Kevin Schomper

Kevin Schomper

GitLab Professional Services & Engagement Leader

Discovery, Services Proposals, Commercial Scoping & Customer Outcomes

Arnhem, Netherlands

About

I build technical consulting capabilities that customers can buy, consultants can deliver, and organizations can scale. I combine GitLab and DevOps expertise with professional-services leadership, customer discovery, outcome-oriented proposals, commercial scoping, delivery planning, and customer enablement. My experience includes building a six-person Expert Services practice, reaching approximately €500k in annual revenue, and acquiring more than €3m in total contract value for subsequent delivery.

Selected Achievements

Built a scalable professional-services practice

Avisi · Expert Services / DevOps & GitLab Consulting

Built the practice from an initial mandate into a six-person team, defining its service portfolio, commercial targets, discovery approach, and repeatable delivery model.

Created measurable commercial impact

Avisi · Professional Services

Reached approximately €500k annual revenue in the final year and acquired more than €3m in total contract value for delivery over the following two years.

Translated complex technical work into customer outcomes

GitLab, DevOps & AI consulting

Led technical presales, discovery, proposals, tenders, customer solution design, and commercial scoping—turning GitLab, DevOps, CI/CD, and AI/RAG expertise into practical, repeatable offerings.

Experience

Lead, Expert Services / DevOps & GitLab Consulting

Avisi

February 2023 – April 2026

  • Built and scaled Avisi’s Expert Services division from an initial mandate into a commercially successful professional-services practice.
  • Defined the service portfolio, commercial targets, discovery approach, delivery model, and development priorities for the division.
  • Led customer discovery and translated business and technical needs into outcome-oriented proposals, contributions to statements of work, delivery plans, and staffing considerations.
  • Supported commercial forecasting and opportunity planning, aligning sales, delivery capacity, customer outcomes, and professional-services priorities.
  • Grew the division to a team of six members.
  • Reached approximately €500k in annual revenue in the final year.
  • Acquired more than €3m in total contract value for delivery during the following two years.
  • Led or contributed to business development, technical presales, proposals, tenders, and customer solution design.
  • Productized successful consulting approaches into repeatable offerings and delivery methods.
  • Coached consultants and connected team capabilities to customer needs.
  • Delivered GitLab, DevOps, CI/CD, software-delivery, and engineering-effectiveness consulting.
  • Built proof-of-concept and AI/RAG solutions, translating emerging technologies into practical internal and customer-facing applications.

GitLab Consultant

cc cloud GmbH, part of codecentric AG

April 2026 – September 2026

  • Designed and delivered a highly available GitLab environment in AWS.
  • Standardized processes and set up automated compliance reporting for a GitLab customer.
  • Created standardization and documentation for GitLab migrations.
  • Templated sales solutions to improve the consistency and repeatability of proposals.
  • Concepted AI product solutions and contributed to their positioning.
  • Executed a standardized GitLab migration flow for a customer in the retail industry.

Works Council Member

Avisi

November 2025 – April 2026

Contributed to implementing a new, well-measured employment agreement focused on secondary conditions. Helped shape the vision for the following year on employee benefits and workplace policies.

Software Engineer

Avisi

February 2021 – April 2026

Building proof of concepts and leading small team spikes to validate new ideas and technologies. Developed AI RAG-based applications for internal tooling and client projects. Focused on rapid prototyping and turning experimental concepts into production-ready solutions.

Presales Consultant

LegalBrain

Apr 2024 - Feb 2025

Making AI applicable to the Legal industry. Consulting with technical teams and legal teams on AI implementation strategies.

ICT Specialist

Defensie Materieel Organisatie

Aug 2020 - Oct 2020

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

Graduate Student Intern

Defensie Materieel Organisatie

Feb 2020 - Aug 2020

Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands

Junior Programmer

Ophirah e-commerce projecten

Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

Ede, Gelderland

Junior Programmer

Lobbes.nl

Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

Skills

Professional ServicesEngagement ManagementCustomer DiscoveryServices ProposalsStatements of WorkCommercial ScopingDelivery PlanningForecastingCustomer OutcomesGitLabDevOpsCI/CDTechnical PresalesConsulting Practice BuildingCustomer EnablementTeam CoachingDORA MetricsAI / RAG Prototyping

Certifications

GitLab Professional Services Engineer

GitLab

CPE - Certificate of Proficiency in English (C2)

Cambridge English

Inzicht in Invloed 1x5 dagen

Bureau Zuidema

Issued Jun 2025

Exellior Salestraining

Exellior

Issued Jan 2024

Languages

DutchNative
EnglishC2 Proficient
SwedishA1
GermanA2

Education

Bachelor of Science - HBO-ICT

HAN University of Applied Sciences

2015 - 2020

Software Development

Contact

References

People I've had the pleasure of working with

GL

Geert Liet

Manager at Avisi

Worked together for 4 years helped guide the initial GitLab professional services.

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AB

Aaron Burgess

Partner Manager at GitLab

Previous partner manager at GitLab and collaborated for 3 years.

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SJ

Stefan Jansen

Avisi Operational Manager

Manager after Geert Liet at Avisi, helped push me to greater success.

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FG

Frederik Grieshaber

Head of GitLab Solutions at cc cloud

Collaborated on defining Expert Services offerings before and after joining cc cloud.

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