Joachim Schmitz
Field CTO & Leiter SVA Academy at SVA System Vertrieb Alexander GmbH
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Summary
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RockstarHeinz-Joachim Schmitz is a veteran technology leader with 35+ years in IT and 14 years of documented experience leading strategic technical initiatives across DACH, currently serving as Field CTO and head of the SVA Academy. He has shaped automation, hybrid multi‑cloud and AI strategies at scale as IBM CTO for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and later as CTO for SVA’s Digital Process Solutions. Known for deep expertise in open source, cloud‑native application development and automation platform architectures, he combines hands‑on engineering instincts with executive-level strategy. His industry focus on travel, transportation, retail and insurance has driven large transformation programs and operational modernization. Outside of executive roles he contributes to open-source projects such as MuseScore, showing continued practical involvement in backend development and standards integration like SMuFL. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic architect who turns complex technical roadmaps into deployable, business‑centric solutions.
13 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (6)
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
qt10
music-notation10
develop9
musicxml9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
musescore/MuseScore
Jul 2012 - Jan 2023
MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contribution, bug reports, visit MuseScore.org. Fork and make pull requests!
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2787 reviews, 2296 commits, 1776 PRs in 10 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Joachim primarily focused on enhancing the functionality of the MuseScore software by modifying core components related to command-line parsing for Qt 5.3 compatibility, implementing changes related to SMuFL (Standard Music Font Layout) and Bravura 1.18 symbols within the library, and addressing issues with the text- and time signature entry logic. Their contributions include code adjustments for existing features and modifications to improve font rendering and data input, while focusing on the integration of new features from the SMuFL specification.
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Jojo-Schmitz/batch_export
May 2012 - Dec 2022
MuseScore plugin to convert various input formats into various output formats
Contributions:86 reviews, 120 commits, 19 PRs in 10 years 8 months
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