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title: "Jean Pierre Kolb — Administrator, Consultant, Designer & Developer"
description: "Jean Pierre Kolb – IT Consultant, Designer and Developer in Augsburg, Germany. 40+ free browser-based dev tools, web development, SEO, AI and accessibility."
url: "https://www.jpkc.com/en/"
lang: "en"
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# Jean Pierre Kolb

_Administrator, Consultant, Designer & Developer_

My name is Jean Pierre Kolb. My areas of expertise include **design** and **conception**, **marketing**, **SEO (Search Engine Optimization)** and **GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)**, **Linux**, **servers** and **networks**, **security**, **data protection** and **accessibility**, **AI (Artificial Intelligence)** and **automation** as well as **consulting**, **management** and **development**.

I have worked as a media designer, system administrator, IT (Information Technology) and security consultant as well as developer for agencies, trade, craft, industry, authorities and associations.

I have been working in these fields since 1996 — six of those years under the name "**JPK Commerce**". Besides an overview of my skills, you'll find [contact information](/en/imprint/) on this site.

***** Since 2016 I have been working for "[creationell® – die Werbeagentur](https://www.creationell.de/werbeagentur/das-team/mitarbeiter/jean-pierre-kolb/)", managing a wide range of clients and projects.

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## Skills

I continuously expand my skills and knowledge, adapting to current technologies and requirements:

### Design & Publishing (#3c4955)

Web design (incl. (including) mobile and responsive design as well as web apps), new concepts and relaunch of web projects.

Accessibility and digital inclusion — implementation according to [WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/), [BITV (Barrierefreie Informationstechnik-Verordnung) 2.0](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrierefreie_Informationstechnik-Verordnung) and the [BFSG (Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Accessibility_Act).

UI (User Interface) & UX (User Experience) design, prototyping, design systems, screen design, typography, image processing, vector graphics, 3D (Three-dimensional) design, icons and logos.

Corporate design and corporate identity: conception and design of manuals, flyers, advertisements, posters, business cards and corporate stationery.

### Content Management & Web Apps

I work with a wide range of content management systems, static site generators and web applications — from setup and customization to ongoing operations:

[Admidio](https://www.admidio.org/), [Astro](https://astro.build/), [authentik](https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik), [Backdrop CMS (Content Management System)](https://backdropcms.org/), [Build Awesome (Eleventy / 11ty)](https://www.11ty.dev/), [ClassicPress](https://www.classicpress.net/), [Contao](https://contao.org/en/), [Decap CMS (Content Management System)](https://decapcms.org/), [Directus](https://directus.io/), [Drupal](https://www.drupal.org/), [FreshRSS](https://freshrss.org/), [Front Matter](https://frontmatter.codes/), [Ghost](https://ghost.org/), [Grav](https://getgrav.org/), [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/), [HydePHP](https://hydephp.com/), [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/), [Jigsaw](https://jigsaw.tighten.com/), [JPKCMS](https://www.jpkc.com/), [Keycloak](https://www.keycloak.org/), [Kimai](https://www.kimai.org/), [Kirby](https://getkirby.com/), [LimeSurvey](https://www.limesurvey.org/), [Lychee](https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee), [Mastodon](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon), [Matomo (Piwik)](https://matomo.org/), [Mattermost](https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost), [Mautic](https://mautic.org/), [MediaWiki](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki), [Meilisearch](https://www.meilisearch.com/), [Neos](https://www.neos.io/), [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/), [OpenCart](https://www.opencart.com/), [OpenSearch](https://opensearch.org/), [OpenSEO (Search Engine Optimization)](https://openseo.so/), [Pagefind](https://github.com/Pagefind/pagefind), [PasswordPusher](https://github.com/pglombardo/PasswordPusher), [PeerTube](https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube), [phpList](https://www.phplist.org/), [Pixelfed](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed), [Plausible Analytics](https://plausible.io/), [PrivateBin](https://privatebin.info/), [ProcessWire](https://processwire.com/), [ProjectSend](https://www.projectsend.org/), [Publii](https://getpublii.com/), [REDAXO](https://redaxo.org/), [REI3](https://rei3.de/en/home), [Roundcube](https://roundcube.net/), [Shopware](https://www.shopware.com/en/), [SnappyMail](https://github.com/the-djmaze/snappymail), [Speedlify](https://github.com/zachleat/speedlify), [Statamic](https://statamic.com/), [Strapi](https://strapi.io/), [Sveltia CMS (Content Management System)](https://sveltiacms.app/en/), [Thunder](https://thunder.github.io/), [Tina](https://tina.io/), [Tine](https://github.com/tine-groupware/tine), [Tiny Tiny RSS (Really Simple Syndication)](https://tt-rss.org/), [Twenty](https://twenty.com/), [TYPO3](https://typo3.org/), [umami](https://umami.is/), [Uptime Kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma), [useSend](https://usesend.com/), [vaultwarden](https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden), [Wiki.js](https://js.wiki/), [Winter CMS (Content Management System)](https://wintercms.com/), [WonderCMS (Content Management System)](https://www.wondercms.com/), [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/), [XWiki](https://xwiki.com/en/), [Znuny](https://www.znuny.org/en), [Zola](https://www.getzola.org/) and [Zulip](https://zulip.com/).

WordPress Plugins: [ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) PRO](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/pro/), [bbPress](https://bbpress.org/), [Blockstudio](https://www.blockstudio.dev/), [Bootscore](https://bootscore.me/), [BuddyPress](https://buddypress.org/), [Gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/), [LiveCanvas](https://livecanvas.com/), [Oxygen](https://oxygenbuilder.com/), [PRO Elements](https://github.com/proelements/proelements), [SiteOrigin Page Builder](https://siteorigin.com/page-builder/), [WooCommerce](https://woocommerce.com/), [WP All Import/Export](https://www.wpallimport.com/) and [WPML](https://wpml.org/).

### Programming & Development

Web applications, progressive web apps (PWA (Progressive Web App)), scripts, CLI (Command Line Interface) tools and application modules — from concept to deployment.

Languages and markup: JavaScript, TypeScript, [PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)](https://www.php.net/), [HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), XML (Extensible Markup Language), SQL (Structured Query Language) and NoSQL (Not only SQL).

Frameworks and tools: [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en), [Next.js](https://nextjs.org/), [Vue.js](https://vuejs.org/), [Nuxt](https://nuxt.com/), [Vite](https://vite.dev/), [Build Awesome (Eleventy / 11ty)](https://www.11ty.dev/) as well as custom development based on established frameworks.

REST (Representational State Transfer) and [GraphQL](https://graphql.org/) API (Application Programming Interface)s, shell scripting (Bash), package management with npm and [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

Version control with [Git](https://git-scm.com/), CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) pipelines, automated testing and AI (Artificial Intelligence)-assisted development.

### AI (Artificial Intelligence) & Automation

Consulting and implementation of AI (Artificial Intelligence) solutions into existing workflows and business processes. Evaluation, selection and integration of LLM (Large Language Model)s and AI (Artificial Intelligence) services — from OpenAI and Anthropic to open-source models.

AAO (AI Agent Optimization) (AI Agent Optimization) and AIO (AI Optimization) (AI Optimization): optimizing web content for AI (Artificial Intelligence) systems, the [llms.txt](https://llmstxt.org/) standard and structured data preparation for LLM (Large Language Model)s.

GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) (Generative Engine Optimization): visibility in AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered search systems such as ChatGPT Search, Google AIO (AI Overviews), Perplexity and Claude.

AI (Artificial Intelligence) agents and automation: MCP (Model Context Protocol) interfaces, open-source AI (Artificial Intelligence) clients such as [Thunderbolt](https://www.thunderbolt.io/), agent orchestration, workflow automation with [n8n](https://n8n.io/) and integration into existing API (Application Programming Interface) landscapes.

Training and workshops on AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools and prompt engineering. Privacy-compliant use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) services (GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)), AI (Artificial Intelligence) governance and responsible deployment in organizations.

Monitoring, quality assurance and evaluation of AI (Artificial Intelligence) outputs. Cost and token management, rate limiting and performance monitoring.

### Marketing & Analysis

Search engine marketing (SEM (Search Engine Marketing)): search engine optimization (SEO (Search Engine Optimization)), generative engine optimization (GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)) and search engine advertising (SEA (Search Engine Advertising)). MPO (Marketplace Optimization), [structured data/microformats](https://schema.org/), core web vitals and technical SEO (Search Engine Optimization).

Tools and platforms: [Google Search Console](https://developers.google.com/search?hl=en), [Google Analytics](https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/) (GA4 (Google Analytics 4)), [Google Ads](https://ads.google.com/), [sitemaps](https://www.sitemaps.org/) and privacy-compliant tracking with [Matomo](https://matomo.org/) or [Plausible](https://plausible.io/).

Content strategy, reputation management, social media (Instagram, Mastodon, Facebook), email and newsletter marketing, event marketing and online surveys.

Social media monitoring, performance tracking, conversion optimization, customer satisfaction analysis and AI (Artificial Intelligence)-assisted analytics.

### Linux, PC & Mac

Setup and configuration of Linux, [macOS](https://www.apple.com/os/macos/) and Windows workstations, network/thin clients and terminals.

Porting work environments to Linux (incl. (including) WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)), training when switching to another operating system, system maintenance and analysis, system optimization and hardening.

Linux distributions I use include [AlmaLinux OS (Operating System)](https://almalinux.org/), [openSUSE](https://www.opensuse.org/), [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/), [Red Hat](https://www.redhat.com/en), [Rocky Linux](https://rockylinux.org/), [Debian](https://www.debian.org/), [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/), [Alpine Linux](https://alpinelinux.org/), [Bluefin](https://projectbluefin.io/), [CachyOS (Operating System)](https://cachyos.org/), [NixOS (Operating System)](https://nixos.org/), [elementary OS (Operating System)](https://elementary.io/en/), [KDE neon](https://neon.kde.org/), [Linux Mint](https://www.linuxmint.com/) and [Zorin OS (Operating System)](https://zorin.com/os/).

### Server & Network

Setup and management of Linux, macOS and Windows servers and networks. Log analysis, performance optimization and security.

Virtualization with [KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)](https://www.linux-kvm.org/), [Proxmox](https://proxmox.com/en/), [Parallels](https://www.parallels.com/) and [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/). Containers with [Docker](https://www.docker.com/), [Podman](https://podman.io/), [OrbStack](https://orbstack.dev/), [DDEV](https://ddev.com/), [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/), [Incus](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/introduction/), [Multipass](https://canonical.com/multipass) and [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io/). Automation with [Ansible](https://www.redhat.com/en/ansible-collaborative) and [cloud-init](https://cloud-init.io/).

Server services and security: file servers, web servers ([nginx](https://nginx.org/), [OpenLiteSpeed](https://openlitespeed.org/), [Static Web Server](https://static-web-server.net/), [Ferron](https://ferron.sh/), [FrankenPHP](https://frankenphp.dev/), [Caddy](https://caddyserver.com/)), [CDN (Content Distribution Network)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_delivery_network) ([Cloudflare](https://www.cloudflare.com/)), database servers, backup servers ([BorgBackup](https://www.borgbackup.org/), [Restic](https://restic.net/), [rustic](https://github.com/rustic-rs/rustic)), firewalls ([IPFire](https://www.ipfire.org/), [OPNsense](https://opnsense.org/)) and WAF (Web Application Firewall), VPN (Virtual Private Network) ([Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/), [Pangolin](https://github.com/fosrl/pangolin), [Firezone](https://www.firezone.dev/)), SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)/TLS (Transport Layer Security) ([Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/)/ACME (Automatic Certificate Management Environment)), SSH (Secure Shell), [SFTPGo](https://github.com/drakkan/sftpgo), object storage ([Garage](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/), [MinIO](https://github.com/pgsty/minio), [RustFS](https://rustfs.com/)), cloud/storage sync ([rclone](https://rclone.org/)), distributed file systems ([JuiceFS](https://juicefs.com/)), [Redis](https://redis.io/), [Memcached](https://memcached.org/), proxy servers, [Vinyl Cache](https://vinyl-cache.org/), [Traefik](https://traefik.io/traefik), DNS (Domain Name Service), [CoreDNS](https://coredns.io/), DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), IPv6, [ISPProtect](https://ispprotect.com/) and mail servers ([mailcow](https://mailcow.email/), [DavMail](https://davmail.sourceforge.net/)).

Server management with [Cockpit](https://cockpit-project.org/), [CyberPanel](https://cyberpanel.net/), [ISPConfig](https://www.ispconfig.org/), [KeyHelp](https://www.keyweb.de/en/keyhelp/keyhelp/), [Plesk](https://www.plesk.com/), [Portainer](https://www.portainer.io/), [Webmin](https://webmin.com/), [YaST (Yet another Setup Tool)](https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:YaST) and [Zentyal](https://www.zentyal.com/).

Workgroup administration, user/rights management, SaaS (Software as a Service), cloud computing, server monitoring ([Uptime Kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma), [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/), [Grafana](https://grafana.com/)) and availability control.

Version control with [Git](https://git-scm.com/), based on [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/), [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org/), [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/), [Gitea](https://about.gitea.com/) or [GitHub](https://github.com/).

### Project Management

Personal consulting, planning and conception of IT (Information Technology) projects. Requirements analysis, resource management and budget planning.

Team and project management using agile and traditional methods — Scrum, Kanban and hybrid approaches. Stakeholder management and coordination of cross-functional teams, including remote and distributed setups.

Project management tools: [GitHub](https://github.com/), [GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/), [OpenProject](https://www.openproject.org/), [Plane](https://plane.so/), [Redmine](https://www.redmine.org/), [Taiga](https://taiga.io/) and [YouTrack](https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/). Documentation with [Wiki.js](https://js.wiki/), [MediaWiki](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki) and [XWiki](https://www.xwiki.org/).

Security consulting and data protection — implementation and advisory on GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), BDSG (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz), technical and organizational measures (TOM (Technical and organizational measures)), data backup and disaster recovery planning.

Software and license management, training, seminars and talks on IT (Information Technology) topics as well as use of AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools for process optimization.

### Multimedia

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)-compliant online and video conferences, webinars, seminars and meetings — [Nextcloud Talk](https://nextcloud.com/talk/), [Jitsi Meet](https://jitsi.org/), [BigBlueButton](https://bigbluebutton.org/) and [Element](https://element.io/)/[Matrix](https://matrix.org/).

Audio and video production: recording, editing, post-production, sound design and media conversion. Podcasts, screen recordings, explainer videos and streaming content for web and intranet.

Slide shows, animations, 3D (Three-dimensional) animations, interactive multimedia presentations and GUI (Graphical User Interface) prototypes for web and mobile applications.

Accessible media (incl. (including) subtitles and audio descriptions), AI (Artificial Intelligence)-assisted media production and creation of physical media (audio, video, multimedia).