Summary
Kirill Tatarinov is the Executive Vice Chairman at Acronis.[1] Previously, he held the positions of CEO at Citrix Systems[2] and Executive Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions.
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| Born | Moscow, Russia |
Background and education edit
Tatarinov grew up in Moscow. His father was a computer engineer in the former Soviet Union.[3] 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.[3][4] During his student years, Tatarinov wrote programs for hardware clones on punch cards.[5]
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.[3] He received an MBA from Houston Baptist University in 1997.[4]
Career edit
Tatarinov began his career working for several systems, networking, and consulting companies in the Soviet Union, Israel, and Australia.[6] In 1991, he co-founded Patrol Software in Australia, which made a database and systems management product.[4][7] Tatarinov served as the company's chief architect and head of research and development.[4]
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.[3]
Tatarinov joined Microsoft in 2002 to lead the company's Management and Solutions Division. [4] In 2007, he became the executive vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions.[6] overseing Microsoft Dynamics Customer relationship management and Enterprise resource planning software.[8] Under his leadership, the Microsoft Dynamics business doubled in revenue. He also led the division's transition to the cloud.[9] Tatarinov left Microsoft in October 2015 as part of a management overhaul.[10]
In January 2016, Tatarinov was named the CEO of Citrix Systems. He also joined the company board.[10]
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.[11][12][13] Later that year,he reorganized Citrix and spun off the company's GoTo line of video conferencing products.[13] Tatarinov left Citrix in July 2017, having served 18 months as CEO.[2]
In February 2019, Tatarinov joined the Acronis Board of Directors to drive the adoption of Acronis Cyber Protection products and services by the enterprise and public sectors.[14] Seven months later, in September 2019, Acronis appointed Tatarinov as Executive Vice Chairman to continue building Acronis' cyber protection strategy across enterprise sector.[15]
References edit
- ^ "Acronis Names Kirill Tatarinov as Executive Vice Chairman". www.acronis.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ a b Vanian, Jonathan (July 10, 2017), "Citrix Just Replaced Its CEO—Again", Fortune, retrieved July 15, 2017
- ^ a b c d Benjamin J. Romano (March 9, 2009). "Kirill Tatarinov: Microsoft's Russian rocket". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e "Kirill Tatarinov profile". bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ John Biggs (21 February 2017). "Citrix CEO Kirill Tatarinov talks about punch cards and the 3D future". TechCrunch. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
- ^ a b Ray Wang (April 22, 2013). "Executive Profiles: Kirill Tatarinov, President Microsoft Business Solutions". Software Insider. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Thomas Hoffman (March 13, 1995). "Unicenter to 'Patrol' database, app management". Computerworld. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Simon Sharwood (January 21, 2016). "Citrix names former Microsoft exec Kirill Tatarinov prez and CEO". The Register. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Rachel King (January 20, 2016). "Citrix nabs former Microsoft business division chief as CEO, president". ZDNet. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ a b Jonathan Vanian (January 20, 2016). "Citrix Names Former Microsoft Executive as New CEO". Fortune. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Mark Cox (24 May 2016). "Citrix CEO Tatarinov lays out Citrix vision, and strategy to get there". ChannelBuzz.ca. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Supratim Adhikari (30 August 2016). "Citrix back on track as Kirill Tatarinov takes the reins". The Australian. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ "Kirill Tatarinov Joins Acronis Board of Directors to Help Accelerate Market Expansion". www.acronis.com. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Acronis appoints ex Microsoft Executive as its new Vice Chairman". Data Economy. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-09-25.