Executive Management

Based in Boston

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.

Based in Boston

Dmitry 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.

Based in Boston

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.

Based in Boston

Brian serves as Semrush's Chief Financial Officer since 2023. Brian has more than 20 years of finance leadership experience at market-leading technology companies, including Microsoft, Nuance Communications, and Progress Software. Brian holds a Bachelor of Business and Mathematics from Gordon College, and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School.

Based in Amsterdam

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.

Based in Amsterdam

Tatiana Starikova has served as our Chief Human Resources Officer since July 2021. Tatiana previously served as Senior Vice President of Global HR at Semrush from November 2017. Prior to that, Tatiana worked as a Global HR Director in different international Tech and Digital Companies like RealWeb and AdHands from 2014-2017.

Based in Austin

Andrew serves as Semrush’s Chief Marketing Officer since 2021 and leads a team of over 150 global marketing and communications professionals. Andrew has a track record in building and optimizing global marketing functions from the ground up. He has lived and worked in some 20+ countries, with a primary focus on digital marketing and digital transformation. Prior to Semrush, he held CMO roles and led global marketing functions at UnitedLex, SoftServe, Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), GfK, and more.

Based in Wayland, MA

Channing serves as Chief Sales Officer since January 2023. Previously, he was the Chief Revenue Officer for Built In, the leading employer branding and recruiting platform for tech-oriented businesses. Before Built In, he ran Sales Strategy, Operations, and Sales Acceleration for HubSpot and over a 6 year period saw revenue grow from $200m to $1.5bn annually. He has held multiple other sales leadership roles including head of MM sales for Acquia, head of Sales for C2FO, and SVP of International sales for S&P Capital IQ, which he built into a $1bn business. His experience building growth businesses is unmatched. Channing holds a BS in Business Management from Villanova University. He, his wife and two children live in Wayland, MA.

Based in Boston

Alex serves as Semrush’s Chief Information Officer as of April 2022. Prior to Semrush, Alex served as the CIO of Avid Technology (Nasdaq: AVID) from March 2018 to April 2022. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Infrastructure and Operations for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Nasdaq: HMH). Alex was also the Head of Information Technology for Rapid7 (Nasdaq: RPD). Alex also served as a Founder and CEO of SaaSLicense, successfully acquired by Apptio, Inc. (Vista Equity Partners) in 2020.

Based in Boston, MA

Dave joined Semrush as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in October 2022. Prior to Semrush, Dave held the position of General Counsel at Everquote (Nasdaq: EVER) since 2014 and Deputy General Counsel at Kayak from 2011 to 2014. Dave earned his JD from Boston College in 2006 and holds a BBA, Accounting, and Information System from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Based in Amsterdam

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.

Based in Denver, CO

Steve has served as Senior Vice President of Retention since July of 2022. In his current role Steve is responsible for leading the Global Customer Support, Customer Success and Account Management organizations.

Steve joined Semrush in June of 2019 to design and build a Revenue Operations & Enablement department. Prior to joining Semrush he served as VP of Global Sales Operations at Kids2 and VP of Sales Operations & Planning and VP of Digital Ad Products & Consumer Marketing at Dex Media, Inc (NASDAQ: DXM).

Based in Berlin

Marcus Tober joined Semrush in 2022 as the Senior Vice President of Enterprise Solutions. Marcus is among the world’s leading SEO specialists, earning recognition as one of the top 8 “Online Influencers in Digital Marketing” and EU Search Personality of the Year 2016. Prior to Semrush, Marcus held a variety of senior leadership positions at Searchmetrics, a global search experience platform, which he founded in 2005.

Based in Barcelona

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.

Based in Warsaw

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.

Based in Amsterdam

Pavel has served as VP of Apps and Innovation since June of 2022. Pavel joined Semrush in 2017 as Engineer and led the Local SEO division as Product owner and then as Head of Local solutions. Before joining Semrush, he was a partner and project manager in consulting tech companies like Workpoint and TOPS.

Based in Prague

Stepan has served as VP of Platform Infrastructure since June 2022. Stepan joined Semrush in 2009, being one of the first Senior Engineers in the company, developing the first Semrush products, and later leading the product infrastructure teams as Head of Engineering. In 2015 Stepan established a new location for the company in the Czech Republic and became the General Manager as well. Prior to Semrush, Stepan was a Software Engineer at several software companies.

Based in New York, NY

Jesse serves as Semrush’s Vice President of Public Relations since 2023. In this role, Jesse works with a team of PR professionals to elevate the company’s communications strategy and storytelling related to Semrush’s impact on its customers, partners, and communities. Jesse has deep experience in agency, in-house, and government PR functions. Prior to Semrush, Jesse held senior roles at Wachsman, Edelman, and Amazon in the US, and served as a military PR officer in the Australian Army.