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Peter Neumann

IT Project Manager

Peter Neumann
Ahrensburg, Germany

Experience

May 2025 - Nov 2025
7 months

Piloting AI tools & sabbatical for home renovation

  • Piloting local AI environments to explore local AI use cases and exploring cloud-based AI solutions
  • Evaluating AI tools and techniques
  • Using local AI tools with own data sovereignty
  • Doing prompt engineering
  • Creating sample 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, Hugging Face, Open WebUI, Faster Whisper, LibreTranslate, WSL, Docker Desktop, Shotcut, Audacity, Sound eXchange, FFmpeg, Coqui TTS, Pinokio, Stable Diffusion Web UI, ComfyUI, OWL, Void Editor

Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
1 year 8 months

OOA

Statutory health insurance software provider BITMARCK

  • Object-oriented analysis in the area of special care in statutory health insurance
  • Creation of OOA-UML models for database structures, user interfaces, and process logic
  • Creating user stories with the development team
  • Developing business requirements for technical database design and software development
  • Improving the quality of existing models

Domain: GUI design BITMARCK_21c|ng, benefit management, special care, HZV, IZV, optional tariffs, DiGA, billing, diagnosis corrections §305 SGB V, model projects §64d SGB V, e-prescription requirements, KKS; data formats FHIR, XML, CSV, EDIFACT

Environment: remote, Citrix, Innovator, MS Teams, MS Outlook, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence

May 2023 - Jul 2023
3 months

AI trends and sabbatical

Freelance

  • Project break to explore current AI trends
Mar 2023 - Apr 2023
2 months

Interim Product Owner

Leasing provider Prof. Schumann GmbH

  • Further development of the CAM system (Credit Application Manager)
  • Gathering and forwarding business requirements to internal and external developers
  • Documentation, project planning, and control
  • Pre-analysis and management of bug fixes
  • Testing and test support for the business department

Environment: remote, CAM system Prof. Schumann GmbH

Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
1 year

Project manager

KKH Hannover

  • Project management for a managed services pilot project for a substitute health insurer
  • MS Project planning according to KKH standards
  • Progress monitoring and quality assurance through testing
  • Effort tracking and reporting for steering committees
  • Release planning according to legal requirements
  • Requirement gathering and coordination with vdek, GKV-SV, and BA

Domain: DÜBAK, DEÜV, unemployment benefit notifications, family benefits, XÖV communication (DVDV, NdB)

Environment: remote, Citrix, Microsoft 365, MS Teams, MS Project, MS Outlook, FreeMind, draw.io, Java, DB2, Oracle SQL Developer

Jan 2019 - Dec 2021
3 years

Project Manager

IT Cooperation of the German Federal States

  • Project portfolio management of police information systems
  • Schedule, budget and resource management, controlling, reporting, crisis management
  • Quality planning and monitoring, release planning in multi-project management
  • Coordination of development services and resources
  • Stakeholder cooperation and support of internal committees
  • Process design for project management, requirements management, development and QA
  • Creation of QA manual and monitoring of agreed QA artifacts
  • Introduction of agile software development based on Scrum, team building and coaching
  • Transition to full remote work and tool implementation

Environment: Remote (from March 2020), Skype for Business, Blue Ant, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, JIRA, Confluence, Enterprise Architect, FreeMind, Java, Oracle, SQL Developer, Subversion, Git, Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Dec 2016 - Jan 2019
2 years 2 months

Interim Team Lead

EOS Hamburg

  • Leading an interdisciplinary feature team for inbound and outbound communication in Fidibus
  • Team building, task management with JIRA, release planning and representing the team in the release board
  • Introducing agile methods and increasing productivity
  • Onboarding new developers and testers, defining test cases and QA reports
  • Continuous improvement process in the Change CoP
  • Requirements engineering for GDPR impacts
  • Transition to CI/CD with Jenkins and Kubernetes, expanding unit tests
  • Configuration management and maintaining the knowledge base in Confluence

Environment: JIRA, Confluence, Microsoft PPM, Enterprise Architect, Oracle, SQL Developer, FreeMind, Citrix, Skype, GitLab, Graylog, Grafana

Sep 2016 - Dec 2016
4 months

Scrum Master and Project Manager

Adidas

  • Taking over and reorienting a crisis B2B eCommerce project
  • Preventing project cancellation, supporting the restart and restoring team spirit
  • Building the team, implementing Scrum and quality assurance measures
  • Promoting collaboration between the Product Owner and developers in Germany, India and Spain
  • JIRA administration in cooperation with external partners

Environment: Cloudcraze, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, HipChat, Bamboo, Bitbucket

Apr 2016 - Aug 2016
5 months

Evaluation of UI Framework Vaadin

Freelance

  • Prototype development of a Vaadin application to evaluate the framework
  • Creating the object model, GUI design and data bindings with Vaadin
  • ORM with JPA/EclipseLink and MySQL data storage
  • Requirements management with JIRA
  • Development and deployment of GWT and Vaadin demo applications
  • Accessing the Riot API, transforming, storing and periodically updating data
  • GUI display of continuously updated Riot data

Environment: UML, Enterprise Architect, Java 8, Eclipse, Vaadin 7.6, MySQL, JIRA, Git, JPA, EclipseLink, JSON, Tomcat, Ivy, Maven

Feb 2016 - Mar 2016
2 months

Workshop Design

Freelance

  • Designing workshops on Scrum, UML, BPMN, self-marketing and NLP
  • A supplement to project work to support companies and individuals

Environment: Confluence

Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
1 month

Self-Marketing Workshop for IT Professionals

Freelance

  • Conducting a workshop for IT professionals on self-marketing
  • Engaging participants and expanding the workshop offering
Apr 2015 - Jan 2016
10 months

Project Manager, Scrum Master, Requirements Engineer

ALD Leasing Germany GmbH

  • Managing two IT projects in parallel as a project manager, Scrum Master, and requirements engineer
  • Introducing Scrum and coaching a junior project manager
  • Release management for weekly releases
  • Improving collaboration methods with the business department
  • Prototypical introduction of Camunda BPM
  • Requirements engineering for salary conversion of company cars
  • GUI prototyping with Balsamiq

Environment: Java 8, Wicket, Maven, git, Oracle Designer, Camunda BPM, Balsamiq

Jan 2015 - Mar 2015
3 months

Building Online Shop

Freelance

  • Setting up a Magento-based online shop for digital products (e-books, audiobooks, videos)
Apr 2014 - Dec 2014
9 months

Interim Project Manager Mobile Online Services

VW Wolfsburg

  • Interim project management for Car-Net mobile online services in After Sales
  • Improving methodology and requirements management
  • Boosting motivation and communication with IT departments
  • Task tracking and reporting, user requirements specification and functional specification support
  • Managing the Indian IT service provider
Oct 2013 - Mar 2014
6 months

Writing Books

Freelance

  • Selecting and using tools for e-book creation
  • Building websites
  • Writing more books on personal development
  • Designing strategic product hierarchy

Results: membership area with content dripping, affiliate model, two new books, seminar preparations

Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Calibre, WordPress, Kindle, FileZilla, BitTorrent Sync, MindManager, Amazon KDP

Mar 2013 - Sep 2013
7 months

Software Design Review and Revision

VWFS AG

  • Reviewed and revised component-oriented software design for credit assessment
  • Improved object-oriented designs and sped up implementation

Tools: Enterprise Architect, SAP ABAP-OO

Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
2 months

Relocation to the Hamburg Area

Private

  • Moved to Ahrensburg in the Hamburg metropolitan area
Sep 2012 - Dec 2012
4 months

UML Meta-Model Creation

VWFS AG

  • Created modeling guidelines and a UML meta-model in Enterprise Architect
  • Defined stereotypes and tagged values
  • Trained and coached internal staff on model maintenance and migration steps
Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
2 months

Writing Books

Freelance

  • Designed an NLP and personal development book series
  • Wrote the first two books

Tools: Calibre, Amazon Kindle, Amazon KDP, CreateSpace, FileZilla, JIRA, MindManager

May 2012 - Jun 2012
2 months

Work Contract Specification and Coaching

VWFS AG

  • Specified the scope of work and acceptance criteria for UML migration
  • Designed training sessions and estimated effort
  • Piloted the ratio of work contracts versus service contracts
Mar 2012 - Mar 2012
1 month

OCEB Certification

camunda Berlin

  • Attended OCEB Fundamental training and certification exam
Jan 2005 - Apr 2012
7 years 4 months

Methodologist and Coach / Project Manager

Volkswagen Financial Services AG

  • Large project replacing core financing and leasing systems based on SAP
  • Defined OO methodology, modeling guidelines, and derivation rules
  • Coaching in requirements engineering, OOA/D, and agile approach
  • Coordinated interfaces, defined quality gates, and conducted training
  • Interim project management for a PwC-related project, leading about 20 people
  • Prepared release 2 and introduced Enterprise Architect and Scrum in the methodology team

Environment: ARIS, Microsoft Project, objectiF, Enterprise Architect, Bugzilla, Mantis, SAP ABAP, XMLSpy, Windows XP

May 2004 - Dec 2004
8 months

Lead Developer for J2EE Web Application in Payment Transactions

Credit Suisse

  • Lead developer for a Struts-based J2EE web application in payment transactions
  • Set up development and runtime environment, application architecture, and end-to-end implementation
  • Integrated business objects into the JSP GUI
  • Introduced unit tests for quality assurance

Environment: Windows NT/XP, Rational Rose, Eclipse, BEA WebLogic, J2EE, Struts, JUnit, ANT, CVSNT

Nov 2003 - Feb 2004
4 months

J2EE Project Infrastructure Setup

Freelance

  • Selected, installed, and configured open source tools for a J2EE pilot project
  • Designed development process with separation of dev/test/prod, using Eclipse and ANT
  • Created J2EE examples (JNDI ServiceLocator with JBoss)

Environment: Windows 2000/XP, IBM WSSD, Rational XDE, XDoclet, JUnit, ANT, JBoss, MySQL, CVSNT

Mar 2000 - Jul 2003
3 years 5 months

Head of Methodology Team

FDL Group

  • Designed and introduced a company-specific RUP-based software development process
  • Led a core team of 12 and coordinated with subteams
  • Modeled processes using RPW and coached UML modeling and Java programming
  • Implemented requirements management, use case modeling, and ClearCase

Environment: Windows NT, Java, RUP, Rational Process Workbench, Rational Rose, ClearCase

Jan 1998 - Feb 2000
2 years 2 months

Java Lead Developer, Price Table System

TUI InfoTec Hannover

  • Designed and developed a Java-based price table system for e-commerce
  • OO analysis/design with UML, database design using Erwin
  • Developed persistence layer following Proxy Pattern for JDBC
  • Performance tuning with Cyrano and JProbe
  • Introduced pair programming, TDD, CI, and refactoring
  • Coached teams on company-wide Java and OO analysis/design adoption

Environment: Windows NT, PVCS, VisualAge for Java, Sybase, JUnit

Oct 1997 - Dec 1997
3 months

UML Designer, OO Analysis

Medical Technology Company

  • Supported the use of OO techniques with Rational Rose
  • Guided staff in embedded projects

Environment: Windows NT, Rational Rose, ClearCase

Aug 1996 - Aug 1997
1 year 1 month

Java Developer, Framework

IBM Java Initiative

  • Analyzed, designed, and implemented a framework component logging
  • GUI programming for demonstration
  • Planned and oversaw InstallShield packages for Windows and AIX
  • Developed unit tests for test automation

Involved locations: Rochester, Hannover, Böblingen

Oct 1993 - Jun 1996
2 years 9 months

Developer and Technical Project Manager

DST GmbH Kiel

  • Designed and implemented a passenger information system
  • Developed with SQLWindows and C, database design with Erwin
  • Led a 5-person team for interface programming, testing, and build management
  • Requirements analysis, serial communication, and release management

Environment: SQLWindows, C, SQLBase, OS/2, Windows NT

Jan 1986 - Mar 1993
7 years 3 months

Projects before 1993

Freelance

  • Developed in C and SQL on Unix, Windows, and Atari ST
  • Distributed data acquisition, electronic banking, desktop programming with C++
  • Training for developers (C/C++, Windows, SQL, Unix) and PC courses (Unix, word processing, DTP)
  • Quality assurance system QuaNIS on AIX, image recognition program BioMass, schedule planner, and blood bank system

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 (22.5 years), Banking and Finance (18 years), Healthcare (9 years), Government and Administration (3 years), Insurance (2.5 years), and Tourism (2 years).

Information Technology
Banking and Finance
Healthcare
Government and Administration
Insurance
Tourism

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 (32.5 years), Quality Assurance (25 years), Product Development (21.5 years), Project Management (19 years), Research and Development (1 year), and Business Intelligence (1 year).

Information Technology
Quality Assurance
Product Development
Project Management
Research and Development
Business Intelligence

Summary

IT project lead, IT project manager, IT team lead, requirements engineer, requirements manager, Scrum Master.

Services as an IT freelancer on a time and materials basis with hourly rate.

Fixed-price products:

  • Project assessment

Skills

  • Peter Neumann Prefers To Work As An It Project Lead, It Project Manager, It Team Lead, Scrum Master, Methodologist, And Requirements Engineer In Software Development Projects.
  • He Has A Very Strong Technical Background With Different Programming Languages And Modeling Notations On Various Platforms From Many Projects Where He Worked As A Software Developer.
  • Furthermore, He Is Strong In Methods And Organization And Has Excellent Communication Skills.

Focus Areas:

  • Project Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Interim Team Leadership
  • Change Projects
  • Crisis Projects
  • Agility, Scrum
  • Scrum, Software Development Processes
  • Requirements Engineering, Requirements Management
  • Uml
  • Ooa, Ood
  • Java, Vaadin
  • Workshops For It And Personal Development

Characteristics And Soft Skills:

  • Many Years Of Experience In Software Development In Various Roles
  • It Project Lead
  • It Project Manager
  • It Team Lead
  • Requirements Engineer (Business Analyst), Requirements Manager
  • Scrum Master
  • Methodologist
  • Database Designer
  • Programmer
  • Creativity And Resourcefulness
  • Reliable And Careful Way Of Working
  • Excellent Analytical Skills
  • Process-oriented Thinking
  • Strong Methodological Know-how
  • Team-oriented, Open, And Communicative Way Of Working
  • Strong Communication Skills And Ability To Mediate Between Different Stakeholders
  • Deep Computer Science Experience
  • Quick Grasp
  • Many Years Of Experience In Large Projects
  • Many Years Of Experience In Complex It Landscapes

Industry Experience:

  • Banking
  • Financial Services
  • Statutory Health Insurance
  • Automotive
  • Tourism
  • Traffic Control Technology
  • Public Sector

Key Experiences:

  • Project Leadership
  • Team Leadership
  • Requirements Engineering (Business Analysis), Requirements Management
  • Definition And Introduction Of Process Models For Software Development
  • Agile Methods, Iterative-incremental Project Management
  • Scrum
  • Experience In Large Projects
  • Experience In Large Companies
  • Process Modeling
  • Ooa/ood, Bpmn, Uml, Epc
  • Application Development On Various Platforms With Different Programming Languages (C/c++, Java, Sql), Modeling Notations (Uml, Bpmn), And Tools

Soft Skills (Summary):

  • Initiative
  • Commitment
  • Confident Appearance
  • Team Player
  • Strong Communication Skills
  • Customer Orientation
  • Organizational Skills
  • Flexibility
  • Motivational Skills
  • Reliable, Careful Work Style
  • Excellent Analytical Skills
  • Process-oriented Thinking
  • Quick Learner
  • Strong Methodological Know-how
  • Team-oriented, Open, And Communicative Work Style
  • Deep Experience In Software Development
  • Experience In It Project Management And Requirements Management
  • Mediation Between Different Stakeholders
  • Experience In Large Projects
  • Experience In Complex It Landscapes

It Skills – Methods & Procedures:

  • Classic And Agile Project Management
  • Scrum
  • Rup
  • Ooa, Ood

It Skills – Notations:

  • Bpmn
  • Uml
  • Epc

It Skills – Programming Languages:

  • Java
  • Sql
  • C/c++
  • Basic
  • Pascal
  • Lisp
  • Prolog
  • Fortran

It Skills – Project Management Tools:

  • Ms Project
  • Customer-specific Tools And Procedures

It Skills – Process Modeling:

  • Camunda Bpm
  • Aris
  • Mid Innovator
  • Rpw (Rational Process Workbench)

It Skills – Uml Modeling:

  • Enterprise Architect
  • Agilian
  • Microtool Objectif
  • Mid Innovator
  • Rational Rose

It Skills – Requirements Engineering:

  • Doors
  • Requisitepro

It Skills – Groupware:

  • Microsoft Sharepoint
  • Lotus Notes

It Skills – Task Trackers:

  • Jira
  • Mantis
  • Bugzilla

It Skills – Java Development:

  • Eclipse
  • Sun Jdks J2se And J2ee
  • Visual Café
  • Ibm Visualage For Java

It Skills – Er Modeling:

  • Erwin

It Skills – Testing Frameworks:

  • Junit

It Skills – Html/site/blog/text Editors:

  • Publii
  • Wordpress
  • Ms Office
  • Ms Frontpage
  • Pagemaker

It Skills – Open Source Tools:

  • Eclipse
  • Xdoclet
  • Ant
  • Jboss
  • Cvs

It Skills – Web Servers:

  • Apache
  • Jboss

It Skills – Programming (Other Tools):

  • Borland Turbo Pascal
  • Megamax C Compiler (Atari)
  • Borland Turbo C (Atari)
  • Lightspeed C With Mac Toolbox (Macintosh)
  • Unix C Compiler
  • Oracle Sqlforms On Unix
  • Borland C++ For Ms Windows
  • C++ Class Libraries Turbovision And Commonview For Gui Programming
  • Ms Windows Sdk
  • Gupta Sqlwindows (Centura Team Developer)
  • Mindmanager

It Skills – Databases:

  • Oracle (Sql) On Unix
  • Sqlbase (Sql) On Ms Windows Nt And Os/2
  • Sybase (Sql)
  • Jdbc Persistence Of The Ibm San Francisco Framework
  • Object-oriented Database Adapter (Custom Development By A Client) On Ms-dos And Ms Windows
  • Java Persistence Framework (Datastore Rdbms Using Jdbc) With Proxy Pattern And Object Cache

It Skills – Technical Infrastructure (Version Control Systems):

  • Git
  • Github
  • Ibm Cmvc
  • Intersolv Pvcs
  • Rational Clearcase
  • Ibm Visualage For Java Team Repository
  • Cvs

It Skills – Technical Infrastructure (Application Servers):

  • Jboss
  • Tomcat

It Skills – Internet Technologies:

  • Html
  • J2ee (Ejb, Jsp, Servlets, Jndi, Jdbc)

It Skills – Operating Systems:

  • Ms Windows
  • Macos (Apple Macintosh)
  • Ms-dos
  • Os/2
  • Unix (Aix, Sco, Sunos)

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

University of Kiel

Computer Science · Kiel, Germany

Certifications & licenses

OCEB Fundamental

Object Management Group Certified Expert in Business Process Management

NLP-Master

Society of NLP

PhotoReading

Professional Scrum Master - PSM I

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Where is Peter based?

Peter is based in Ahrensburg, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

What languages does Peter speak?

Peter speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Peter have?

Peter has at least 38 years of experience. During this time, Peter has worked in at least 28 different roles and for 20 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 3 months. Note that Peter may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Peter be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Peter would be well-suited for roles such as: OOA, AI trends and sabbatical, Interim Product Owner.

What companies has Peter worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Peter has worked for Piloting AI tools & sabbatical for home renovation, Statutory health insurance software provider BITMARCK, Freelance, Leasing provider Prof. Schumann GmbH, and KKH Hannover.

Which industries is Peter most experienced in?

Peter is most experienced in industries like Information Technology (IT), Banking and Finance, and Healthcare. Peter also has some experience in Government and Public Administration, Insurance, and Tourism and Hospitality.

Which business areas is Peter most experienced in?

Peter is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Quality Assurance (QA), and Product Development. Peter also has some experience in Project Management, Business Intelligence, and Research and Development (R&D).

Which industries has Peter worked in recently?

Peter has recently worked in industries like Information Technology (IT), Government and Public Administration, and Insurance.

Which business areas has Peter worked in recently?

Peter has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology (IT), Project Management, and Quality Assurance (QA).

What is Peter's education?

Peter attended University of Kiel for Computer Science.

Does Peter have any certificates?

Peter has 4 certificates. Among them, these include: OCEB Fundamental, NLP-Master, and PhotoReading.

What is the availability of Peter?

Peter is immediately available part-time for suitable projects.

What is the rate of Peter?

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