PVCS Experts in Germany
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Meet FRATCH Experts in Germany, who have recently used PVCS
Kai Pankatz
Last position:
Oracle Project Management and DBA at Scope Solutions AG
- Installation, maintenance and regular upgrade of the DB systems with 19x
- Use of OPatch and RU 19.27 on RHEL 8x, SLES 15.x and Windows
- DBA for DACH and European customers in production and last test environments (e.g. Konrad Adenauer) as well as others in CDB
- Processes via Confluence
- Support in operations for customers SR via Metalink
Michael Müller
Last position:
IT PROJECT MANAGER (MS Exchange) at Statutory Health Insurance on behalf of Randstad Digital Germany (formerly AUSY Technologies Germany)
Migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 and Exchange Online, as well as the introduction of a backup solution and an archiving solution. The goal was a secure, compliant, and high-performance modernization of the email and archiving infrastructure.
Responsibilities as IT PROJECT MANAGER: Overall project management and operational control / Ensuring adherence to costs and resources / Ensuring achievement of project objectives / Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance guidelines, including ISMS, ITIL, and data protection regulations / Preparing and delivering management reports for the project sponsors and project committee / Coordinating interdisciplinary teams from Exchange, network, data protection, and IT security / Planning and executing the system migration from Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019 / Planning and executing the system migration from Exchange 2019 to Exchange Online / Planning and implementing a backup solution for Exchange Online / Coordinating an EU-wide tender for an archiving solution including market analysis with potential vendors / Planning and implementing an archiving solution for Exchange Online / Coordinating and preparing the necessary BAS notifications in the project context / Coordinating and aligning with stakeholders (e.g. business units, external service providers, and suppliers) for requirements definition and implementation
Technical environment: MS Exchange 2016, MS Exchange 2019, MS Exchange Online, MS Office, MS Planner, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Teams
Paul Privler
Last position:
Independent Consultant – Industry/ Embedded/ IoT at Self-employed
Consulting and support in the areas of sales/business/technology/development/marketing:
- Sales, Key Account Management
- Business Development, business/corporate development
- Partner management
- Program/project management
- Product management & marketing
- Technical marketing, content marketing
- New business, innovation and technologies
Until July 2021 active as advisor and consultant for Mixed Mode in the areas of Key Account Management, Project Management and Business Development.
From Q3/2021 successful delivery of various customer projects in the area of Business Development, corporate development, consulting, coaching, technical content management, sales and marketing:
- EMS service provider and PCB test house, inspection systems: revision of company portfolio and presentation. Integration of specialized distribution for optical inspection systems from Japan: content management, marketing, communication, web, sales automation, lead generation
- Full service marketing agency – technology marketing for industry: expansion of the existing B2B and B2C marketing portfolio with industrial and technology topics: content management, presentation and focus on "technical marketing", web, target market and customer analysis, lead automation, consulting
- Software product manufacturer & software development in the field of security for Embedded & IoT: company alignment and portfolio definition for an IoT and Embedded Security company with a SaaS solution for IoT device management: building a partner network to offer complete Embedded/IoT security solutions, technical content, company alignment and portfolio definition, strategy & planning, target market and customer analysis, product marketing/USPs for the security device management tool "IoT-Suite", standards and regulations for cyber resilience (e.g. CRA, NIS2, RED), web content, SEO, management of marketing and sales agencies, CRM, sales, presentations, trade fairs, congresses, building company webinars & events
- Software engineering service provider/system house for IoT, Embedded, web, mobile and desktop applications: business development, content creation, customer acquisition and sales
- Manufacturer of memory products with security features as an add-on: memory products in standard form factors (SD, CF, SSD...) are extended with security modules such as HSM, TPM or secure elements and thus offer users secure data storage, transfer and access. Also interesting as an upgrade or retrofit solution to meet the coming new regulations and requirements regarding cybersecurity such as CRA, RED and NIS2. Business & New Business Development for the area "Embedded IoT Solutions & Security", sales & marketing. Expansion of the pure semiconductor business to include security solutions and services. Interface between management, marketing, sales and product management. Building business partners, technology partners, system integrators and resellers from the Embedded, IoT, OT and IT environment. Creating reference designs/demos/lighthouse cases and proof of concepts for cross- and reference selling. Co-marketing with security partners. Technical content creation for web, sales and marketing, webinars, social media etc. Networking, participation in trade fairs, congresses and events. Lead generation, qualification, follow-up and conversion to customer. Product definition, USPs, features. Analysis of competitors, market positioning, target markets - strategy, concept and measures - go to market.
- Marketing agency group with sales and management consulting: consulting for companies on restructuring, market analysis and market entry, go-to-market concepts, customer acquisition and expansion, new customer generation, lead generation and management, concepts and execution of campaigns (web, mail, social media, phone outreach in person or with AI voice assistant, webinars...). Processing and managing customer product data for PIM product information and DAM data asset management systems. Focus on customers in the industrial and technology environment with products and services that need explanation.
Stefan Marx
Last position:
Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer
- Design, planning and execution of complex acceptance tests for a document exchange platform for the German justice authorities.
- Validation of decrypted and certificate-based message exchange via web platform, mobile app, and Java API.
- Documentation of test cases, execution steps, and test results.
- Technologies: Windows 11/10, Ubuntu, iOS, Android, Bash for Windows, Java 17, IntelliJ, Git, Jira, Confluence, Citrix Server, xJustiz standard implementation, specific justice software.
Moulay Driss Sennaoui
Last position:
Project Safety Manager at Harman Automotive International
- FuSi requirements engineering in Doors for tell-tales, reverse camera and chimes
- Draft system requirements specification
- Maintain and review requirements in Doors (DNG)
- Coordinate HW, system and SW architecture teams
- Safety work product roadmap and delivery planning according to ISO 26262 and ASPICE
- Track deadlines with functional safety gate assessments
- Project capacity planning and coordination up to series release
- SW/system planning and coordination with counterparts in India, Romania, China and USA
- Track SOP milestones with customer
- Bug tracking and follow-up with Jira
- Safety analyses and HSIS requirement traceability
- Plan organizational work packages using sprints
- Coordinate ISO 26262 and ASPICE work products in the V-model development process
- Create the safety plan and the safety-critical plan
- Interface between functional safety management, HW development and software development
- Clarify and align requirements regarding quality, FuSi, standards and A-SPICE
- Coordinate between different suppliers for SoC, HW and SW quality and KPIs
Michael Sartori
Last position:
IT & Test Consultant at Testing Experts GmbH
AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an E-Book on the Use of AI in Software Testing
- Designing and creating an e-book on the meaningful and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
- Using generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and variant creation, with final technical review and approval of all content based on my own expertise.
- Developing practical opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of "tester vs. AI".
- Title: "11 Strong Reasons: Dream Team Instead of Rivals - Testers and AI Are Unbeatable Together"
- Subtitle: "How humans and machines form the perfect team in software testing—and why pure AI testing is risky."
- Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, client presentations, or internal training.
- Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of professional testing experience, common sense.
Holger Guschigk
Last position:
Test Automation Engineer, Quality Assurance Consultant at T-Systems
- Poliks – State Police System for information, communication, and case management and other state variants (ViVa, Bravo, customs)
- Developed a test framework for test automation to replace an existing proprietary test client for new developments, focusing on easy maintenance and simple extensibility for new technologies
- Designed the architecture
- Implemented the architecture
- Created a proof of concept by migrating existing test cases into the new test framework
- Platform: C#, .NET, Jira, XRay, Confluence, Playwright, Selenium, UI Automation, Appium, HTML, Git, VMWare, Windows 11, Linux
Hans-Dieter Große-Kreul
Last position:
Training as an AI Expert
I continuously expand my expertise in AI and automation, working with ChatGPT, OpenAI, Manus, Gemini, MS CoPilot, API, LangChain, Hugging Face, Manus, TensorFlow and Auto-GPT as well as Python-based ML frameworks and MLOps tools to intelligently transform classic software development, analysis, and testing processes.
Vitor Rodrigues
Last position:
Test Coordinator Automation at Pro4all
- Designed and built from scratch the automation framework using Playwright, Typescript, JavaScript, Gherkin, Cucumber, BDD, Maven, IntelliJ IDEA
- Defined, developed and maintained test plans, test scripts, reports and other QA documentation in Confluence
- Created and maintained test data with SQL Server Management Studio, Toad and Faker.js
- Performed web services and API testing using Swagger Open API, SoapUI, JSON, HTML and XML
- Executed functional, smoke, regression, black box, GUI, cross-browser, UAT and E2E testing using CrossBrowserTesting and Safari Web Inspector
- Integrated and maintained automated scripts within sprints following Kanban, CI/CD, GitHub, Docker, Azure Pipelines, Agile, Scrum, Kafka and Kibana
- Raised and managed defects in Azure DevOps
- Conducted mobile testing with Robot Framework and Appium
Sebastian Hefczyk
Last position:
Overall Project Manager; Turnaround Manager & Coach at Statutory Health Insurance Fund
- Taking over the troubled project from the internal project management and successful turnaround of project phase 1 (cutover of approx. 1000 servers (VMs)/standard desktops, specialized desktops)
- Responsible project management for the successful phase 1 transition (planning in the shortest possible time followed by implementation (very successful with low ticket volume))
- Stakeholder management – taking over direct (daily before cutover) communication with the client from the Chief Operation Manager in the format of regular meetings in taskforce mode. Rapid rebuilding of the previously lost trust base and restoration of the client relationship for optimal satisfaction
- Taskforce mode to eliminate all existing issues/showstoppers before cutover
- Scope clarification, setup, and scheduling of phase 2 activities (e.g. silo/admin servers)
- Kick-off of phase 2 / handing the project back to the success line for the internal project management/line to handle the remaining defined topics
- Establishing, preparing, and conducting steering committees with V-1 management to align the guardrails
- Moderation of various regular meetings and operational workshops
- Participation in the lessons learned with the client to address dissatisfaction related to the internal project management (before my start! They are extremely satisfied with my work)
- Tools: Atlassian Suite (Confluence/JIRA), MIRO, Sharepoint; MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, MS Project)
Roland Rathmann
Last position:
Support in Ongoing Project at Automotive Supplier
- closing the safety case
- creation of meaningful traceability matrices and targeted test expansion
- transferring requirements into other database systems
- structuring the requirements, assessing their completeness, and setting up new test cases based on use-case–based test strategies and the results of internal traceability matrices
- partial automation of tasks within a requirement assessment tool
- tools and languages: MS Teams, reqIF, Enterprise Architect, Codebeamer, proprietary tools for creating and evaluating traceability matrices (approx. 1000 x 1000)
Ronald Tonn
Last position:
Product Owner at Dataport AöR
- Setting up and growing the business unit
- Stakeholder management
- Conducting and facilitating workshops to gather requirements
- Requirements analysis and solution design
- Backlog management
- Project planning and management
- Resource planning
Peter Brungs
Last position:
Data Warehouse Consultant (Development and Analysis) at Atruvia AG
- Developed and enhanced ETL loading jobs with IBM DataStage and optimized SQL in an IBM DB2 environment as part of the Agree21 data migration
- Analyzed data quality and developed test procedures
- Created PowerShell scripts and documented GIT deployment processes
- Technologies: RedHat Linux, IBM DB2 with DBVisualizer, IBM InfoSphere DataStage 11.7, JIRA, TortoiseGIT, TortoiseSVN, PowerShell scripts
Peter Neumann
Last position:
Pilot testing AI tools & sabbatical for house renovation
- Pilot testing local AI environments to explore local AI use cases and cloud-based AI solutions
- Evaluation of AI tools and techniques
- Use of local AI tools with own data sovereignty
- Prompt engineering
- Creation of example environments for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, text-to-image, text-to-video, and image-to-video
Tools: Grok, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Elevenlabs, Github, Ollama, HuggingFace, Open WebUI, Faster Whisper, LibreTranslate, WSL, Docker Desktop, Shotcut, Audacity, Sound eXchange, Ffmpeg, Coqui TTS, Pinokio, Stable Diffusion Web UI, ComfyUI, OWL, Void Editor
Hellmuth V. Künsberg
Last position:
Embedded Software Architect / Team Coordinator at Provider of system solutions in the field of electric drives
- Analysis and inventory of a system consisting of 2 control units
- Creation and derivation of the static software architecture
- Optimization and standardization of structures for model-based control
- Creation of the dynamic software architecture
- Development of improvement proposals in workshops with the customer
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Statistics of experts using PVCS
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
32 years
Position duration
3.3 years
Positions per freelancer
24
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Information Technology, Manufacturing, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
59%
Certifications per freelancer
2
Most common languages
German, English, French
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 Germany using PVCS
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
PVCS in practice
PVCS is a version control system used to manage source code, configuration files, and release history in older enterprise environments. Companies still rely on PVCS Version Manager and Serena PVCS for long-lived products, regulated systems, and teams that need traceable change control.
Typical work
- Maintain branches, labels, and baselines
- Recover repositories and clean up history
- Support release packaging and audit trails
- Integrate with build and test processes
- Plan migrations from PVCS to newer tools
Ecosystem and tools
Strong specialists know the PVCS client and repository structure, plus the scripts and interfaces used around it. They often work with build servers, ticketing systems, backup tooling, and export paths that connect PVCS to Git or other modern source control systems.
When teams bring help
Companies usually look for freelance expertise when a PVCS environment is old, lightly documented, or handled by a small internal team. That is common in Germany as well, especially where on-site access, German-language handover, or coordination with legacy operations teams matters.
What strong specialists do
A good PVCS specialist reads the repository like a record of decisions. They understand labels, workspaces, permissions, and dependency flow, and they can keep change control clear without breaking the release process.
Common project goals
- Keep a critical PVCS installation running
- Prepare a safe migration plan to Git or similar tools
- Document rules for branching and releases
- Fix broken integrations or access issues
- Train internal specialists on day-to-day use
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about PVCS, in one place.
PVCS is used to track source code, configuration files, and release history in systems that need strict change control. Many teams still use PVCS Version Manager or Serena PVCS for legacy products where traceability matters more than switching tools quickly.
Yes, those names are often used for the same family of tools, depending on the era and vendor branding. When companies search for PVCS, they may also mean PVCS Version Manager or Serena PVCS, especially in older enterprise setups.
PVCS is older and more centered on controlled repository management in legacy environments. Git is better suited to modern distributed workflows, while Subversion is often the closer comparison for centralized source control. The right choice depends on whether the goal is continued operation, integration, or migration.
A strong PVCS specialist usually also knows build scripts, release management, backup and recovery, and migration planning. Familiarity with Git, scripting, and old enterprise tooling is valuable when the work includes exports, audits, or system transitions.
PVCS work often needs someone who has already seen legacy repository layouts, old permissions models, and release branches in production. For simple support tasks, a capable specialist may be enough; for migration or recovery, you want deeper hands-on experience with the exact environment.
Many PVCS tasks can be done remotely if access, documentation, and test environments are in place. On-site support helps when the repository server is old, access is restricted, or the team needs direct handover with local operations staff. In Germany, both models are common.
Look for a PVCS specialist who can explain repository structure, branch and label strategy, and recovery steps in plain language. Good signs are clear documentation, safe change handling, and a practical plan for keeping the system running or moving away from it without data loss.
Before starting PVCS work, a freelancer should ask which product version is in use, how large and old the repository is, and whether migration is part of the scope. They should also confirm access, backup status, test systems, and who owns release approval.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used PVCS in their recent projects is 94 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 755 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Germany who have used PVCS in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree and 59% hold at least a Master's degree.
On average, freelancers in Germany who have used PVCS in their recent projects have 32 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.3 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used PVCS in their recent projects are German (96%), English (96%), and French (38%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used PVCS in their recent projects are Information Technology (92%), Manufacturing (77%), and Banking and Finance (65%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used PVCS in their recent projects are Information Technology (96%), Project Management (92%), and Product Development (88%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used PVCS
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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