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Natalia Kasperskaya is one of the most famous businesswomen in the world. As a child, she could not even think that she would reach such heights in life.
Kaspersky's wife has always been among the middle peasants
Natalya was born in an ordinary Soviet family, it happened in 1966. At the time, she was considered late baby, because the father was already 46, and the mother - 30 years old. The girl studied at a simple school, led an active lifestyle, participated in sports, and led school concerts. When the question of a future career arose, the parents transferred their daughter in advance to the Physics and Mathematics School at the Moscow Aviation Institute, after which Natalya Kasperskaya quickly entered the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIEM) at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics. The girl tried to study diligently in order to earn a scholarship, but even then Natalya felt that dry mathematics was not at all what she would like to do in life.
Natalya Kasperskaya owes her career to her husband
They met at the Rest House. They met for a long time, and when the girl was 20 years old, the young people decided to get married. While still in the 5th year of the institute, Natalya gave birth to her first son, Maxim, but thanks to the help of her mother and grandmother, she did not fully devote herself to raising the baby, but decided to finish her studies. According to the distribution, the girl ended up in the Central Scientific Design Bureau, where she worked with microcircuits. This occupation did not attract Natalia at all, therefore, having given birth to her second child, she gladly went on maternity leave. After spending six years at home, Natalya began to look for any opportunity to break out of the four walls and came to work for her husband at the KAMI Research and Development Center. At that time, Evgeny Kaspersky had already managed to make himself known by developing almost the first anti-virus program in Russia. Natalya was first engaged in the sale of computer equipment, and then she began to delve into software products more and more. After a while, it was she who officially patented her husband's development, and in professional circles they began to talk more and more about the AVP antivirus. At first it was difficult, because such a field of activity was new not only for Natalia, but in general for the world of computer technology in Russia. Over time, Kaspersky's wife realized that her forte in life is sales.
In 1997, KAMI broke up, and several leading programmers, including Evgeny Kaspersky and his wife, decided to create their own laboratory, of which Natalya became the general director. Thus began the rise of her career. Speaking about her success, Natalya Kasperskaya emphasizes that in order to achieve any heights, one should not wait for gifts from fate, because in everything you need to rely only on your own strength. You should never be afraid to take risks, go ahead, cheat somewhere and dodge. This is the only way to build a career. Being a rather closed child in childhood, today this woman is negotiating with the whole world. But once she was afraid to even think that she needed to offer her services herself, and also write to potential clients in a foreign language.
Natalya Kasperskaya - a happy mother and wife
The eminent Kaspersky Union lasted until 1998, after which the couple divorced. Natalya did not leave the business, on the contrary, she continues to work in the field of computer technology, promoting the projects of her ex-husband. Three years later, Natalya remarried no less than famous person- Igor Ashmanov. From him, the woman had two more children - girls. Perhaps, having a marriage with a business man behind him, ex-wife Kaspersky tries to draw the line between family and career as clearly as possible. Natalya does not interfere in her husband's affairs, and he does not interfere with his wife's career. Spouses try to spend a lot of time together and relax with the whole family. Today Natalia has more opportunity and time to take care of children. In them she sees the meaning of her life. In general, according to Natalia, a woman should not initially set a goal to build a career in the first place, because when you are already over forty and you suddenly remember about children, then, firstly, it will be too late, and secondly, already You don't want to change anything in your current life. Work is a thing that comes, because today you work in one company, and tomorrow you are among the unemployed. This is a big blow for a careerist, because it seems that life is over. But if you come home and see happy children's faces, then all problems are solved by themselves, because only for the sake of children we make any plans for the future and try to achieve more.
Kasperskaya Natalya Ivanovna – CEO of the InfoWatch Group of Companies, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab
Biography
In 1997, together with her ex-husband Evgeny Kaspersky, Natalya Kasperskaya founded the Kaspersky Lab company and became its CEO. For 10 years, under the leadership of Natalia Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab has gone from an unknown startup to one of the leaders in the international IT market with a turnover of half a billion (in dollar terms).
In 2003, Kaspersky Lab created a subsidiary company, InfoWatch, which was engaged in developments in the field of protecting enterprises from information leaks. In 2007, Natalya Kasperskaya took the post of CEO in this company. In the same year, at the initiative of Natalia, InfoWatch begins active expansion, first to the European, and then to the Middle East and Asian markets.
From 2009 to 2013, Natalia Kasperskaya headed the working group on information and communication technologies within the Federal target program"Research and development in priority areas of development of the scientific and technological complex of Russia for 2007-2013" of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation.
In 2010, at the initiative of Natalia, InfoWatch, together with Ashmanov & Partners, created a subsidiary, Kribrum, which develops a service for monitoring and analyzing the reputation of companies, brands, and persons in the media space.
In 2011, with the acquisition German company cynapspro GmbH, which develops products to protect corporate network workstations, Natalia transformed InfoWatch into a holding company of the same name.
In early 2012, Natalia became a shareholder of the Canadian company Appercut, which became part of the InfoWatch holding. Appercut is developing a software product designed to automatically audit the source code of custom business applications for vulnerabilities and bookmarks.
In October 2012, Natalya Kasperskaya invested in shares and joined the board of directors of the German anti-virus company G Data Software AG.
In 2013, Natalya Kasperskaya invested in the Russian startup Taiga, which was part of the InfoWatch Group of Companies. Taiga designs innovation system protect mobile devices from tracking and information theft.
Under the leadership of Natalia Kaspersky, InfoWatch has become a recognized leader in the DLP market in Russia and the CIS countries.
A family
Natalia is married for the second time. Her husband is a businessman Igor Ashmanov, a specialist in the field of artificial intelligence, software development, project management. Natalia Kasperskaya has five children, two sons from her first marriage and three daughters from her second.
Achievements, awards
Natalya Kasperskaya is a laureate of numerous prestigious international awards in the field of information technology:
Laureate of the prestigious international award "Russian Business Leader of the Year" for merits in the development of the Russian IT industry according to Horasis, the Global visions community.
Winner of the Women in Technology Awards EMEA 2014, in the nomination "Best Information Technology Entrepreneur".
Nominated by the British edition of BRIC Magazine for the title of the most influential person in Russia in the first quarter of 2015 for his contribution to the development of the IT industry.
Laureate of the "Information Security of the Bank" award 2015.
Natalia Kasperskaya actively invests in the development of high-tech companies, is a member of the advisory boards of:
- Russian Venture Company,
Department of Strategy, Analysis and Forecast of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
Member of the board:
Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP),
Association of Software Developers (ARPP) "Domestic Soft".
Member of:
Expert Council for Russian Software under the Ministry of Communications and mass communications RF,
Working subgroup "Internet + society" under the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation,
Grant Committee of the Skolkovo Foundation,
Skoltech Board of Trustees,
Union of machine builders of Russia,
Information Protection Association (IPA),
Association of Information Security Experts BISA,
Board of Trustees of the Eurasian Cancer Foundation (EAFO).
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Natalya Ivanovna Kasperskaya(February 5, 1966, Moscow) - CEO of InfoWatch, co-founder of Kaspersky Lab. From October 2006 (and until 2012) she and her ex-husband Eugene Kaspersky owned 60 percent of the company.
Biography
Born in Moscow on February 5, 1966. Graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering with a degree in Applied Mathematics in 1989. Received a bachelor's degree from the Open University in the UK.
In 1994, she came to work at the STC "KAMI" as a seller of software products, after some time she headed the anti-virus project "AVP", with the development of which the history of "Kaspersky Lab" began. AVP's sales volume at the time was $200 a month.
In 1997, she became a co-founder of Kaspersky Lab. Was the head of the company for about 15 years. During this time, Kaspersky Lab has become one of the leaders in the international market for computer security systems with a large cash flow.
In 2004, on the basis of Kaspersky Lab, Natalya founded a new company that develops tools for protecting corporate confidential information from internal threats (DLP systems). Solutions developed by InfoWatch are distributed both in Russia and abroad.
In the summer of 2007, Natalya Ivanovna was elected to the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaspersky Lab.
Since 2007, she has been the CEO of InfoWatch.
In April 2008, she was elected a member of the board of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce.
In 2010, she took 2nd place in the "Information Technology" nomination of the rating of top managers according to the Kommersant newspaper.
In July 2011, she resigned from the board of directors of Kaspersky Lab. In 2013, information appeared in the media that Natalya Kasperskaya became a co-owner of the German anti-virus company G Data and will distribute the products of this vendor in Russia. However, later in an interview with Continent Siberia, she noted that the parties failed to reach a compromise.
In 2013, Natalya Kasperskaya invested in the Russian startup Taiga, which was part of the InfoWatch Group of Companies. Taiga is developing an innovative system for protecting mobile devices from tracking and information theft.
Natalya Kasperskaya is a laureate of numerous prestigious international awards in the field of information technology:
· Laureate of the prestigious international award "Russian Business Leader of the Year" for merits in the development of the Russian IT industry according to Horasis, the Global visions community.
· Nominated by the British edition of BRIC Magazine for the title of the most influential person in Russia in the first quarter of 2015 for his contribution to the development of the IT industry.
A family
In 1998 she divorced, the second husband is businessman Igor Ashmanov. Mother of five children: from the first marriage - Maxim (b. 1989) and Ivan (b. 1991), from the second - Alexandra (b. 2005), Maria (b. 2009) and Varvara (b. 2012).
Natalia Kasperskaya - photo
Biography
NATALIA KASPERSKY
President of the InfoWatch group of companies, co-founder of Kaspersky LabGraduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIEM) with a degree in Applied Mathematics.
Co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, led the company for 10 years as a CEO. During this time, Kaspersky Lab has gone from an unknown startup to one of the leaders in the international IT market.
In 2007, Natalia Kasperskaya became the head of InfoWatch, which develops innovative solutions to protect corporations from internal and external threats.
Natalia Kasperskaya is:
- head of the working group in the direction of "Information Security" within the framework of the program "Digital Economy Russian Federation»,
- Chairman of the Board of the Association of Software Developers (ARPP) "Domestic Soft",
- member of the Expert Council on Russian Software under the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation,
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Otkritie Bank.
Natalya Kasperskaya is the winner of the Women in Technology competition in the Middle East in the category Best Technology Business Entrepreneur and other international competitions.
Biography
RUSTEM KHAIRETDINOV
Vice President of InfoWatch GroupGraduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. Lomonosov and postgraduate studies at the Institute of Mechanics of Multiphase Systems of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
More than 20 years of experience in corporate information technology and information security. Headed commercial blocks in leading IT companies: Steepler, Dell Systems, Gorod-Info, Kaspersky Lab, Netwell.
In 2004, he headed the commercial block of InfoWatch and within a few years brought InfoWatch to the leaders of the Russian market.
In 2010, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Economic Sciences, proposing an innovative method for optimizing corporate information security costs. He actively teaches at universities and corporate universities, publishes in specialized and business publications.
Biography
NIKOLAI ZDOBNOV
Executive Director of InfoWatch GroupNikolay Zdobnov was appointed Executive Director of InfoWatch Group in July 2018.
His area of responsibility is the implementation of the strategic plan of the group of companies, operational management of structural divisions and subsidiaries, optimization of business processes and organizational development.
Nikolai started his career at InfoWatch as a sales manager in 2010, later became a deputy sales director, and later a director of product development. Completed a number of successful projects to improve and automate work processes throughout the company.
Previously, Nikolai worked at Softline as an information security product manager, and then led the internal startup Softline Linux Solutions. Prior to that, he worked for several years on the customer's side, where he was responsible for information technology and information security.
Graduated from Nizhny Novgorod State University named after N.I. Lobachevsky with a degree in Computer Technologies and Information Security.
Biography
KONSTANTIN LEVIN
sales vice presidentKonstantin is responsible for business development of InfoWatch Group in all regions where the company operates. Joining the InfoWatch team in 2007, he went from Account Manager to Sales Director in three years, and has been heading the InfoWatch Commercial Department for over 10 years.
During this time, the number of InfoWatch clients has grown several times, and Konstantin has more than a dozen of the largest transactions and well-oiled work of a geographically distributed division of five dozen employees on his account.
Before InfoWatch, Konstantin managed to try himself in various activities from accounting and consulting to software testing, marketing and product management. Realizing that he certainly wants to be at the forefront, he started selling information security solutions.
Levin graduated from the Moscow state institute radio engineering, electronics and automation, specialty "Organization of information security".
Biography
MARGARITA AMALITSKAYA
vice president of marketingStrategic and operational marketing and product management are Margarita Amalitskaya's areas of responsibility.
Margarita has more than 20 years of experience in business development, product management, as well as technological and strategic marketing in leading IT companies developing software and solutions for the Russian and international markets.
Previously, Margarita worked at ABBYY, Kaspersky Lab, Samsung Electronics and other IT projects, where she successfully completed business tasks in terms of multiple sales growth, increasing market share and entering new market segments.
Margarita graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, has additional education in marketing management.
Biography
ANDREY BIRYUKOV
Technical DirectorAs CTO of InfoWatch, Andrey Biryukov is responsible for maintaining the company's technology leadership, innovation policy, and developing new products that form the basis of business growth.
From 2014 to 2018, Andrey led the development from scratch of a key product of Kaspersky Lab for protecting critical information infrastructure. Previously, as a technical leader, he led a number of projects for the development of distributed Enterprise solutions for clients of Quest Software, whose products are used by 130,000 organizations from 100 countries around the world.
In total, he has been developing software for 19 years.
Andrei graduated from the Faculty of Control and Applied Mathematics of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In 2006, he received a PhD in Physics and Mathematics from the Computing Center Russian Academy Sciences them. A.A. Dorodnitsyn.
Biography
VADIM SARALIDZE
Vice President for Public Relations and Government RelationsBiography
ALEXEY NAGORNY
Vice President for New ProjectsAlexey has extensive management experience and successful launch of new products.
At InfoWatch, he is responsible for finding promising directions and developing new market segments.
From 2011 to 2012, Alexey was engaged in the development of solutions in the field of mobile development, during the same period, several services under the osmino brand and the secure smartphone Tigafon were launched on the market.
In 2015, Alexey joined InfoWatch.
Biography
VYACHESLAV POSOKHOV
Deputy Executive Director for OperationsAs Deputy Executive Director for Operations, Vyacheslav is responsible for the formation and implementation of the IT strategy of InfoWatch Group, management of key IT projects, and supervision of the company's project office.
He joined InfoWatch in 2011 as a corporate trainer and worked his way up to Director of Customer Services. With the participation of Vyacheslav in 2016, InfoWatch was among the finalists international competition of the best contact centers for technical support of Khrustalnaya Headset customers.
In 2008, he started his career at Acronis software development company as a technical support engineer, and then rose to a technical support expert and a customer service quality control analyst.
In 2010, Vyacheslav received a master's degree in Informatics and Computer Engineering from the National research university"Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology" (MIET). In 2013, he graduated from the Faculty of Management and Politics of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (U) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia with a degree in State and Municipal Administration.
Biography
ANDREY AREFIEV
product development managerAs head of product development, Andrey Arefiev is responsible for the formation and development of the product line, and thus for creating a long-term competitive advantage for the company.
Andrey joined InfoWatch in 2014 as a product manager and launched the development of three new product projects. In 2018 he was appointed to a senior position.
From 2002 to 2013, he worked at Quest Software, first as a Program Manager, then headed a department. His main focus was the development of Enterprise solutions for automating Active Directory management processes, these products were used in 95% of Fortune 500 companies and brought the company tens of millions of dollars.
Has 15 years of experience in software development as a full stack developer and project manager. Andrei graduated from the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State University. Lomonosov in 1994, later, as part of an international team, he studied the Earth's ionosphere at the IKI RAS. Head of the department at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.
She was born on February 5, 1966 in Moscow. As a child, Natalya favored animals and dreamed of becoming a veterinarian, but categorically did not work out with chemistry at school. But everything was in perfect order with mathematics, and her parents - a mother, a design engineer, and a physico-mathematical father-candidate - prophesied a great future for Natalya on a technical path. Even before entering the institute, Natalia showed herself to be a leader - she was engaged in active pioneering and social activities.
After listening to her parents, Kaspersky entered the specialty "Applied Mathematics" of the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering. In 1989 she received her diploma. Subsequently, she received a bachelor's degree from the Open University in the UK, majoring in Business.
Before going into sales and management, Natalia worked for several years at the Central Scientific and Design Bureau of Moscow as an ordinary researcher. While still a student, she met the talented programmer Evgeny Kaspersky, and when in 1994 the opportunity arose to go to work at the Kami Science and Technology Center - the one where Evgeny began his career - Kaspersky seized the opportunity. In "Kami" she took up an unusual activity for herself. At first, Natalia worked as a sales manager in the computer equipment department, but soon she was transferred to manage the anti-virus development department, where Evgeny Kaspersky worked on AVP.
By 1997 - when Kaspersky's anti-virus product began to be sold, and things at the Kami Research and Development Center had completely deteriorated - Natalya raised the issue of separating and creating her own company. Eugene Kaspersky at first grumbled and did not want any changes - they say, they will only interfere with the work on the project. But Natalia still persuaded her husband.
In 1997, the Kaspersky Lab company appeared. Evgeniy acted according to the principle of "the idea ... of the initiator" - he threw all organizational responsibility on Kaspersky and returned to software development. At first, Natalya Kaspersky had a hard time. But she managed. And in 1998, hired technical, commercial and financial directors came to her aid.
In 1998, the family of Natalia and Evgeny fell apart under the pressure of everyday squabbles. This did not seem to affect the company. Until 2007, the leadership and responsibility for the activity of Kaspersky Lab in the market lay mainly on the shoulders of CEO Natalya Kaspersky. In 2007, as a major shareholder, she was elected to the post of head of the board of directors, while Evgeny took the place of general director.
In 2004, in parallel with her work at the "Laboratory", Natalia began to develop another area of activity - the development of data protection systems in corporate intranet networks (DLP systems). After 3 years, Kaspersky took the post of CEO of the InfoWatch company she founded, a developer and distributor of such systems. Today, this company has a huge potential for expansion into Western markets. In Russia, InfoWatch became the first in its field.
In Russia, the successful work of Natalya Kaspersky was noted in 2008. She was ranked 4th in the top 10 most successful businesswomen in the country. By this time, Natalia already had many awards from foreign IT publications. In the same year, Kaspersky was elected a member of the Russian-German Chamber of Commerce. By the way, in 2010, Natalya Kasperskaya won the second place among the best top managers in the Russian IT industry.
In business, Natalia appreciates teamwork. As a leader, she knows how to listen to the opinions of specialists before committing rash acts. At the same time, she does not accept all kinds of team building and other “nonsense” inspired from abroad. Working with Russian programmers requires a completely different approach, and Kaspersky is aware of this. In the "Laboratory" developers were never chastised for being late, but they had to do their part on time.
Married to Evgeny Kaspersky, Natalya became the mother of two children. After the divorce, she began to live with a prominent IT figure Igor Ashmanov. By 2011, she became the mother of two more children. The last daughter Masha was born in March 2009. A month earlier, fans of Kaspersky Anti-Virus had presented Natalya with a comic list of possible names for the child, each of which somehow related to the anti-virus area.
Natalia Kasperskaya knows two well foreign languages- German and English. Often travels on vacation ski resorts, is interested in tourism and travel. Natalia plays the guitar well.
