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Gerd Wintermantel
Freelance IT consultant since 2004

Gerd Wintermantel

Senior IT Project Manager & Senior IT Consultant

I lead infrastructure, digitalization and Microsoft 365 projects and ensure stable IT service management based on ITIL. Most recently several years in the public sector, plus many years of experience in healthcare, banking and with TÜV.

from 11/2026available, up to 100%
30+ yearsin IT since 1995, self-employed since 2004
Public sectorHealthcare · Banking · TÜV
Remoteon-site throughout Germany by arrangement

Profile

Freelance IT project manager and consultant with over 30 years of IT experience, self-employed since 2004. My focus is leading and delivering infrastructure, digitalization and Microsoft 365 projects as well as IT service management based on ITIL. Most recently, multi-year engagements in the public sector: building and operating a d.velop DMS landscape at the German Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and managing a data center relocation for a state authority in Lower Saxony. Project governance with PRINCE2 and Scrum, acting as the interface between business units, IT and external service providers.

Areas of expertise

IT project management

Project management with PRINCE2 and Scrum, IT consulting and rollout management, steering external service providers and stakeholders.

Digitalization & DMS

Digital records and DMS with d.velop: setup, updates and on-premises operation, SAP integration via ArchiveLink and ecm4SAP.

Infrastructure & data center

Data center migration, server farms and virtualization, networking, security and VoIP.

Microsoft 365 & Cloud

Microsoft 365, Azure, Intune and mobile device management, from introduction to operation.

IT service management

ITSM based on ITIL with incident, change and problem management, 2nd/3rd-level support.

Data protection & security

Data protection and information security under GDPR and ISO 27001, experience in the public sector and healthcare.

Project experience

01/2025 – 06/2026 · 18 months

DMS #dabei: operation and further development of d.velop on-premises

German Federal Employment Agency (via EY Consulting) · d.velop on-premises system specialist

Operation and further development of the d.3 / d.velop documents landscape across 7 stages, releases Q4/2024 and Q1/2025 through to PROD, d.capture batch, SAP integration with connection to SAP RISE, 2nd/3rd-level support and on-call duty based on ITIL.

01/2024 – 12/2024 · 12 months

DMS #dabei: setup of d.velop on-premises

German Federal Employment Agency (via ISO Public Services) · d.velop system specialist / system administrator

Setup of the multi-stage d.velop landscape from DEV to PROD, releases Q1 and Q2/2024, d.velop sign, system migration, d.ecs Storage Manager, rendition cluster, SAP ArchiveLink and dox42.

01/2022 – 12/2023 · 24 months

Data center relocation Hanover–Hamburg

Public authority, Lower Saxony · Project manager

Relocation of applications, migration and rebuild of the server farm (VMware, storage), relocation of Azure and Microsoft 365, nationwide relocation of SAPOS, identity and access management and ITSM.

08/2019 – 12/2021 · 29 months

Microsoft 365, rollout and ITSM migration

Banking sector, Frankfurt am Main · Project manager, asset manager

Introduction of Microsoft 365, Azure and Teams, rollout management and mobile device management, migration of Omnitracker and ServiceNow, VoIP.

01/2019 – 07/2019 · 7 months

2nd/3rd-level support and digitalization

Banking sector, Frankfurt am Main · Project coordinator, consultant

Support for Microsoft 365, Teams, SharePoint and Active Directory, digital signatures with d.velop, identity and access management based on ITIL.

2016 – 2018

Infrastructure and cloud services

TÜV, Freiburg · Project manager

VMware environment and Microsoft server farm, cloud server services, Microsoft 365 rollout and training, IP telephony, Intune, backup with Veeam.

2013 – 2017

Network, server farm and digitalization

SYNLAB MVZ Human Genetics, Freiburg · Project manager, technical lead

Network and data center setup, Fujitsu server farm with VMware, audits for ISO 27001 certification, digitalization of HR processes with d.velop.

2009 – 2012

Audit-proof digital archive

Tax consultancy firm, Freiburg · Project manager

Digital archive compliant with GoBD and GDPR, interfaces to DATEV, Addison and EBICS, connection of 130 clients via cloud services.

2007 – 2009

Multi-site networking for radiology

Radiology practices Freiburg, Breisach, Neustadt · Project manager

Multi-site networking and secure network, integration of MRI, CT and ultrasound, virtualization and Microsoft server farm.

2004 – 2006

WAN, secure network and VoIP

ARV Winkler GmbH · Project manager

Multi-site networking via WAN, VoIP communication system, integration of robots, presses and weighing systems.

1995 – 2003

Hospital network and telemedicine

Hospitals Freiburg / Waldkirch · Sub-project manager, head of telecommunications

Networking of 4 hospitals via fiber optics and directional radio, communication system, digital archive with ERP integration, telemedicine.

Technologies

d.velop d.3SAP ArchiveLinkMicrosoft 365 AzureIntuneWindows ServerActive Directory VMwareVeeamMS SQL ServiceNowJiraConfluence
d.velop
d3 server, d3.admin, d.3 Smart Explorer, d3.one, d.velop documents, d.capture batch, d.ecs Storage Manager, d.ecs Rendition, d.search, d.velop sign, d.velop share, system migration, dox42, IQ4Docs
SAP
ArchiveLink for SAP Solutions, ecm4SAP, SAP Contentserver, http Gateway, SAP RISE, SAP S/4HANA (administration)
Microsoft
Windows Server 2003–2022, IIS, Active Directory / Azure AD, Exchange 2003–2019, SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft 365, Azure, Intune, Windows 365, Hyper-V
Databases
MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
Infrastructure
VMware ESXi, Veeam, Storage (DAS, NAS, SAN), firewall, LAN/WAN, fiber optics, VoIP phone systems
ITSM & tools
ServiceNow, Jira / Jira Service Management, Confluence, Omnitracker, SolarWinds MSP, SCOM
Compliance & finance
GDPR, GoBD, ISO 27001, EBICS, SWIFT MT/MX, DATEV, Addison

Certifications & education

ITIL Foundation V3IT service management
PRINCE2Project management
Scrum MasterAgile methods
Microsoft 365 ExpertMicrosoft
Jira AdministratorAtlassian
Network Manager (German diploma)Education
Medical IT technologistEducation

Languages

GermanNative
EnglishB2
SpanishA2

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I look forward to hearing from you.

Legal notice

Information pursuant to § 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act)
Gerd Wintermantel
c/o B-IT Consulting
Seilerweg 2
25541 Brunsbüttel
Germany
Email: gerd@wintermantel.net