Executive Vice President of Engineering, acting CISO
Jeroen van Rotterdam is executive vice president of engineering, with responsibility for development and delivery of Citrix flagship products for secure delivery of apps and data – anytime, anywhere – on any device or network. Harnessing the innovation power of the company's global engineering workforce, he leads R&D across all hardware and software products and solutions for apps, data, cloud and networking. van Rotterdam also serves as interim CISO, overseeing the IT and product security function.
van Rotterdam joined Citrix in 2016, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience to the company. Most recently he served as chief technology officer, vice president and distinguished engineer for DELL EMC’s Enterprise Content Division and general manager for its Archiving Solutions product portfolio.
Prior to his nearly decade-long career at EMC, van Rotterdam co-founded X-Hive Corporation, where he led the company as CEO and chief technology officer. In 2007, X-Hive was acquired by EMC, where its native XML database and content component management system became an integral element of EMC’s information management solution for smart delivery of content.
van Rotterdam is author of 40+ patents in various stages with the US Patent Office. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Econometrics and Quantitative Economics from Eramus University in Rotterdam, where he also earned a Master’s degree in Computer Science.