Microsoft Power BI Experts in Munich

Independent advisory practice for strategy, organisational transformation, M&A / investor work and AI/data-enabled change.

• Short-term diagnostic and problem-solving mandates: rapid strategic and organisational assessments for leadership teams and Boards, translated into recommendations and transformation roadmaps.
• Organisational redesign and AI governance for an international group of approximately 1,500 employees: structure, mandates, decision rights and interfaces; AI-readiness and data-maturity assessment; vendor evaluation and selection; capability building.
• Design of a centralised Strategy Execution / Results Delivery Office for an industrial client: mandate, governance, portfolio steering, KPI logic, decision forums and implementation roadmap.
• Selected part-time mandate with SPARS GmbH (as a Business Development and Investments Director): developed M&A pipelines, assessed targets for strategic fit and synergy potential, led commercial due-diligence workstreams and investor / partner engagement.

• Taught ML, BI, and Big Data to Master's students.

Tech: Python, Power BI, SQL, ML, SnowflakeDB, databricks, MS Fabric, MongoDB, LLM

• IT Sourcing & Carve-out: RFP management for IT client hardware and services as part of the Rheinmetall carve-out.
• Contract Management: Drafting of MSAs and SOWs taking into account AVB, BVB and LSA as well as Service Delivery Contracts.
• Vendor Transition: Strategic transition management to replace legacy contracts and establish new supplier relationships.
• SaaS Procurement: Negotiation of SaaS license agreements based on TCO and cost-effectiveness analyses.
• KPI: On-time transition of all 12 global group contracts, achieving 18 % cost savings on the IT hardware basket and 20 % cost avoidance for SaaS licenses – measured against the critical carve-out project plan and achieved through structured transition management.

• Development of an AI-powered project organization tool for a civil engineering company that intelligently links project, task, tender, schedule, and document data through a knowledge graph.
• Implementation of AI features for document analysis, information extraction, context-based assistance, and voice-based data capture based on Microsoft Azure AI, reducing administrative effort, making information available faster, and supporting project teams in decision-making.
• Tech stack: Python, React, TypeScript, FastAPI, Claude Code, Codex, Graphify, PostgreSQL, Microsoft Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Speech, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Entra ID, Docker, Git, CI/CD.

• This project involved extraction of intelligence data to support report writing for a company that provides geopolitical, global, commercial intelligence. The data have been gathered from a number of resources (interview transcripts, online data, internal documents), and then a knowledge base has been build from it. This was the basis of a complex RAG system, that was evaluated against a golden dataset. Agents have been used to find out the contradicting intelligence, the statements supporting each other, and to store back the generated knowledge.

Used: Python, RAG, LangGraph, LangChain, deepeval, MCP

• Implemented optimized management control and PowerBI solutions for the Power and Gas departments
• Perform a value chain analysis and create a business case with three scenarios and a value creation roadmap

• Leading enterprise BI transformation across Power BI & Microsoft Fabric, delivering scalable data models, automated reporting, and high-performance analytics solutions for commercial and operational leadership.
• Building and optimizing Power BI Dataflows, Fabric Lakehouse datasets, semantic models, and automated reporting pipelines to improve data scalability, governance, and reporting performance.
• Driving dashboard modernization and KPI governance by translating complex business requirements into executive-level insights, interactive visualizations, and decision-ready analytics.
• Designing end-to-end Microsoft Fabric architectures integrating data ingestion, transformation, virtualization, and enterprise reporting across cross-functional business domains with SAP BW to Qlik to Power BI migration.
• Delivering AI-enabled reporting capabilities, threshold-based alerting, and automation frameworks within the Power BI ecosystem to accelerate business decision-making.
• Partnering with commercial leadership, analytics teams, and IT stakeholders to standardize KPIs, optimize BI strategy, and deliver scalable, business-critical reporting solutions.
• Recognized for combining strong stakeholder leadership, technical architecture expertise, and business-driven analytics to deliver impactful enterprise BI transformation initiatives.

PMO & Project Organization Blueprint for Restructuring

Renewable Energy / Solar Equipment

Technologies / Methods: PMO setup, KPI tracking, project organization, Jira, Confluence

• Developed measures to improve management control during a restruct...

Sub-project lead in an agile IT environment

Leading a software development team (10 employees)

• Leading a software development team with 10 employees
• Budget responsibility approx. 3 million euros per year
• Conducting employee and job interviews
• Responsibility for resource planning (budget and employees)
• Digitalization of a web interface
• Regular reporting to customers and stakeholders (C-level)
• Product management: developing and implementing product strategies; defining requirements to guide product development
• Structuring product development & continuous testing efficiently to quickly incorporate feedback & compliance points
• Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, set priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
• Project experience in an energy industry company, including the functioning of energy markets, the basics of energy generation and distribution, as well as current challenges and developments in the industry
• Project experience in the railway sector - including the structure and operation of railway systems.
• Project experience within the 16.7 Hz traction power sector incl. knowledge of regulatory processes
• Formulating the sub-project charter and the project profile according to the project standard together with the project management
• Controlling service delivery according to the project charter
• Planning and controlling human resources including budget planning for the sub-project
• Ensuring the work capacity of the sub-project participants, e.g. by requesting access rights and documents for the sub-project team
• Planning and control for the respective sub-project (time, scope, budget) including the creation of necessary documents
• Alignment with the business department and Product Owners to plan the sub-project scope and the corresponding implications
• Executing milestone planning according to the agreed process model
• Effort estimation and support of sub-project controlling as well as overall project controlling in forecasting and planning
• Reporting sub-project status (according to status slide template) including progress (according to progress measurement)
• Analyzing, preparing, and addressing action and decision requirements
• Escalating sub-project issues to the project management
• Creating and managing Change Requests (CR)
• Quality assessment of completed task packages from a project management perspective (time, scope, and budget)
• Implementation management of the overarching guidelines and requirements in the sub-project, supported by cross-functional roles on the functional and technical side.
• Identifying, managing, documenting, and communicating opportunities, risks, and dependencies within and across sub-projects
• Supporting project management in creating the overall project plan and overall status reports
• Preparing and managing commissioning including the required documents and protection needs assessment

Scrum Master in an agile IT environment supporting a software development team in the full-stack area (7 people)

• Close collaboration with stakeholders & various teams to understand requirements, set priorities, ensure rollout, and increase user-friendliness
• Implementation of the selected Scrum method, including the required events, meetings, artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, burndown charts), metrics, as well as conducting required training in an agile IT environment
• Preparation of Scrum events such as Daily, retrospectives, Review, Sprint planning, estimation, and refinement (agile way of working)
• Moderation of retrospectives and elimination of obstacles to move the team and product forward
• Preparation of action items and retros via whiteboard and Figma
• Application and improvement of agile methods such as Kanban, Scrum, SAFe, or Scrum of Scrums
• Tracking the "Definition of Done" and "Definition of Ready" for all work results of the development team
• Advising on information flow and communication improvements between Product Owner and project team
• Experience with automation, validation such as mandatory field checks, notification functions, creation of filters, boards, and reports via JQL, and setting up cycle time
• Use of Jira & Confluence
• Setting up a progress measurement for project management to transparently map planned vs. actual team capacities and actual efforts for user stories
• Measuring team progress: creating team KPIs: "velocity", "burn-down chart", "throughput", "costs", "quality", "scope"
• Evaluation of agile metrics, process management, and process modeling methods (BPMN, EPC, UML)
• Communication and moderation know-how
• Methodological competence proven in conflict discussions

• Advise organizations on integrating AI into project and program management practices, delivering measurable productivity improvements
• Designed and implemented an AI agent to improve project communication, transparency, and reporting quality

• Support migrants with visits to authorities or their search for housing
• Help children or adults with learning
• Create application documents or help find an apprenticeship

• Consulting across two integrated areas: Commercial Strategy (pricing, sales steering, marketing strategy, market expansion, margin management) and Operational Efficiency (process automation, AI integration, workflow design, last-mile automation).
• Development of custom SaaS solutions, explicitly tailored to the specific requirements and processes of each company.
• Delivery of AI training and change management workshops for managing directors and specialist departments, including AI competence training with a certificate of attendance under Art. 4 of the EU AI Act.

Outcome: Implementation of an APS solution (Eyelit) across multiple international production sites, including definition of target planning processes, integration architecture (SAP – APS via middleware), and alignment of complex manufacturing requirements (e.g. autoclave planning, alternative routings). Establishment of governance structures, steering formats and decision frameworks to manage scope, cost and timeline across multiple stakeholders. Successful handover of project leadership to internal successor, ensuring continuity and sustained project delivery.

Role in Project: Project Lead / Program Manager

Main Tasks in Project:

• Led APS implementation across multiple plants (Germany, Canada, France, US) with focus on end-to-end planning & scheduling processes and system integration
• Acted as central interface between business stakeholders (plants, operations), IT (SAP/middleware) and vendor (Eyelit)
• Drove requirements engineering, including consolidation of plant-specific requirements and steering of sign-off process
• Managed vendor (Eyelit) performance, including scope clarification, effort discussions and commercial alignment
• Identified and challenged gaps between standard APS functionality and complex manufacturing requirements (e.g. autoclave planning, batch optimization, alternative routings)
• Defined and implemented project governance structures, including Steering Committees, risk reporting and decision frameworks
• Led escalation management on cost overruns, scope deviations and delivery transparency
• Coordinated integration strategy (decision for custom middleware vs. standard connector) and alignment with SAP landscape
• Improved project transparency and way of working, including definition of reporting structures, tracking logic and communication cadence
• Facilitated alignment between global and local stakeholders to ensure feasible timelines, resource planning and plant readiness
• Prepared and delivered SteerCo updates and executive decision documents
• Managed structured project handover to internal project lead, including knowledge transfer, documentation alignment and stakeholder transition.

• Financial accounting: daily general ledger entries and month-end closing

• Preparation of FY 2024 financial group statements (subunits KF, KNL, KAU, KCH)

• Preparation of physical inventory for KF with inventory instructions for Logistic

• Further development of ERP Finance processes integration with MS Dynamics BC 14

• Implementation of electronic invoice verification and Multi Cash banking software

• Expansion of sales and e-commerce controlling toolbox and processes

• Preparation of budgets 2026, 2027, 2028, including investment plan, cost accounting

• Preparation and commentary on monthly reports for sub-units and Group

• Preparation of weekly financial plans, cash flow and liquidity plans

• Further development of sales controlling, focusing on margins & product profitability

• Creation and integration of accounting workflows for MS Dynamics

• Leadership focus: Stabilization of the finance team and clear scope of work responsibility

• Communication with banks, auditors, tax advisors, and tax authorities

• Complete and accurate monthly reporting for each business unit and the KF Group

• Preparation 2024 financial statements for KF Germany, KNL, KAU, and KNL with audit opinion

• Detailed setup and preparation of the KF 2026 budget for the management and shareholders

• Weekly cash flow planning coordinated with the management and shareholders

• Turnaround in net sales and EBIT from September 2025 onwards – stable growth

• Leadership & change through consistent, data-driven KPIs