Executive Management

Oleg founded Semrush in 2008 with Dmitry Melnikov and has served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of our board of directors since October 2012. Oleg began his career as an IT engineer starting with the development of SEOquake, which was released in 2006. Oleg received his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Saint Petersburg State Polytechnic University.

Dmitri is the co-founder of Semrush along with Oleg. He has served as our Chief Operating Officer and a member of the board of directors since October 2012. Dmitri received his Master of Science degree in Radio Engineering from Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University.

Evgeny has served as our Chief Financial Officer since July 2019. Evgeny previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of Luxoft (NYSE: LXFT) from May 2017 to May 2019, and prior to that he served as the Chief Financial Officer of the Moscow Exchange (MOEX: MOEX) from February 2013 to March 2017. Prior to that, he was a member of the board of directors of B2B-Center and RTS Stock Exchange, and a Managing Director and Partner at Da Vinci Capital. Evgeny is a member of the CNBC Global CFO Council and received his Master’s degree in World Economics and Finance from the Finance University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Del has served as our Chief Revenue Officer since August 2017. Priors to joining Semrush he served as the Chief Revenue Officer at Dex Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: DXM) from November 2010 to December 2015 and as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and General Manager of Sales of Dex Media, Inc. Prior to that Del was the Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing of Paychex (NASDAQ: PAYX), and the Vice President of Sales at VIS, a division of Verizon (NYSE: VZ). He received a B.S. in Human Resources Consumer Economics from the University of Delaware.

Eugene has served as our Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer since March 2016. Before joining Semrush he was Investment Director of Target Global from March 2016 to March 2017 and Partner from November 2014 to March 2016. Prior to that, he served as the Co-Founder and Head of Marketing at AggroStudios from September 2013 to November 2014. Eugene also served as a Partner of Foresight Ventures and as a Senior Systems Analyst at Cloudmach Inc. He received his Master’s degree in Information Technology from Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University.

Vitalii has served as the Chief Product Officer of Semrush since May 2015. In this role, Vitalii drives overall vision and strategy for the entire Semrush product suite.Prior to that he served as one of our Product Owners from July 2013 to May 2015 and as a Developer from September 2008 to June 2013. Before joining SEMrush, Vitalii worked with Oleg as a developer of SEOQuake.

Jeffrey Belanger has served as our Chief Human Resources Officer since July 2020. Mr. Belanger previously served as a human resources executive at Buildium (acquired by RealPage Inc. in December 2020, NASDAQ: RP) from September 2018 to May 2020, and prior to that served as a human resources executive at Pandora Media (acquired by Sirius XM Holdings Inc. in 2018, NASDAQ: SIRI) from October 2015 to September 2018. Prior to that, Mr. Belanger served in various human resources related roles at IPG Mediabrands, Organic and Kenexa (acquired by IBM in August 2012, NYSE: IBM). Mr. Belanger has served as an advisory board member of CultureHQ since May 2020. Mr. Belanger graduated from St. John Fisher College with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science.

Sharon has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Semrush since January 2020. Prior to joining Semrush, Sharon served as Vice President and General Counsel of Nasuni Corporation from 2017 to 2019 and Vice President and General Counsel of Fleetmatics Group PLC from 2012 to 2017. Prior to that Sharon held senior legal roles at A123 Systems, Authoria, and others. Sharon holds a B.A. from Providence College and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.

Max has served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Semrush since 2019. Prior to joining Semrush, Max was Managing Director at Onion Logic from 2017 to 2019 e-Commerce Director of TSUM from 2011 to 2017 and Merchandise Planner at TSUM from 2008 to 2011. Max holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University.

Olga joined Semrush in 2013 as head of Social Media andhas served as our Vice President of Brand Marketing since 2017. Prior to that, Olga was at Lux Express Group from 2009 to 2013 where she was most recently a Project Manager. Olga is a speaker at major marketing conferences and the Head Judge at Content and Social Media Awards across USA and Europe. Olga holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Trade and Customs from Saint Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.

Olga has been the Vice President of Digital Marketing at Semrush since 2020. Prior to joining Semrush, Olga was at Veeam Software for five years, most recently as Director, Global Marketing, Strategic, and Alliance Campaigns. Olga holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication from the Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod (LUNN).

Pavel has been Vice President of Sales at Semrush since 2016. Prior to Semrush, Pavel was Head of Content Aggregation at Zed from 2009 to 2017 and Sales and Marketing Director at AdHere from 2007 to 2009. Pavel holds a Master’s degree in Graduate School of Management from Saint Petersburg State University.

Joanna is the Head of Prowly Unit at Semrush. Prior to Semrush, Joanna was CEO and co-founder of Prowly, which she founded in 2013 and which was acquired by Semrush in August of 2020. Before co-founding Prowly, Joanna founded and ran Kolko PR agency from 2010 to 2016. Joanna has been listed as one of the top start-up female founders in Europe by Forbes and The Hundert and she is also a member of the EY Winning Women™ European group. Joanna has a Bachelor's degree in European Studies and a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of Warsaw.

Maria has been Senior Vice President of the Core (SEO) Unit at Semrush since 2018. Maria joined Semrush in 2014 as a Product Owner. Prior to joining Semrush she served as team leader at E-Government LR from 2012 to 2014. Maria holds a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Saint Petersburg University of Telecommunications.

Pavel has been the Head of Market Research Solutions at Semrush since 2017. Prior to joining Semrush, Pavel was Product Manager at i-Free from 2009 to 2014. Pavel has a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and a Business Administration and Management degree from the Yale School of Management.

Bob joined Semrush in February 2021 as the Vice President of Investor Relations. Prior to Semrush, he served as Vice President of Investor Relations at Q2 Holdings (NYSE: QTWO) from April 2014 to March 2019. Prior to that, Bob was a Research Analyst covering the Semiconductor Industry for Deutsche Bank Securities. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University.