Pierre (Jack) Wilken

Founder & Business Mentor

Vancouver, Canada

Experience

Jan 2022 - Present
2 years 7 months

Founder & Business Mentor

Karrierehero

  • We help IT freelancers win their ideal clients with a proven system.
  • We also offer guidance for breaking the time-for-money cycle.
  • We provide a 6-week bootcamp and a long-term intensive program.
  • The 6-week bootcamp is 90% funded for IT freelancers based in Germany.
  • 90% of the costs can be covered and don’t have 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

Self-employed

  • Led multi-day professional training sessions.
  • Clients: VW, ARD/ZDF fee service, 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.
  • Managed 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’ve probably experienced at least one of these:

  • You depend entirely on recruiters.
  • You end up working on projects you’d never choose yourself. (Not your dream project)
  • Your hours = your income. The faster you work, the less you earn.

If you’re an IT freelancer with solid skills, you’ve probably wondered: “Is this really my career?” As someone who broke out of this cycle, I can tell you that you’re only using a fraction of your potential. Once you take control, you’ll grow not just as a person but also in your career. And yes, I know it’s not always easy for IT pros. That’s exactly why I developed strategies to make the path easier for you. Unobtrusive. Friendly. Authentic. You don’t need to pretend.

Some IT pros already trust my program and are making a switch right now. Some have even become independent through it. And they’re not just happy—they’ve seen real results:

  • Won corporate clients without recruiters
  • Landed US clients without recruiters
  • Charged rates over €500 with their own offers
  • Broken the time-for-money model, e.g., in software development
  • End clients proactively come to the expert (sometimes several per week)
  • Even gone 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 “Endkunden”. PS: You want to be independent of recruiters too, right? ;) I look forward to your message. Pierre

Languages

English
Advanced
German
Advanced

Education

Oct 2017 - Jun 2017

國立臺灣科技大學

Computer Science · Taiwan, Province of China

Oct 2015 - Jun 2019

TH Köln

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