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Management Team
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Eugene Kaspersky graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science. He began studying computer viruses in 1989 after the Cascade virus was detected on his computer. From 1991 to 1997 Eugene worked at the KAMI Information Technologies Center where he developed the AVP antivirus project with a group of associates (AVP was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus in November 2000). Eugene Kaspersky co-founded Kaspersky Lab in 1997, and in 2007 Eugene was named CEO of Kaspersky Lab.
Today, Eugene Kaspersky is one of the world's leading antivirus experts, with over 15 years of experience in the field of information security. He regularly speaks at seminars and conferences all over the world, and is the author of a number of articles and reviews covering topics related to computer virology. |
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Eugene was appointed Chief Operating Officer at Kaspersky Lab in 2007. In this role he is responsible for the overall running of the company’s operations worldwide. Eugene joined Kaspersky Lab in 1999 as finance director and oversaw a period of record growth in the company’s turnover and operations.
Prior to Kaspersky Lab, Eugene worked for MKT Bank, where he rose from a managerial role in the marketing department to become the deputy chairman of the bank’s board. He also worked as finance director for the Rossiskii Kredit Group.
Eugene graduated from the Moscow State University with a degree in economics.
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Nikolay Grebennikov
Vice-President, Research and Development
Nikolay was appointed Vice President of Research and Development at Kaspersky Lab at the beginning of 2008. He joined the company in 2003 as a system analyst for the Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstation 5.0 project team and within six months was heading the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 team. Before his current role, Nikolay was deputy director of innovative technologies in charge of all new research including proactive defense, heuristic detection, and defense against information leaks, keyloggers and rootkits.
Before joining Kaspersky Lab, Nikolay worked as a device driver developer, database programmer, general software programmer and project manager for several IT companies based in Moscow.
Nikolay has a Ph.D in Computer Science from Bauman Moscow State Technical University for his work on information security.
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David joined Kaspersky Lab as Chief Financial Officer in 2008. His responsibilities include overseeing the work of the Finance Department, coordinating the company's financial planning and budgeting, accounting and reporting, transaction services and treasury functions.
From 1996 to 2006, David worked for the Ford Motor Company where he rose from a Finance Analyst to Deputy Finance Director for Ford Asia Pacific & Africa. Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, he was Chief Financial Officer at GAZ Group, Russia’s leading automobile manufacturer.
David graduated from the University of Illinois and has an MBA in Finance & Marketing.
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Andrei Tikhonov
Vice-President, Software Engineering
Andrei Tikhonov graduated with distinction from a military academy in Kiev, and served in the Russian Army for five years, leaving the service with the rank of lieutenant-colonel.
He has been associated with developing information security software since 1994 when he started working with Eugene Kaspersky as a developer of Novell NetWare products. In 2001 he became head of the Kaspersky Lab Novell department. Tikhonov is currently responsible for supervising the work of Kaspersky Lab's technical department, including the development and testing of new products.
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Roger Wilson
Vice-President, Marketing
Roger joined Kaspersky Lab in 2008 as Vice President of Marketing.
He brings a wealth of experience to his role, having worked in senior management positions at Dell (EMEA Corporate Communications Director), Hewlett-Packard (EMEA Brand and Company Communications Director), The Singer Company (EEMEA Marketing Communications Director), Rank Xerox International, Ford Motor Company and ICCB dot Ch Ltd.
He has a degree in Earth Sciences from the University of Nottingham.
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Daniil Borschev was born in 1975 in Barnaul, Russia. In 1997 he graduated from Moscow State University’s Faculty of Economics. From 1997 to 2000 he worked for several companies in the areas of auditing, investing and banking. From December 2000 Daniil was the Head of the Financial Department of Kaspersky Lab for Russia, the CIS countries and the Baltic states. In March 2004 he became the Deputy Financial Director of the company and in January 2008 was appointed to Financial Director of Kaspersky Lab.
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Tatyana Solovyeva
Vice-President, Human Resources
Tatyana Solovyeva graduated from the Russian University of Chemical Technology with a degree in Biotechnology. She started her career in 1996 working for the TRIZA Exclusive recruiting agency. During 1997-2003 she worked in the HR departments at PepsiCo Holdings and ING Bank. From 2004 until joining Kaspersky Lab, Tatyana Solovjeva was the Deputy Director of HR at UniCredit Bank. In 2005, she received an MBA in Strategic Management from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. Tatyana Solovyeva was appointed HR Director at Kaspersky Lab in January 2008. |
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Stephane Le Hir
Vice-President, Consumer Business
Stephane is the Vice President of Consumer Business at Kaspersky Lab, a position he has held since early 2008. During Stephane’s most recent position as managing director for Kaspersky Lab France, he successfully established the company as a leader on the French retail market.
Stephane has a wealth of experience in business development, serving as the director of the French division of Trend Micro from 1997 to 2002, a company which had been almost unknown on the French market before he arrived.
Stephane has a degree in information technology.
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Keith Maskell
Vice-President, Corporate Business
Keith was appointed Kaspersky Lab’s Vice President of Corporate Business in 2008.
Prior to his present role, Keith worked at Canon as managing director in Russia and a general manager in Ireland. From 2003 to 2006, he was director of the pan-European Corporate and International Channel at Canon’s strategic headquarters in London. He has also held senior managerial positions at Xerox and Kvaerner.
Keith has a degree in Russian and philosophy from Oxford University.
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Petr Merkulov
Acting Vice-President, ISV & IHV Alliances
Petr is Vice President of Kaspersky Lab’s technology business overseeing the company’s independent software and hardware vendor operations. He has held the position since spring 2008. He initially joined Kaspersky Lab in 2004 as a technology sales manager.
Petr previously worked at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs before he entered the business sphere, working for several companies in public relations.
Petr graduated from the Moscow State University of Foreign Affairs with a degree in public relations.
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Alexander Sambuk
Vice-President, Quality Management
Alexander Sambuk was appointed Vice-President of Quality Management at Kaspersky Lab in March 2009. His responsibilities include establishing and the running of a global quality management system.
Alexander has a wealth of experience in the IT field, having worked at several companies, most notably Luxoft where he held a number of senior positions, including Director of Quality Management. Under Alexander’s leadership, the company achieved CMMI Level 5 and was certified to ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 27001 (Information Security) standards.
Alexander was born in Moscow in 1973. He graduated from Moscow State University of Railway Engineering with a degree in Software Development.
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