Kirill Tatarinov

Kirill Tatarinov
Born Moscow, Russia

Kirill Tatarinov is a businessman and the former CEO of Citrix Systems.[1] Prior to that he was the executive vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions.

Background and education

Tatarinov grew up in Moscow. His father was a computer engineer in the former Soviet Union.[2] Tatarinov was interested in technology from an early age and he received a master's diploma of systems engineering from Moscow University of Transport Engineering (MIIT) specializing in computers.[2][3] During his student years, Tatarinov wrote programs for hardware clones on punch cards.[4]

In 1990, Tatarinov left the Soviet Union for Israel. He then moved to Australia in 1991. In 1994, Tatarinov emigrated to the United States after Patrol Software, the software startup he co-founded, was acquired by Houston-based BMC Software.[2]

Tatarinov received an MBA from Houston Baptist University in 1997.[3]

Career

Tatarinov began his career working for several systems, networking, and consulting companies in the Soviet Union, Israel, and Australia.[5] In 1991, he co-founded Patrol Software in Australia, which made a database and systems management product.[3][6] Tatarinov served as the company's chief architect and head of research and development.[3]

Houston-based enterprise software maker BMC Software, Inc acquired Patrol Software in 1994. Tatarinov worked for BMC in the U.S. for eight years following the acquisition and became the company's chief technology officer.[2]

Tatarinov joined Microsoft in 2002 to lead the company's Management and Solutions Division. That same year, Computerworld named him one of the business world’s Premier 100 IT Leaders.[3] In 2007, he became the executive vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions.[5] In that position, he oversaw Microsoft Dynamics Customer relationship management and Enterprise resource planning software.[7] Under his leadership, the Microsoft Dynamics business doubled in revenue. He also led the division's transition to the cloud.[8] Tatarinov left Microsoft in October 2015 as part of a management overhaul.[9]

In January 2016, Tatarinov was named the CEO of Citrix Systems. He also joined the company board.[9]

In May 2016, at the company's Citrix Synergy customer event, Tatarinov presented a new strategy for the company, which included focusing on growing core products.[10][11][12] Later that year, as part of that strategy, Tatarinov reorganized Citrix and spun off the company's GoTo line of products.[12] Tatarinov left Citrix in July 2017, having served 18 months as CEO.[1]

Personal life

Tatarinov is actively involved with UNICEF. He served on the board of the organization's Texas chapter and is a founding member of the U.S. Fund's Seattle Advisory Council.[5][3] Tatarinov also served on the board for the Outdoors for All Foundation.[5]

Tatarinov is a ski racer and Level-1 ski instructor certified by the Professional Ski Instructors of America. He is married with two children.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Vanian, Jonathan (July 10, 2017), "Citrix Just Replaced Its CEO—Again", Fortune, retrieved July 15, 2017
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Benjamin J. Romano (March 9, 2009). "Kirill Tatarinov: Microsoft’s Russian rocket". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kirill Tatarinov profile". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ↑ John Biggs (21 February 2017). "Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov talks about punch cards and the 3D future". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Ray Wang (April 22, 2013). "Executive Profiles: Kirill Tatarinov, President Microsoft Business Solutions". Software Insider. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Thomas Hoffman (March 13, 1995). "Unicenter to 'Patrol' database, app management". Computerworld. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Simon Sharwood (January 21, 2016). "Citrix names former Microsoft exec Kirill Tatarinov prez and CEO". The Register. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Rachel King (January 20, 2016). "Citrix nabs former Microsoft business division chief as CEO, president". ZDNet. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 Jonathan Vanian (January 20, 2016). "Citrix Names Former Microsoft Executive as New CEO". Fortune. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Mark Cox (24 May 2016). "Citrix CEO Tatarinov lays out Citrix vision, and strategy to get there". ChannelBuzz.ca. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Tv Mahalingham (9 June 2016). "My job is to bring Citrix back on its core path: Kirill Tatarinov, CEO, Fort Lauderdale". The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  12. 1 2 Supratim Adhikari (30 August 2016). "Citrix back on track as Kirill Tatarinov takes the reins". The Australian. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
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