Matthias Kittner
General ERP and AI Consulting
Experience
Dec 2024 - Present
8 months Villmergen, Switzerland
General ERP and AI Consulting
SWISSNORM
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Improve and properly define internal processes
- Requirement management and selection of an ERP system
- Consulting on choosing, introducing, and using AI to optimize processes
- Systems and technology: ERPnext
Nov 2024 - Present
9 months Balingen, Germany
Process and AI Consulting
Holzland Reichert
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Improve internal processes
- Requirement management and selection of a project planning system
- Consulting on choosing, introducing, and using AI to optimize processes
- Systems and technology: ClickUp, ChatGPT and other AI models, Python, n8n, make.com, Zapier
Aug 2024 - Present
1 year Jena, Germany
IT Architecture & DevOps & Coach
schmidt&töchter
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Set up software development and DevOps processes
- Coaching the software development team
- Consulting on development projects (requirement management, continuous architecture, TDD architecture, risk analysis, processes)
- AI implementation consulting
- Systems and technology: ERPnext, open source, Python
May 2024 - Dec 2025
8 months Munich, Germany
Infrastructure Architecture & DevOps
Cerulean Circle
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Build a cloud architecture to support rapid prototyping of MVPs
- Set up DevOps practices and operational deployments using Docker, VMWare, and AI
- Document and train stakeholders on using and evolving this infrastructure
May 2023 - Apr 2024
1 year Mannheim, Germany
Identity and Access Management (IAM)
ABB Group
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Analyze current IAM implementation:
- Explore all processes and capture all stakeholders, systems, data sources, and data flows
- Document potential weaknesses in the process and overall architecture
- Run workshops to gather expert knowledge
- Stakeholder and expectation management
- Build the target architecture:
- Collect and document required and desired use cases
- Design the target architecture for the future IAM platform and plan transformation steps
- Support ongoing development of the new IAM platform:
- Code reviews
- Consulting on development guidelines
- Hands-on discussions to implement architectural requirements
- Request and review required data adjustments and MVP implementations
- Systems and technology: ServiceNow, ClearSkye (IAM on ServiceNow), Python, Groovy, diagram-as-code frameworks
May 2023 - Jan 2024
9 months Wolfsburg, Germany
Domain, Solution, and Enterprise Architecture
Volkswagen AG
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Advise on creating and evolving an SAP platform strategy:
- Maintain and update documentation and LeanIX entries
- Analyze, evaluate, and model existing business and technical capabilities
- Derive required business and technical capabilities for a Business Technology Platform
- Advise on gap analyses for existing and needed platform capabilities
- Advise on developing a Business Technology Platform capability map
- Develop & advise on a technical target picture for (after-)sales:
- Create a technical target picture for (after-)sales (including spare parts business)
- Identify action items for new vehicle projects
- Derive an initial IT target picture that meets known and unknown functional and technical requirements (focus on warranty processes for multiple brands and markets)
- Run workshops to gather expert knowledge
- Stakeholder and expectation management
- Advise on the architectural target for 2023 and 2030 plus decommissioning and modernization planning to 2030
- Set up processes to maintain a target architecture in LeanIX (EAM service)
- Advise on API layer guidelines
- Systems and technology: LeanIX, Python, JIRA/Confluence, REST
Jan 2022 - May 2023
5 months Munich, Germany
Proof of Concept Web VR Application
Cerulean Circle
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Project for “The Line” by NEOM, Saudi Arabia in partnership with Cerulean Circle and idea.la, Los Angeles – An application to show a potential buyer an apartment in a Metaverse (VR), manage a land register, and handle the entire sales process.
- QA and DevOps
- Set up and implement automated testing and deployment processes
- Define development guidelines
- Part of the architecture team
- Systems and technology: Docker, Python, Bash, JavaScript, wo-da.de framework
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
5 months Mannheim, Germany
System and Architecture Inventory
ABB Konzern
- as Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Inventory of software and hardware systems across six ABB locations in Germany
- Examine current system management processes by interviewing stakeholders, reviewing CMDB data, documentation, and other sources
- Assess risks to avoid outages, security, and compliance issues
- Develop recommended transformation goals and steps
- Systems and technology: ServiceNow as CMDB, IGAR (proprietary ABB service), connectors (Python)
Jul 2022 - Present
3 years 1 month Weimar, Germany
Digital Architect and AI Consultant (AI Consulting – Enterprise Architecture – DevOps & IT Transformation – Digitization)
Matthias Kittner Consulting
- Enterprise architecture
- Decision models
- Business/IT strategy
- Product architecture
- IT transformation
- Cloud journey
Jan 2021 - Jun 2022
6 months Berlin, Germany
Head of Architecture
Ratepay GmbH
- Lead the company-wide architecture team
- Establish an architecture organization as the standard architectural advisor for projects and initiatives
- Set up architecture processes (reviews and governance, architecture definition, and distributed decision-making)
- Create and maintain internal communication and transparency to embed the new architecture organization
- Define and maintain an Architecture Blueprint (principles, business architecture, guardrails, and decision guidelines)
- Provide hands-on architecture support for IT engineering and infrastructure initiatives, coaching and mentoring
- Lead a team of five architects and hire new architects; part of the IT leadership team
- Enterprise architecture: central management of architecture documentation and selection of a tool for business and process architecture to meet operational and compliance requirements using TOGAF with a focus on security, availability, and governance in a highly regulated environment
Feb 2019 - Dec 2021
2 years 11 months Paris, France
Head of Software Architecture and DevOps
ESI Group
- Lead the enterprise architecture and DevOps teams
- Strengthen agile architecture, automation, and DevOps practices
- Manage four multicultural teams (17 people in France, Germany, USA): DevOps, enterprise architecture, sales, documentation
- Control costs, manage staff and resources, cross-functional projects, and process improvements
- Chair the Enterprise Architecture Board (8-10 software architects)
- Shape the culture of software architecture processes (including architecture committees in individual departments)
- Provide tools, processes, and best practices to improve development team performance
May 2016 - Feb 2019
2 years 10 months Paris, France
Platform Architect
ESI Group
- Lead software and enterprise architect to build the Corporate Architecture Board
- Create and lead this body, shaping the culture of software architecture processes in the company (8-10 software architects)
- Define and maintain a Corporate Architecture Blueprint
- Lead projects in international teams
- Review software architecture and manage technical debt
- CAE and VR software on cloud and on-premises
- Architecture consulting for the entire portfolio
Jun 2015 - Apr 2016
11 months Stuttgart, Germany
Senior Software Architect
ESI Software Deutschland GmbH
- Software architect for platform-related topics
- Lead the architecture board (one department) (5 software architects)
- C/C++, Fortran, OpenGL, CUDA, Git
- Project lead with an international team and outsourced development in Nepal (5 offshore developers)
Oct 2013 - May 2015
1 year 8 months Bad Gandersheim, Germany
Sabbatical / Student
Glaubenszentrum
- Sabbatical, training in supernatural discipleship, Bible study.
Aug 2012 - May 2015
2 years 10 months Stuttgart, Germany
Team Lead & Software Architect
ESI Software Deutschland GmbH
- Technical and team lead, project management (4 people)
- C/C++, Java, OpenGL, Bash, CMake, Git, Qt
- Chair of the Software Architecture Board (5 software architects)
- Architecture reviews and support for various teams (Germany, France, Switzerland, India, USA), multicultural international teams
Oct 2007 - Jul 2012
4 years 10 months Darmstadt, Germany
Team Lead Software Development
ICIDO GmbH
- Lead a team and develop core software components (4 developers)
- Team lead, project management, technical lead
- Responsible for the core of a highly distributed client/server software portfolio, focusing on performance, scalability, extensibility, and software architecture; major refactoring projects to renew the software core
- C/C++, Linux, Windows, Java, OpenGL, Bash, Make, SVN, Qt
- Set up a Software Architecture Board (5 software architects)
Jan 2004 - Sep 2007
2 years 9 months Darmstadt, Germany
Lead Software Engineer
vrcom GmbH
- Technical responsibility for software components, development and maintenance, project lead (4-8 developers)
- VR software, Windows/Linux, C/C++, OpenGL, Bash, Make, SVN
- Rewrite and refactor our software portfolio
Jan 1999 - Dec 2004
5 years Darmstadt, Germany
Software Engineer
vrcom GmbH
- Software development, project lead
- VR software, hardware, projection, mathematics
- C/C++, IRIX, Linux, SunOS, OpenGL, Bash, Make, SVN
Jul 1999 - Nov 1999
5 months Singapore, Singapore
Student Assistant
Fraunhofer CAMTech @ NTU
- Wrote a diploma thesis in computer science
- Topic: “Synchronization of Scene Graphs in Shared Virtual Environments”
- C/C++, SGI (IRIX OS), VR hardware
- Implemented a distributed system enabling collaboration between Singapore and Germany
Sep 1997 - Dec 1999
2 years 4 months Darmstadt, Germany
Student Assistant
Fraunhofer IGD
- Internship semester: software development for virtual reality
- Study project: “Design and Implementation of a GUI for Managing Multi-dimensional Interaction Devices”
- C/C++, SGI (IRIX OS), VR hardware, CVS and RCS (as SCM), GUI, OpenGL, Bash, Make
Jul 1993 - Sep 1994
1 year 3 months Schmalkalden, Germany
Civil Service
Christliche Wohnstätten GmbH
- Care and support of people of all ages with severe physical and mental disabilities in a care home.
Summary
AI is my passion. It enables faster workflows, higher throughput, and greater efficiency. But for it to really work, processes need to be well thought out and adapted.
For over three decades, I have analyzed and improved business and IT architectures. Along the way, I learned how hard it can be to bring many individual parts together into a coherent whole.
I help you structure your processes, reduce complexity, and make the most of AI’s benefits. This creates clarity and stability for sustainable growth.
Languages
German
Native
English
Advanced
Russian
Elementary
Education
Oct 1994 - Jun 2000
Technische Universität Ilmenau
Diploma in Computer Science · Computer Science · Ilmenau, Germany
Oct 1989 - Jun 1993
Goetheschule Ilmenau
High School Diploma with Specialization in Science and Technology · Ilmenau, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Coach
ICL
Facilitator for Personal Development and Social Skills
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