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Michael Schnappinger

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Senior Director, Sales Engineering, EMEA at Illumio
📍 Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany

Michael Schnappinger is a senior technology leader with over 15 years of experience, currently serving as the Senior Director of Sales Engineering for EMEA at Illumio. He specializes in bridging deep technical expertise in networking, AI, and security with commercial strategy. People who have worked with him describe him as passionate and an "out of the box" thinker.

He has participated in expert panel discussions and podcasts on topics such as security risks in DevOps and cloud networking announcements.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Sales Engineering, EMEA
Job Level
Senior
Location
Landsberg, Bavaria, Germany
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Cybersecurity & Zero Trust
As a leader at Illumio, he is focused on Zero Trust Segmentation and preventing the lateral movement of attacks within networks, a frequent topic of his posts.
Sales Engineering Leadership
He has a long track record of leading and scaling sales engineering teams across EMEA for companies like Illumio, Alteryx, and VMware.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Senior Director, Sales Engineering, EMEA
Illumio
10-2024 - 1-2026
Director, Sales Engineering, EMEA
Illumio
3-2023 - 10-2024
Director Sales Engineering
Alteryx
1-2022 - 3-2023
Sr. Manager, Sales Engineering CEE
Alteryx
2-2019 - 1-2022
Senior Manager, Systems Engineering Global Accounts, Network Virtualization and Security
VMware
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Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences
IT-Business Developer
IT-Akademie Bayerm
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