Senior IT Consultant
Senior IT consultant with over ten years in IT infrastructure, including leadership roles as Head of IT Infrastructure and IT Manager, responsible for teams, budgets and multi-site operations. Background in electrical engineering, now specialising in cloud, networking, security and AI adoption for mid-market and enterprise clients.
Specialisations: SD-WAN, Proxmox virtualization, cloud migrations, cybersecurity programmes and organisation-wide AI adoption. Open-source first where it delivers. Based in Düsseldorf, working on-site and remote.
IT Infrastructure Consulting · Network & SD-WAN Projects · Cloud Migration & Architecture · Proxmox & Virtualization · Cybersecurity & IT Risk · AI Adoption · IT Interim Management · 3D Printing Service
Self-employed · Consulting & Fabrication
Alongside my employment. IT consulting for small and mid-sized businesses: infrastructure, networking, virtualization and security, from assessment to hands-on implementation. Plus 3D printing as a service: functional parts, custom enclosures and prototypes, from CAD model to finished part.
AVENDIS · IT Services
Pre-sales and advisory across IT infrastructure. Networking, virtualization (including open-source stacks like Proxmox) and data-centre design for mid-market and enterprise clients.
Topgolf DACH (Greenreb) · Entertainment
Owned the full IT stack across a multi-site entertainment business. Infrastructure, networking, security and support, built for reliability and scale.
AdEx Partners · Consulting
IT Manager for a consulting firm of 250 to 300 people. Owned the full IT roadmap end-to-end: cloud buildout, zero-touch provisioning for over 1,000 devices, SD-WAN, in-house software development and company-wide AI rollout. Managed external vendors, held budget responsibility and drove each initiative from scoping through handover.
Dosen Zentrale Züchner · Packaging
Full IT ownership for a mid-size packaging distributor. Built automation where it counted, solved complex problems independently, kept operations running reliably.
Livello Technologies · IoT
Planned and delivered IoT integrations and hardware upgrades for smart vending machines. Firmware, networking and the wiring.
IT Infrastructure · Network & SD-WAN · Data-Centre Design
Cloud Computing · Virtualization · Endpoint Management & MDM
Cybersecurity · IT Risk & Compliance · Zero Trust & ZTNA
IT Project Management · AI Products & Use Cases · Team & Budget Leadership · Vendor & Stakeholder Management
German (native), English (fluent)
Last updated: 2026-10-08 · https://spatz.uk/cv