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Tim Pfaelzer

Tim Pfaelzer is the General Manager & Senior Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Veeam. He is responsible for the company’s growth and business operations across the region.

Tim has spent more than 20 years in the IT industry, including holding management roles at Dell along with Adobe, Autodesk and Salesforce. Joining Veeam in 2021, he was most recently Vice President of Enterprise business in EMEA at Veeam.

He has an unwavering commitment to the success of Veeam’s EMEA customers and partners and is passionate about bringing the industry’s broadest set of data protection and ransomware recovery capabilities to organizations so that they can build radical resilience against ransomware and loss of critical data. Tim works with teams across Veeam to ensure that when data disruption happens, customers are not only bouncing back but bouncing forward. Based in Germany, Tim leverages his vast experience in business development, marketing, sales and general management to lead and develop the Veeam EMEA teams.

Business | December 10, 2025 4 min to read

Sovereignty Is the New Resilience: Why Europe’s Digital Future Depends on Control

Across Europe, the digital transformation journey has accelerated dramatically. Governments and enterprises are embracing AI, cloud computing, and data-driven innovation to deliver better services and drive economic growth. But with this progress comes a new imperative: trust. Read more
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