Matthias Kittner - General ERP and AI Consulting

Q: Where is Matthias based?

Matthias is based in Weimar, Germany .

Q: What languages does Matthias speak?

Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Russian (Elementary) .

Q: How many years of experience does Matthias have?

Matthias has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 17 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 5 months . Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Matthias's latest experience?

Matthias's most recent position is General ERP and AI Consulting at Swissnorm .

Q: What companies has Matthias worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Matthias has worked for Swissnorm , Holzland Reichert , schmidt&töchter , Cerulean Circle , and ABB Group .

Q: Which industries is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Manufacturing , and Professional Services . Matthias also has some experience in Education , Construction , and Retail .

Q: Which business areas is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Product Development . Matthias also has some experience in Operations , Research and Development (R&D) , and Strategy and Planning .

Q: Which industries has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT) , Professional Services , and Construction .

Q: Which business areas has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT) , Project Management , and Operations .

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Weimar, Germany

Experience

Dec 2024 - Present

1 year 3 months

Villmergen, Switzerland

General ERP and AI Consulting

Swissnorm

Improve and properly define internal processes
Requirements management and selection of an ERP system
Consulting on selection, implementation, and use of AI to optimize processes
Systems and technology: ERPnext

Nov 2024 - Present

1 year 4 months

Balingen, Germany

Process and AI Consulting

Holzland Reichert

Improve internal processes
Requirements management and selection of a project planning system
Consulting on selection, implementation, and use of AI to optimize processes
Systems and technology: ClickUp, ChatGPT and other AI models, Python, n8n, make.com, Zapier

Aug 2024 - Present

1 year 7 months

Jena, Germany

IT Architecture & DevOps & Coach

schmidt&töchter

Setting up software development and DevOps processes
Coaching the software development team
Consulting for development projects (requirements management, continuous architecture, TDD architecture, risk analysis, processes)
AI implementation consulting
Systems and technology: ERPnext, open source, Python

May 2024 - Dec 2024

8 months

Munich, Germany

Infrastructure Architecture & DevOps

Cerulean Circle

Building a cloud architecture to support rapid prototyping of MVPs
Setting up DevOps practices and operational deployments using Docker, VMware, and AI
Documenting and training stakeholders on using and further developing this infrastructure

May 2023 - Apr 2024

1 year

Mannheim, Germany

Identity and Access Management (IAM)

ABB Group

Analyzing the current IAM implementation
Exploring all processes and identifying all involved stakeholders, systems, data sources, and data flows
Documenting potential weaknesses in the process and the current overall architecture
Conducting workshops to gather expert knowledge
Stakeholder and expectation management
Building the target architecture
Collecting and documenting the desired and necessary use cases
Designing the target architecture for the future IAM platform and planning the transformation steps
Supporting the ongoing development of the new IAM platform
Conducting code reviews
Consulting on development guidelines
Hands-on discussions on implementing the architectural requirements
Requesting and reviewing necessary data adjustments and MVP implementations
Systems and technology: ServiceNOW, ClearSkye (IAM system on ServiceNOW), Python, Groovy, diagram-as-code frameworks

May 2023 - Jan 2024

9 months

Wolfsburg, Germany

Domain, Solution, and Enterprise Architecture

Volkswagen AG

Advising on creating and advancing an SAP platform strategy
Maintaining and expanding documentation and LeanIX entries
Analyzing, evaluating, and modeling existing business and technical capabilities
Deriving the required business and technical capabilities for a business technology platform
Advising on gap analyses for current and needed platform capabilities
Advising on developing a business technology platform capability map
Drafting and advising on creating a technical target architecture for (after-)sales
Creating a technical target architecture for (after)-sales, including the spare parts business
Identifying action items for new vehicle projects
Deriving an initial IT target architecture to meet known and unknown functional and technical requirements, focusing on warranty processes across multiple brands and markets
Conducting workshops to gather expert knowledge
Managing stakeholders and expectations
Advising on target architectures for 2023 and 2030 as well as decommissioning and modernization planning up to 2030
Setting up processes to maintain a target architecture in LeanIX (EAM service)
Advising on guidelines for API layers
Systems and technology: LeanIX, Python, JIRA, Confluence, REST

Jan 2023 - May 2023

5 months

Munich, Germany

Proof-of-Concept Web VR Application

Cerulean Circle

Project for "The Line" by NEOM in Saudi Arabia, with Cerulean Circle and idea.la, Los Angeles
Developed an application to visualize an apartment in a metaverse (VR) for a potential buyer, manage land registry, and handle the full apartment sales process
Responsible for QA and DevOps
Set up and implemented automated testing and deployment processes
Defined development guidelines
Contributed to 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

Took inventory of software and hardware systems at six ABB sites in Germany
Reviewed current system management processes by interviewing stakeholders, using CMDB data, documentation, and other sources
Assessed risks to prevent outages and to address security and compliance issues
Developed recommended transformation goals and steps
Systems and technology: ServiceNOW as CMDB, IGAR (proprietary ABB service), connectors (Python)

Jul 2022 - Present

3 years 8 months

Weimar, Germany

Digital Architect and AI Consultant

Matthias Kittner Consulting

AI consulting, enterprise architecture, DevOps, IT transformation, and digitization
Enterprise architecture
Decision models
Business/IT strategy
Product architecture
IT transformation
Cloud journey

Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

6 months

Berlin, Germany

Head of Architecture

Ratepay GmbH

Led the company-wide architecture team
Established an architecture organization as the standard architecture advisor for projects and initiatives
Built architecture processes (reviews and governance, architecture definition, and distributed decision-making)
Created and maintained internal communication and transparency to embed the new architecture organization
Defined and maintained an architecture blueprint (principles, business architecture, guardrails, and decision guidelines)
Provided hands-on architecture support for IT engineering and infrastructure initiatives
Coached and mentored team members
Managed a team of five architects and hired architects; member of the IT leadership team
Enterprise architecture: organized central architecture documentation and selected a tool for enterprise processes and architecture to meet business and legal requirements
Applied 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

Leading the enterprise architecture and DevOps teams
Strengthening agile architecture, automation, and DevOps practices
Leadership responsibility for four multicultural teams (17 people in France, Germany, USA) in DevOps, enterprise architecture, sales, and documentation
Cost control, personnel and resource management, overseeing cross-functional projects and process improvement
Leading the Enterprise Architecture Board (8-10 software architects)
Shaping the culture of software architecture processes, including architecture committees in each department
Providing 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 set up the Corporate Architecture Board
Building and leading this body and shaping the culture of software architecture processes in the company (8-10 software architects)
Defining and maintaining a corporate architecture blueprint
Project management in international teams
Reviewing software architecture and managing technical debt
Responsible for CAE and VR software in the cloud and on-premises
Architectural 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
Leading the architecture board of a division (five software architects)
Using C/C++, Fortran, OpenGL, CUDA, Git
Project management with an international team and an outsourced development in Nepal (five offshore developers)

Oct 2013 - May 2015

1 year 8 months

Bad Gandersheim, Germany

Sabbatical / Student

Glaubenszentrum

Sabbatical and training in supernatural discipleship
Intensive Bible study

Aug 2012 - May 2015

2 years 10 months

Stuttgart, Germany

Team Lead & Software Architect

ESI Software Deutschland GmbH

Technical leadership and team management, project management (four people)
Using C/C++, Java, OpenGL, Bash, CMake, Git, Qt
Leading the Software Architecture Board (five software architects)
Conducting architecture reviews and supporting various teams in Germany, France, Switzerland, India, and the USA
Working with multicultural international teams

Oct 2007 - Jul 2012

4 years 10 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Team Lead Software Development

ICIDO GmbH

Leadership responsibility for a team and the development of core software components (four developers)
Team leadership, project management, technical leadership
Responsible for the core of a highly distributed client/server software portfolio, focusing on performance, scalability, extensibility, and software architecture
Conducted large-scale refactoring projects to renew the core of the software
Technologies: C/C++, Linux, Windows, Java, OpenGL, Bash, Make, SVN, Qt
Established a Software Architecture Board (five software architects)

Jan 2005 - Sep 2007

2 years 9 months

Darmstadt, Germany

Lead Software Engineer

vrcom GmbH

Technical responsibility for software components, development, and maintenance
Project lead for a team of four to eight developers
Developed VR software on Windows and Linux
Used C/C++, OpenGL, Bash, Make, SVN
Rewrote and refactored the software portfolio

Jan 2000 - Dec 2004

5 years

Darmstadt, Germany

Software Engineer

vrcom GmbH

Software development and project management
Developed VR software, devices, projection, and mathematical components
Used C/C++, IRIX, Linux, SunOS, OpenGL, Bash, Make, SVN

Jul 1999 - Nov 1999

5 months

Singapore

Student Assistant

Fraunhofer CAMTech @ NTU

Wrote a diploma thesis in computer science on "Synchronization of Scene Graphs in Shared Virtual Environments"
Used 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: software development for virtual reality
Academic project: "Design and implementation of a graphical user interface for managing multi-dimensional interaction devices"
Used 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

Civilian service

Christliche Wohnstätten GmbH

Care and nursing for physically and mentally severely disabled people of all ages in a nursing home

Industries Experience

See where this freelancer has spent most of their professional time. Longer bars indicate deeper hands-on experience, while shorter ones reflect targeted or project-based work.

Experienced in Information Technology (26 years), Professional Services (3.5 years), Manufacturing (3.5 years), Construction (1.5 years), Retail (1.5 years), and Energy (1.5 years).

Information Technology

Professional Services

Manufacturing

Construction

Retail

Energy

Business Areas Experience

The graph below provides a cumulative view of the freelancer's experience across multiple business areas, calculated from completed and active engagements. It highlights the areas where the freelancer has most frequently contributed to planning, execution, and delivery of business outcomes.

Experienced in Information Technology (28.5 years), Project Management (24 years), Product Development (20.5 years), Operations (6 years), Research and Development (4 years), and Strategy (3.5 years).

Information Technology

Project Management

Product Development

Operations

Research and Development

Strategy

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 tailored.

For over three decades, I've analyzed and improved business and IT architectures. In the process, I've learned how hard it can be to create a cohesive whole from many parts.

I help you structure your processes, reduce complexity, and make the most of AI's benefits. This creates clarity and stability for sustainable growth.

Skills

It Architecture & Devops & Coach

Solution Design And Architecture
Enterprise Architecture
International, Multicultural Environment
Leading And Fostering Team Spirit And Performance
Active Listening, Communication, Coaching
Problem Solving, Decision Making
Keeping Code Simple, Clean, And Maintainable
Stakeholder Management
Strong Analytical Skills
C/c++, Java, Js, Python, Sql, Php, ...
Cmake, Jenkins, Conan, Artifactory, Jira, Confluence, ...
Spring Boot Based Microservices, Kafka
Ansible, Puppet, Kubernetes, Containers, Docker, Swagger
Aws, Azure
Windows, Linux, Irix, Shell, Gui, Web
Immersive Interactive Systems
Parallel Systems, Simulation, Rendering
Architecture & Devsecops Practices & Patterns
Adonis/adoit, Leanix
Virtual Prototyping, Iot, Industry 4.0
Zapier, Make.com, N8n

Languages

German

Native

English

Advanced

Russian

Elementary

Education

Oct 1994 - Jun 2000

Ilmenau University of Technology

Diploma in Computer Science, minor in Economics · Computer Science, minor in Economics · Ilmenau, Germany

Oct 1989 - Jun 1993

Goetheschule Ilmenau

Abitur with special class · General university entrance qualification, science and technology track · Ilmenau, Germany

Profile

Created

May 2025

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Where is Matthias based?

Matthias is based in Weimar, Germany.

What languages does Matthias speak?

Matthias speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced), Russian (Elementary).

How many years of experience does Matthias have?

Matthias has at least 30 years of experience. During this time, Matthias has worked in at least 20 different roles and for 17 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 5 months. Note that Matthias may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Matthias be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Matthias would be well-suited for roles such as: General ERP and AI Consulting, Process and AI Consulting, IT Architecture & DevOps & Coach.

What is Matthias's latest experience?

Matthias's most recent position is General ERP and AI Consulting at Swissnorm.

What companies has Matthias worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Matthias has worked for Swissnorm, Holzland Reichert, schmidt&töchter, Cerulean Circle, and ABB Group.

Which industries is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing, and Professional Services. Matthias also has some experience in Education, Construction, and Retail.

Which business areas is Matthias most experienced in?

Matthias is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Product Development. Matthias also has some experience in Operations, Research and Development (R&D), and Strategy and Planning.

Which industries has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Professional Services, and Construction.

Which business areas has Matthias worked in recently?

Matthias has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Operations.

What is Matthias's education?

Matthias attended Ilmenau University of Technology for Computer Science, minor in Economics.

What is the availability of Matthias?

Matthias is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Matthias?

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