Pierre (Jack) Wilken

Founder & Business Mentor

Vancouver, Canada

Experience

Jan 2022 - Present
2 years 7 months

Founder & Business Mentor

Karrierehero

  • We help you as an IT freelancer systematically win your dream clients.
  • Optionally, we also support you in breaking the time-for-money cycle successfully.
  • We offer both a 6-week bootcamp and a long-term intensive program.
  • Our 6-week bootcamp can be 90% funded for IT freelancers based in Germany.
  • 90% of the costs can be covered and do not need to be repaid.
Jan 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year

Trainer

Letsboot.ch

  • Expert in developing and operating modern software.
  • Designing and delivering multi-day expert workshops.
Jul 2022 - Dec 2023
1 year 6 months

Training Manager

Selbstständig

  • Leading multi-day technical training courses.
  • Clients: VW, Beitragsservice ARD/ZDF, OBI, X-Tention, Juwi AG, INFORM GmbH.
  • Topics: modern software development and IT infrastructures (Docker, Kubernetes, Microservices).
Mar 2021 - Jan 2024
2 years 11 months

Founder

PW Digital Consulting & Solutions

  • Interim CTO & consulting: modern software development, IT infrastructure, process digitization, and automation.
  • Former agency for modern software development: web portals, websites, apps (UI/UX, DevOps, full-stack, frontend, backend).
Apr 2019 - Mar 2021
2 years
Cologne, Germany
Hybrid

DevOps Architect

Impect GmbH

  • Led DevOps and IT infrastructure: hybrid cloud with CI, Kubernetes clusters, EFK, AWS, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Java/Spring, TypeScript/Angular.
  • Carried out a relaunch project: four complex web portals with frontend, backend, database, and infrastructure.
Oct 2018 - Mar 2021
2 years 6 months
Cologne, Germany

Freelancer DevOps & Software Architecture

Pierre Jack Wilken IT-Consultant

  • Planning and implementing DevOps structures and software architectures.
  • Infrastructure and cluster management.
  • Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD.
  • Development stacks, code quality strategies, testing and deployment strategies.
May 2018 - Dec 2019
8 months
Leverkusen, Germany

Operations Engineer

GIA mbh

  • IT infrastructure and full-stack development.
  • Management and operation of critical 24/7 distributed production systems.
Nov 2016 - May 2018
1 year 7 months

Full-stack Developer

Liasoft

  • C#, .NET Framework, SQL.
  • Rancher, Kubernetes, Microservices, CI/CD.
  • Unit testing.
  • Logical programming.
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
1 year
Leverkusen, Germany

Student Assistant / Application Developer

GIA mbh

  • Software development.
  • C#, .NET.
  • Microsoft Access, SQL Reporting Services, SQL Server, TFS.
  • Windows Server.
Jan 2011 - Dec 2015
4 years

IT Specialist in Application Development

Treesoft GmbH & Co.KG

  • Software development.
  • C++, Delphi, Qt Framework.
  • SQL, Firebird.

Summary

IT freelancers often struggle with three core problems. You will surely relate to at least one of them:

  • They are completely dependent on recruiters.
  • They work on projects they would never have chosen themselves. (Not their dream project)
  • Their working hours = their income. The faster they work, the less they earn.

If you’re an IT freelancer with solid skills, you’ve probably already been pondering this. You ask yourself: “Is this really what my "career" looks like?” As an IT professional who has escaped this vicious cycle, I can tell you that you’re only tapping into a fraction of your potential. Once you take control, you’ll grow not only on a personal level but also in your career. And yes, I know it’s not always easy as an ITer. That’s exactly why I’ve developed strategies to make the path easier for you. Subtly. Likeably. Authentically. You don’t have to pretend.

Some IT professionals already rely on my program and are in the process of transitioning. Some have even become independent through the program. And the participants aren’t just enthusiastic. We’ve achieved truly great results:

  • Won corporate clients without recruiters
  • Secured US clients without intermediaries
  • Achieved hourly rates over €500 with their own offers
  • Broke the time-for-money cycle, e.g., in software development
  • End clients proactively reach out to the expert (sometimes several per week)
  • Even from zero to over €50k in monthly revenue

If this has motivated you to make a change, just send me a message with the word "end clients". P.S.: You want to be independent from middlemen too, right? ;) I look forward to your message, Pierre

Languages

English
Advanced
German
Advanced

Education

Oct 2017 - Jun 2017

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Computer Science · Taiwan, Province of China

Oct 2015 - Jun 2019

University of Applied Sciences Cologne

Bachelor of Science · Computer Science · Germany

Oct 2012 - Jun 2015

TreeSoft GmbH & Co. KG

IT Specialist in Application Development

Certifications & licenses

Agile Development Practices

Agile Foundations

IoT Foundations: Fundamentals

IoT Foundations: Standards and Ecosystems

Machine Learning for Marketing: Essential Training