During his Partner Keynote at the EMEA Convergence 2008 in Copenhagen Kirill Tatarinov announced the ‘Walk the Mile’ initiative; walk a mile in the shoes of a partner. So Kirill, amongst others, volunteered to go spend a full day with a partner somewhere in the world. We participated in the initiative by dropping our business card into a fishbowl and were extremely surprised and honored that our card was actually pulled out.

 

With complete freedom to define a program for Kirill and his assistant Denise, we decided to go for typical ‘Dutch hospitality’ and share with our guests the fun that we experience every day in the way we do business. During the visit we had very interesting discussions about Microsoft Business Solutions’ strategy around ISV solutions like AXtension™. A nice dinner with Kirill, Denise and our board was a perfect way to informally interact, exchange views and get to know each other better. A visit to one of our international accounts, who works with Dynamics AX completed with AXtension™ solutions, was a valuable reference case for Kirill and Denise and a great way to conclude the ‘Walk a Mile’ experience.

 

Our goal was to let Kirill experience our passion and our values: quality, professionalism, teamwork and fun. By having a customer share his experience, combined with good team discussions, informal interaction and a nice dinner, we got to know and value each other. Thank you Kirill and Denise for this great experience!

 

 

Kirill Tatarinov is the corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) at Microsoft Corp. and oversees the MBS business, with responsibility for sales and marketing, R&D and operations. MBS develops and markets the line of Microsoft Dynamics products that manage financial, customer relationship and supply chain management functions for organizations of all sizes.

 

Tatarinov joined Microsoft in 2002 with 15 years of experience in the software industry. Before joining Microsoft, Tatarinov was senior vice president and chief technology officer for BMC Software Inc. While at BMC he also had responsibility for corporate development and for Patrol Software business. Before that, Tatarinov was co-founder, chief architect, and head of research and development for Patrol Software, the developer of innovative software solutions for systems and network management acquired by BMC in 1994. Before co-founding Patrol Software, Tatarinov worked in several systems, networking and consulting companies in Russia, Israel and Australia.