Backup & Storage
- Enterprise backup planning, installation & management
- Veeam, Veritas NetBackup & IBM Spectrum Protect
- IBM Spectrum Protect DB2 troubleshooting expert
- TDP for Exchange, SQL & VMware
Technical Account Manager EMEA · Veeam
Thorsten
Schwarz
A passion for data protection — and a well-kept beard.
tschwarz@emea:~$ whoami
Senior backup & cyber-resilience engineer · 20+ years
tschwarz@emea:~$
ONLINE · CADENBERGE, DE
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Mr. Backup
// about
Resilience is a mindset,
not just a backup job.
With extensive experience in infrastructure and enterprise backup, along with proven leadership in team settings, I deliver the knowledge and innovative solutions essential for your projects involving Veeam, Veritas NetBackup and IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM).
I approach each task with zeal and advanced technology to devise the most suitable solutions tailored to your needs.
Having reached a senior level in my career, I have encompassed a broad spectrum of roles and perspectives within the IT sector — including positions as a consultant, end user, vendor, developer and project manager, as well as experience in sneakernets.
- RoleTechnical Account Manager EMEA
- CompanyVeeam Software
- BasedCadenberge, Northern Germany
- LanguagesGerman · English
// live
Career protection status
A backup engineer's CV deserves a monitoring console. This one is live.
Repository
Veeam · EMEA
Restore points
24 yrs
Last backup
just now
Next run
continuous
RPO
< 15 min
RTO
< 60 min
Immutability
ENABLED
Encryption
AES-256
// curriculum vitae
Restore points of a career
Two decades of building, protecting and recovering data — chronologically restored below.
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2024 — Present
Technical Account Manager EMEA
Veeam Software GmbH
Trusted technical advisor for enterprise customers across EMEA — guiding data protection, cyber resilience and recovery strategy at scale.
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2021 — 2024
Global Team Lead & Senior Solution Architect — Backup / Restore
Dedalus IT Group / Dedalus HealthCare GmbH
Led a global backup & restore team and architected enterprise-wide data protection for one of the world's largest healthcare IT providers.
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2017 — 2021
Senior System Engineer — Backup
Dedalus HealthCare GmbH (formerly Agfa HealthCare GmbH until 05/2020)
Designed, operated and hardened enterprise backup infrastructure for mission-critical healthcare data.
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2013 — 2017
Team Lead Backup · Data Center Services · Global Infrastructure Management
Knauf Group
Built and led global backup and data-center services, defining group-wide policies and centralising infrastructure across the organisation.
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2011 — 2013
IT Operations & Server Administrator Europe · IT Project Manager
USG Corporation
Ran European server operations and delivered cross-border IT projects.
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2002 — 2010
From IT Specialist to Management
Medium-sized system house
Grew from hands-on engineer into a management role across a broad spectrum of customer environments.
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2002
IHK Certified — IT Specialist, System Integration
Where it all began
The first restore point. Everything above was incremental. 😉
// skills
Tooling & expertise
Deep specialisation in enterprise data protection, backed by infrastructure and leadership range.
Infrastructure & Virtualization
- Deep hypervisor knowledge in vSphere
- Certified Virtualization Expert
- Windows environments: AD, RDS, Exchange & more
Management & Certification
- IHK-certified IT project manager
- IT project management
- ITIL Foundation certified
Support & Communication
- Global information & coordination management
- Worldwide support of locations
- Customer & staff support in German and English
Certifications
Certified Veeam Engineer (VMCE)
Certified Veeam Architect (VMCA)
IBM Spectrum Protect · DB2 Expert
IBM SP · TDP Exchange / SQL / VMware
Certified Virtualization Expert
ITIL Foundation
IHK IT Project Manager
IHK IT Specialist · System Integration
// cyber resilience
The 3-2-1 rule, and beyond
The golden rule of data protection — modernised for the era of ransomware. Tap a card to learn more.
Ransomware vs. The Vault based on a true RPO
A tiny heist movie starring your data. Spoiler: the immutable vault always wins. Grab the popcorn and press play.
Threat
0%
› Idle · all systems protected. Pop some popcorn. 🍿
// projects
Some project achievements
Selected highlights from environments built, scaled and protected.
Global enterprise backup
Built global enterprise backup environments from the ground up.
Redundant by design
Set up redundant backup environments for true fault tolerance.
Shrinking backup windows
Successfully reduced backup windows without compromising coverage.
Group-wide policies
Defined and implemented global backup policies tailored to the needs of the Group.
Centralised data centres
Construction and support of centralised data centres.
Terminal server consolidation
Terminal server migration and centralisation across sites.
vSphere migrations
Planned and executed large-scale vSphere migrations.
High availability
Setting up high-availability environments for critical workloads.
Energy-saving data centres
Development of energy-saving data centres — greener by design.
Team building 😉
Organise great team-building activities. Morale is part of resilience too.
Featured · Case study (PDF)
My Zero Data Loss story
How a healthcare provider achieved zero data loss with Veeam. The real-world story behind the metric.
// voices
What people say
Words from colleagues, leaders and partners along the way.
Thorsten has always been a highly motivated employee, willing to travel. He tackled difficult tasks with great verve. He always found sensible and workable solutions — excellent organisational skills, always very efficient, focused and meticulous.
The quality of his work results is always above our requirements — even when the work is difficult, issues accumulate and deadlines are tight. He always shows great resilience in high-workload situations.
Thorsten has excellent and in-depth specialist knowledge in peripheral areas.
An IT guy with not just sound but also broad knowledge, fast perception, stunning creativity and paramount understanding — always paired with a very nice, decent sense of humour, authentic benevolence and friendliness, self-organising capabilities, plus always solution-oriented.
Thorsten is — by any possible positive meaning — simply a remarkable, exceptional person!
In my opinion, a real leadership personality […]
// get connected
Let's chat
Backup strategy, cyber resilience, disaster recovery — or just a good conversation. Reach out.
LinkedIn
in/mr-backup
Location
Cadenberge, Northern Germany