Kalderoni Robert (Robert Calderoni)

Kalderoni Robert (Robert Calderoni)

Biography

2001-2014: Ariba Guide

Robert Calderoni headed Ariba and became chairman of the board of directors of this company in 2001. In 2012, SAP bought Ariba, but Calderoni remained in charge of the latter as part of a German company. From 2012 to 2014, he was a member of the SAP Global Managing Board. In 2014, Calderoni joined Citrix as a director, and a year later he became executive chairman of the company's board.

2015: Appointment as Head of Citrix

On October 21, 2015, the manufacturer of systems, virtualizations network solutions and application delivery technologies Citrix announced the appointment of Executive Chairman Robert Calderoni to the position of President and CEO of the company.

Calderoni, who has more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry, replaced Mark Templeton, who announced his resignation in July 2015. Templeton will remain at Citrix as a consultant until the end of 2015.

Robert Calderoni led Citrix on October 21, 2015

At the time of the announcement of the appointment of Robert Calderoni as head of Citrix, this position was assigned to him on an interim basis. Most likely, he will become the company's permanent CEO, but other candidates will also be considered.

According to Calderoni, he will focus on "maintaining the momentum we have gained in conducting an operational and strategic review of the company's business." 

Citrix team has a large number of talented specialists. I look forward to working with them, the board of directors and management to implement a strategy to deliver the most important applications in the world, "Calderoni said

According to Mark Templeton, under the leadership of Calderoni, Citrix will be able to continue to achieve excellent results.^[1]

2021: Appointment as President and CEO of Citrix

On October 6, 2021, Citrix announced the appointment of Bob Calderoni as the company's new president and CEO. In these positions, he will replace David Henshall, who left the manufacturer of systems for virtualization for unnamed reasons. Henshall's new place of work has not been announced.

With more than 30 years of leadership experience in the IT sector, including seven years as Citrix director, Bob is a natural candidate to lead the company now, says Citrix lead independent director Nanci Caldwell. - Bob knows our products, markets, customers and culture. The board of directors is confident that he is the very person who will conduct a continuous transformation of the company and bring benefits to our shareholders.

Bob Calderoni appointed CEO of Citrix

According to Bob Calderoni, Henshall played a key role in Citrix moving faster to cloud technology and making significant improvements to its products.

Citrix will continue to focus on moving business to SaaS as we work to securely provide a unified working experience for our valued customers, said Bob Calderoni.

The change of head of Citrix occurred about a month after it became known about the share in the company in the amount of more than 10% in the amount of $1.3 billion owned by the hedge fund Elliott Management. The latter is known as an investor activist, buying up shares of large technology companies and taking active actions to increase their shareholder value.

It is possible that Citrix appointed a new CEO under pressure from Elliott Management. In addition, in mid-September 2021, Bloomberg reported that Citrix was considering selling the company. From the beginning of 2021 to October 7, Citrix shares fell by about 17.4%.^[2]

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