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Background and education
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.

After realizing his Soviet education lacked a sufficient emphasis on teamworking, Tatarinov enrolled in an executive MBA program at Houston Baptist University where the majority of the coursework involved team projects. Tatarinov received an MBA from Houston Baptist University in 1997.

Career
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.

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.

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. In 2007, he became the executive vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions. In that position, he oversaw Microsoft Dynamics Customer relationship management and Enterprise resource planning software. Under his leadership, the Microsoft Dynamics business doubled in revenue. He also led the division's transition to the cloud. Tatarinov left Microsoft in October 2015 as part of a management overhaul.

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

In May 2016, at the company's annual Citrix Synergy customer event, Tatarinov presented a new strategy for the company, which included focusing on growing core products. Tatarinov used the Synergy event as the roll-out platform for the rebranded Citrix Cloud, formerly known as Citrix Workspace Cloud. Tatarinov’s revamp of Citrix Cloud included the renaming of its services to reflect the “industry leading products that provide their technology foundation” and a continued push towards shaping the “Workspace of the Future.”

Later that year, as part of that strategy, Tatarinov reorganized Citrix and spun off the company's GoTo line of products.

The following May at Citrix Synergy 2017, Tatarinov rolled out Citrix Analytics, “a holistic security and behavior analytics program” to extend the capabilities of the Citrix NetScaler Management and Analytics System (MAS).

Tatarinov left Citrix in July 2017, having served 18 months as CEO.