"It's good to go out on a high - we've been producing some good results in A/NZ," he said.

O'Brien joined Citrix six years ago as marketing director for Asia-Pacific, and assumed the area vice-president role two and a half years ago. Prior to that, he spent 23 years with IBM.

He said he was now talking to several parties about opportunities. While keen to remain in IT, he would consider any options that involved building a team.

"If the right opportunity comes up, and it suits me from a timing point of view, I will go down that route," he said.