
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
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
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
Geert Liet
Manager at Avisi
Worked together for 4 years helped guide the initial GitLab professional services.
Connect on LinkedInAaron Burgess
Partner Manager at GitLab
Previous partner manager at GitLab and collaborated for 3 years.
Connect on LinkedInStefan Jansen
Avisi Operational Manager
Manager after Geert Liet at Avisi, helped push me to greater success.
Connect on LinkedInFrederik Grieshaber
Head of GitLab Solutions at cc cloud
Collaborated on defining Expert Services offerings before and after joining cc cloud.
Connect on LinkedIn