Kirill Tatarinov

Kirill Tatarinov
Born	Moscow, Russia

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

Tatarinov grew up in Moscow. His father was a computer engineer in the former Soviet Union. 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. During his student years, Tatarinov wrote programs for hardware clones on punch cards.

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.

Tatarinov received an MBA from Houston Baptist University in 1997.

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

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