Natalia Kasperskaya

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Natalya Kasperskaya is the Chairman of Russian antivirus software maker Kaspersky Lab.[1] As of October 2006, she and her ex-husband Eugene Kaspersky, a former cryptologist, together own about 80 percent of the company.[2]

[edit] Biography

Natalia Kasperskaya graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Machine Building (MIEM) in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics.[1] After graduation she worked as a research assistant at the Central Scientific Design Office.[1] In 1994 Natalya started working at KAMI Information Technologies Center where she was involved in managing an antivirus project, AVP, which in 2000 was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus.[1] She participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences worldwide.[1]

Kasperskaya has one daughter, Monika, and one son, Igor.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c d e Kaspersky Lab US Executive Team. Kaspersky Lab. Retrieved on 2006-10-07. “Natalia Kasperskaya graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering in 1989 with a degree in applied mathematics. After graduation she worked as a research assistant at the Central Scientific Design Office. In 1994 Natalya started working at KAMI Information Technologies Center where she was involved in managing an antivirus project, AVP, which in 2000 was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus. Natalya is now CEO of Kaspersky Labs. Today she is a respected figure in the Russian information technology industry and participates regularly in business development seminars and conferences throughout the world.”
  2. ^ Wendlandt, Astrid. "Microsoft - caught between EU and US anti-virus firms", IOL Technology, 2006-10-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-08. 


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