Citrix (Nasdaq: CTXS) CEO Mark Templeton – the biggest spearhead behind the firm’s 2011 purchase of Raleigh-based ShareFile – is not retiring, despite earlier reports to the contrary.

Templeton, who announced an impending retirement late last year, has now decided to remain in his current role.

That’s according to a statement from the software company today.

According to Citrix Chairman Thomas Bogan, the board has been working with outside investors since January to find Templeton’s…