, consulting with specialist departments, writing job descriptions, scheduling interviews, building an automated recruiting process
  • Focus on project environments, ERP rollout, project management, business process experts
  • Active Sourcing, candidate identification and screening, requirements gathering, sourcing strategy, asset management and social media marketing, feedback discussions
  • Direct outreach, social media recruiting, performance recruiting, online marketing, building a talent pool
  • Employer branding, project controlling, leading and supporting interviews, Executive Search
  • MS Office 365, Exchange, Word, Excel, Agile Recruiting, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean/-XRay Search, MS Teams, Recruitee ATS
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Buket P.

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Team Productivity Manager (Scrum Master | Agile Coach)

Köln
Buket P.

Last position:

Team Productivity Manager (Scrum Master | Agile Coach) at EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG

  • Agile support for five teams in the Sales & Marketing cluster in B2C sales
  • Agile coaching and support in introducing and optimizing agile methods (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Facilitating Scrum events: planning and running Scrum meetings, workshops, and retrospectives
  • Team development by encouraging self-organization and productivity through coaching and targeted measures
  • Impediment management: identifying and removing obstacles to improve efficiency in B2C sales
  • Stakeholder management: collaborating with Product Owners and leaders to align goals
  • Promoting an agile culture by supporting change initiatives and implementing agile best practices
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Farhad N.

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Sales Engineer for DACH

Köln
Farhad N.

Last position:

Sales Engineer for DACH at AudioCodes Germany

  • providing technical assistance to the sales force during sales calls
  • providing pre-sales technical support
  • providing technical support during first time installation of new AudioCodes products together with partner/ end-customer
  • pre-sales technical interface to the channel/partner and managing of technical knowledge transfer to the partners
  • giving customer presentations and hands-on product demonstrations (e.g., AudioCodes Live Cloud, Express, OVOC)
  • providing product training to customers, prospects and sales during the pre-sales phase mainly AudioCodes endpoints like e.g., IP Phones, MTRs
  • leading RFPs/RFI technical responses
  • providing technical assistance to marketing for regional events (e.g., seminars, roadshows)
  • mainly focused on AudioCodes IP Phones (Generic SIP/Native Teams), AudioCodes MTRs, AudioCodes Collaboration Bars, Jabra endpoints, Sennheiser/Epos endpoints
  • management of endpoints like above via AudioCodes One Voice Operation Center and maintaining of this environment for customer workshops/ calls
  • management of AudioCodes IP Phones via Microsoft Endpoint Manager/ Intune and maintaining of this environment for customer workshops/ calls
  • building of automated cloud workflows (Power Automate) for internal AudioCodes DACH processes
  • trusted advisor for Microsoft products which interfere with AudioCodes products for DACH region
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Philipp F.

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Project Manager & Marketing Manager

Monheim am Rhein
Philipp F.

Last position:

Project Manager & Marketing Manager at umagine GmbH

  • Agile project management
  • Support for marketing projects
  • Building the marketing agency Brainverse UG
  • Corporate communication
  • Content creation
  • Copywriting
  • CI/CD development
  • Technical consulting for digital transformation
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Christian Michael M.

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Project Lead, Process Specialist for M&A (PMI)

Cologne
Christian Michael M.

Last position:

Sponsor & Project Lead at WAITS Software- und Prozessberatungsgesellschaft mbH

  • Sponsor of two spin-off products based on the AI and BPM tool BPMaaS, called “kionera” and “myATHENA”
  • Defined project goals and developed product strategy
  • Designed and built the kionera platform on shared or dedicated GPU servers using Docker and open-source LLMs
  • Provided the API for custom applications
  • Developed and designed managed services based on the BOC Group’s ADONIS BPM system
  • Supported feature definition and planning of ADONIS/BPMN training
  • Created a WordPress website with a subscription payment gateway
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Petal S.

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Medical Editor, Senior Associate/Consultant, Quality Assurance

Leverkusen
Petal S.

Last position:

Senior Associate/Consultant, Quality Assurance at Elanco Animal Health

  • Conducted GCP/GLP audits, compiled quality metrics, supported inspection and documentation for regulatory submissions
  • Collaborated with clinical, technical, regulatory, study execution, and management teams
  • Reviewed systems and processes in preparation for EU and global regulatory filings
  • Edited quality and regulatory documents for internal and external review
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Furkan K.

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Business Analyst

Köln
Furkan K.

Last position:

Business Analyst at Deutsche Bahn Systel AG

  • Supported the seamless migration of an existing ServiceNow application to a new environment.
  • Created detailed user stories as the basis for acceptance and test execution.
  • Ensured that all requirements were met and the functionality of the new application was confirmed through this structured approach.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution and involve all relevant parties in the migration process.

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Statistics of experts using Microsoft Teams

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

18 years (Germany: 22 years)

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne have 18 years of professional experience on average. It is 4 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 22 years.

Position duration

1.8 years (Germany: 2.9 years)

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne stay in a single position for 1.8 years on average. It is 1.1 years less than in Germany, where the average stands at 2.9 years.

Positions per freelancer

11 (Germany: 14)

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne have completed 11 positions on average over the course of their careers. It is 3 fewer than in Germany, where the average stands at 14.

Top business areas

Project Management, Information Technology, Product Development

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

Top industries

Information Technology, Professional Services, Telecommunication

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne are most in demand in Information Technology, Professional Services, and Telecommunication.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Project Management, and Product Development.

Bachelor's degree or higher

88% (Germany: 84%)

88% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne hold at least a Bachelor's degree. It is 4% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 84%.

Master's degree or higher

59% (Germany: 53%)

59% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne hold at least a Master's degree. It is 6% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 53%.

Doctorate

12% (Germany: 8%)

12% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne have a doctorate (PhD). It is 4% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 8%.

Certifications per freelancer

5 (Germany: 4)

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne hold 5 professional certifications on average. It is 1 more than in Germany, where the average stands at 4.

Most common languages

German, English, Spanish

Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne most often speak German, English, and Spanish.

Speak two or more languages

100% (Germany: 98%)

100% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne speak two or more languages. It is 2% higher than in Germany, where the rate stands at 98%.

Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.

Daily rate distribution

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60% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne charge less than €800 per day.
30% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne charge between €800 and €1200 per day.
5% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne charge between €1200 and €1600 per day.
5% of Microsoft Teams experts in Cologne charge €1600 or more per day.
<€800 €800-​1200 €1200-​1600 €1600+

The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Cologne 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 in Cologne using Microsoft Teams

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

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Daily rate avg. 769 €
Germany avg. 808 €

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 760 €
Germany median 800 €

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

Microsoft Teams 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 (73%)
  • Professional Services (55%)
  • Telecommunication (41%)
  • Banking and Finance (36%)
  • Healthcare (36%)
  • Transportation (36%)
  • Retail (36%)
  • Advertising (32%)

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

About the technology

Collaboration foundation

Microsoft Teams brings chat, meetings, calling, file collaboration and structured team workspaces into one Microsoft 365 environment. Companies use it to connect distributed staff, support customer and internal meetings, and replace disconnected communication tools with governed collaboration. Its desktop, web and mobile apps support work across offices, sites and remote teams.

Ecosystem and setup

Strong Teams specialists work across the wider Microsoft stack rather than treating the app as an isolated product. Their work can include:

  • Microsoft 365 groups, SharePoint sites and OneDrive file storage
  • Exchange Online calendars, Outlook integration and meeting policies
  • Teams Phone, calling plans, direct routing and contact centre connections
  • Power Platform workflows, approvals and custom team apps
  • Microsoft Entra ID, device management and security controls

Projects that need expertise

Companies bring in freelance professionals for tenant rollouts, migrations from Skype for Business, governance reviews and workspace redesigns. They also support mergers, office changes, hybrid work programmes and the introduction of Teams Phone. In Cologne, specialists may need to balance remote delivery with workshops at local offices, while communicating clearly with German- and English-speaking stakeholders.

Governance and adoption

A useful Teams environment needs more than enabled accounts. Specialists define naming rules, lifecycle processes, guest access, retention settings and meeting policies. They map teams and channels to real business structures, create user guidance and prepare support teams so adoption does not produce unmanaged workspaces or confusing notification flows.

Signs you need a specialist

Bring in external expertise when collaboration has become difficult to control or the current setup no longer fits the organisation. Typical signals include:

  • Teams, channels and SharePoint sites are created without clear ownership
  • Meetings, recording access or guest collaboration create recurring support issues
  • Calling quality, number management or telephony integration is unreliable
  • A migration needs planning without disrupting active work
  • Security, compliance or lifecycle policies are inconsistent

What strong professionals deliver

The strongest Microsoft Teams professionals connect configuration with business outcomes. They document decisions, test policies with representative users and explain trade-offs without hiding complexity. Look for experience with Microsoft 365 administration, identity, networking, security and change enablement, plus the ability to troubleshoot meeting media, permissions and integrations. Clear handover material and measurable acceptance criteria matter as much as technical configuration.

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Frequently asked questions

Not sure where to start with Microsoft Teams? These answers cover the essentials.

Microsoft Teams is used for business chat, online meetings, voice calls, file collaboration and team-based workspaces. It connects closely with Microsoft 365 services such as SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange Online and Power Platform.

Microsoft Teams combines persistent chat, meetings, telephony and Microsoft 365 content in one environment. Slack may suit organisations focused on channel-based messaging, while Zoom is often selected primarily for meetings; the right choice depends on existing systems, governance needs and calling requirements.

A strong Teams specialist should understand Microsoft 365 administration, Microsoft Entra ID, SharePoint, Exchange Online and endpoint management. For voice projects, knowledge of networking, session border controllers, telephony and call quality analysis is also important.

The answer depends on the scope. A focused policy or workspace review may need a specialist who can assess configuration and governance, while a tenant migration or Teams Phone rollout calls for proven planning, testing, identity, networking and adoption experience.

Yes. Microsoft Teams configuration, documentation, testing and user sessions can usually be handled remotely, with on-site workshops added when offices, meeting rooms or telephony equipment need inspection. Clear German or English communication should match the stakeholder group.

Ask for examples of comparable tenant rollouts, governance work, migrations or voice integrations. Check whether the professional can explain decisions, document permissions and policies, test with users, and define a controlled handover rather than only performing configuration tasks.

A quality Microsoft Teams implementation has clear ownership, predictable access, tested meeting and calling behaviour, sensible lifecycle rules and usable documentation. It should also show how support teams handle incidents and how changes are reviewed after launch.

Microsoft Teams can support organisations with strict security and compliance requirements when its identity, access, retention, audit and sharing controls are configured carefully. A specialist should map those controls to internal policies and verify guest access, devices, recordings and connected Microsoft 365 services.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Teams in their recent projects is 96 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 769 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Teams in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 59% hold at least a Master's degree, and 12% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Teams in their recent projects have 18 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.8 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Teams in their recent projects are German (100%), English (95%), and Spanish (18%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Teams in their recent projects are Information Technology (73%), Professional Services (55%), and Telecommunication (41%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Cologne, Germany who have used Microsoft Teams in their recent projects are Project Management (82%), Information Technology (77%), and Product Development (59%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Microsoft Teams

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

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