About Me
Falko Banaszak, a German-based Principal Field Solutions Architect at Everpure, is a trusted cyber resilience advisor who advises organizations to implement strong cyber resiliency architectures. Over the past decade, he has developed a strong expertise in virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery. He also has a keen interest in cloud and SaaS technologies and a deep passion for the “storage world”. Falko is a Veeam Vanguard, a Certified Business Continuity Manager and a founder and leader of the German Veeam Usergroup. He runs a blog on virtualhome.blog and is an active speaker and podcast guest.
What I'm doing
Backup & Disaster Recovery Architectures
Recoverable-by-design data protection, object storage and immutability.
Storage & Resiliency Architectures
Designing and sizing storage platforms for performance, scale and resilience.
Business Continuity & IT-Service Continuity Management
Continuity management that ties technical recovery to business needs.
IT-Security
Cyber-resilient architectures that keep data secure and trustworthy under attack.
Virtualization
VMware and hypervisor platform design, operations and migration.
Writing & Advocacy
Sharing real-world knowledge through blogging and community work.
Resume
Experience
Principal Field Solutions Architect
Everpure · Remote
Leading the Cyber Resilience growth domain and representing EMEA & LATAM in domain-level discussions with Product Management and the wider solutions organisation.
Consulting Field Solutions Architect
Pure Storage · Remote
Specialised in cyber resiliency, helping customers across EMEA & LATAM build secure, scalable and resilient IT infrastructures.
Solution Architect & Consultant
SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH · Stuttgart
Designed and delivered virtualization, backup and storage solutions for enterprise customers.
Technical Leader — Veeam Solutions · additional role, Mar 2022 – Aug 2023
Lead Consultant ICT-Infrastructure
Terrabit GmbH · Reutlingen
Led ICT-infrastructure consulting engagements across virtualization, storage and data protection.
Consultant ICT-Infrastructure
Terrabit GmbH · Reutlingen
Consulting and implementation across ICT-infrastructure projects.
Education
Staatlich anerkannter Fachinformatiker — Fachrichtung Systemintegration
Ferdinand-von-Steinbeis-Schule · Reutlingen
Vocational training in IT systems integration / computer science.
Ausbildereignung gemäß AEVO (IHK)
IHK Reutlingen
Certified trainer (“Ausbilder”) — formally qualified to train apprentices in Germany.
Certifications & Recognition
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Skills & Knowledge
My major areas of expertise and the core platforms I work with.
From the Blog
I publish at virtualhome.blog — virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, storage and the cloud.