Eugene Kaspersky
Chief Executive Officer

Eugene 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.

Eugene Buyakin
Chief Operating Officer

Eugene Buyakin studied economics at Moscow State University. During his studies and after graduating he worked for MKT Bank. At MKT Bank, he started as a marketing manager, and when he left the bank in 1996 he was deputy chairman of the board. He also worked as a stockbroker until the financial crash of 1998, and for the Rossiskii Kredit group as finance director. Eugene has been working at Kaspersky Lab since 1999.

Vitaly Bezrodnykh
Vice-President, Technology Business

As Business Development Director, Vitaly Bezrodnykh is responsible for company's business development and sales activities worldwide, including technology/OEM, branded and non-branded sales, global alliances, worldwide sales channels development and expansion into new markets and territories. Vitaly has over 10 years' experience in the IT industry, and an extensive background in marketing, sales management and international business development. He holds an MBA degree in marketing and technology management from the University of California (Berkeley) and an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from Novosibirsk University. Before joining Kaspersky Lab, Vitaly spearheaded regional expansion at Hewlett Packard and managed marketing projects for Vertical Networks.

Nikolay Grebennikov
Vice-President, Research and Development

Nikolay Grebennikov was born in Tumen, Russia in 1978. In 2001, Nikolay graduated from Bauman Moscow State Technical University with a Master's Degree in Computer Science. He received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science in February 2004 from the Bauman University for his dissertation on information security. Before joining Kaspersky Lab in 2003 he worked as a device driver developer, database programmer, general software programmer and project manager for several IT companies based in Moscow.

Nikolay Grebennikov joined Kaspersky Lab as a system analyst for the Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstation 5.0 project team, but after 6 months was heading the Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 team. In June 2005 he was assigned to the position of Deputy Director, Innovative Technologies, with the main task of heading all new research including proactive defense, heuristic detection, defense against information leaks, keyloggers, and rootkits. Since January 2008 he has been working in the position of Vice-President, Research and Development.

Andrei Tikhonov
Vice-President, Software Engineering

Andrei Tikhonov is currently responsible for supervising the work of Kaspersky Lab's technical department, including the development and testing of new products. 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. Andrei 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.

Daniil Kaptsan
Vice-President, Marketing

Daniil Kaptsan joined Kaspersky Lab in 2000. His first achievement was establishing a production and logistics network for the opening of the Kaspersky Lab international retail channel. From that point, he spearheaded the business development of this channel, and in 2003 was appointed to the position of Retail Sales Director. From 2003 to 2004, Daniil was also involved in the business development of the Mediterranean region, and in November 2004 was promoted to the position of Marketing Director. Daniil holds degrees in electronic engineering and marketing.

Daniil Borschev
Vice-President, Finance

Daniil Borschev was born in 1975 in Barnaul, Russia. In 1997 he graduated from Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics. In 1997-2000 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 since January 2008 has been the Financial Director of Kaspersky Lab.