IT Consulting by German Popken

giving your project a boost


Hello,

My name is German Popken, whether it's Project/Portfolio Management, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, Hands on programming or in depth optimizing and troubleshooting the latest SQL Server instances.

With 30 years of experience in IT and project management, I can help.



best regards,
German Popken


DBA - MS SQL Server DBA

Today, for most customers, data is possibly their most important and expensive business asset. Making sure it is and stays available is of the utmost importance and with it comes a high responsibility for every database administrator.
Whether you require advise on cutting edge design issues or you need a troubleshooter to quickly resolve issues and, even more important, prevent them from re-occuring, Contact information.


SD - Software Development

Somewhere in the early eighties I have written my first BASIC program. Programming is still one of my most favourite job activities. Enjoying the Zen-like flow one encounters while creating software, really makes my day.
If you require a creative and inspired addition to your software development team, give me a call.


BI - Business Intelligence

Transforming data to information to make decisions is the essence of Business Intelligence. Getting the best out of your data requires me to get a deep understanding of your business through interactive specialist sessions before acquiring the relevant data from your databases and start searching for nuggets with smart maths and statistics.

The resulting information will be stored for access by a presentation layer like PowerBI, a possibility I'm particularly fond of, I'd be happy to tell you more about it's possibilities.


QA - Quality Assurance

Delivering quality is exceeding expectations. It requires having a vision and being willing to work hard to achieve it.
No cutting corners, make it perfect, inside and out.
Quality is not just the responsibility of the QA but the QA is responsible for everybody to realise this.


EPM - Enterprise Portfolio and Project Management

Projects have had and will always have trouble delivering. Contrary to what Gartner makes you want to believe there's no miraculous solution to be found in neither tools nor methodology.
People make or break a project, the desire to succeed is the key to success. So that's where I focus, and then we can make tools and methodologies work.