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Damon Breeden is currently a DevOps at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Prior to this, they worked as a Scripter/Automation Engineer for [DXC Technology](/org/dxctechnology) for five months, and before that they were a Systems Administrator for Dayton Superior for four years. Damon has also held positions as a PC/Network Technician and a Systems Engineer. Damon is also IT Consultant/Homelab Projects and is fluent in Spanish, which they often use to offer IT support to Latin American team members.

Damon Breeden has a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications - Audio/Music Production from [Ohio University](/org/ohio-university) and an Associates of Applied Sciences in IT - Networking from Rhodes State College. Damon is certified by Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner.

Some of their coworkers include Anton Zhukov - Designer, Efim Mirochnik - DC Operations Lead, and Nikita Sych - Video Editing & Production. Damon Breeden reports to Dmitry Gerasimenko, CEO, Founder.

Damon Breeden

Joris Giovannangeli is currently a backend developer at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs), but they started their career with an internship at Dassault Systemes. Joris worked there from June 2012 to August 2012 as an intern, developing mathematical and computer tools. After their internship, Joris Giovannangeli went on to work as a backend developer at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs), where they have been employed for the past six years.

Joris Giovannangeli has a licentiate degree in Informatique from Université Paris Cité and has also studied at Ecole normale supérieure. Joris prepared for their university studies by completing a Math Physique program at Lycée louis le grand.

Joris Giovannangeli reports to Igor Pikovets, CTO, Bug Breeder. Joris Giovannangeli works with Yasunari Watanabe - Backend Developer, Handy - Handyman of the Web, and Fedor Semenov - Frontend Developer.

Joris Giovannangeli

Grégoire Lionnet is a backend developer at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Grégoire has also worked as a software engineer at [Cryptosense](/org/cryptosense) and as an OCaml developer intern at IRILL. Grégoire has a degree in computer science from l'eventuel.

Grégoire Lionnet is a graduate of the EPITECH - European Institute of Technology, where they studied Information Technology Project Management. Grégoire also holds a Baccalauréat scientifique in Mathématiques from Lycée camille guerin.

Grégoire Lionnet reports to Igor Pikovets, CTO, Bug Breeder. Grégoire Lionnet works with Sergey Svetlichnyy - Frontend Developer, Bryan Chen - Developer, and Yasunari Watanabe - Backend Developer.

Grégoire Lionnet

Rebekah Bek is a UX Writer at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Rebekah has previously worked as a Digital Content Lead at Triple Pte. Ltd., an eCommerce Content Executive at Marina Bay Sands, and a Junior Copywriter at [Grey Group](/org/grey-group) and [M&C Saatchi](/org/mc-saatchi).

Rebekah has a wealth of experience in content strategy and copywriting, having worked on accounts for [Under Armour](/org/under-armour), Odlo, Newline, C3Fit, Every Second Counts, TripleFit gym, TripleReady events, Jaguar (APAC), Jaguar Social, Wearnes Automotive Singapore, Cerebos, Wheelock Place, [British Council](/org/british-council), [Singapore Management University](/org/singapore-management-university), [Ministry of Health](/org/ministry-of-health), and Ministry of Education.

Rebekah is passionate about creating user-friendly and engaging content that resonates with readers. In their free time, Rebekah enjoys exploring new restaurants and cafes, and spending time with their family and friends.

Rebekah Bek has a bachelor's degree from [Murdoch University](/org/murdoch-university).

They are on a team with Efim Mirochnik - DC Operations Lead, Anna Ignatenko - Head, Customer Support, and Leila Nazari - Head of Enterprise Strategy. Their manager is Dmitry Gerasimenko, CEO, Founder.

Rebekah Bek

Clare Hoang is a Customer Support & Success Specialist at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Clare has a wide range of experience in the digital marketing field, having worked as an SEM & Programmatic Manager at Resolution Media and an SEO Manager at [iProspect](/org/iprospect).

Clare has a proven track record in successfully leading and managing teams to achieve KPIs, as well as providing consultancy to clients on all aspects of SEO, SEO trends and best practices. Clare is also certified in Facebook Blueprint, Google AdWords and DoubleClick for Search & DoubleClick Bid Managers (DV360).

Clare Hoang has a BA in Communications and New Media from the [National University of Singapore](/org/national-university-of-singapore). Clare is also certified by Microsoft as a Bing Ads Accredited Professional, DoubleClick as a DoubleClick Bid Manager Basics, and BrightEdge as a BrightEdge Certified Professional. Additionally, they hold Google Analytics Individual Qualification (GAIQ) / 92%, DoubleClick Search Individual Certification, AdWords Display Certification / 93%, Google Shopping Certification / 98%, AdWords Video Certification / 90%, and AdWords Mobile Certification / 90% from Google.

They are on a team with Natasha Pechena - Customer Support & Success Specialist, Dania Elcock - Customer Support, Success Specialist, and Si Quan - Marketer & Customer Success Manager. Their manager is Anna Ignatenko, Head, Customer Support.

Clare Hoang

Pavel Antoshkin is a Frontend Developer at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Prior to joining [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs), they were a Senior PHP Developer at Lazada Group, [Intellectsoft](/org/intellectsoft), Startup Labs, Inc., and Axamit Versa, Inc. Pavel began their career as a Junior Software Developer at ASBIS. Pavel has over fifteen years of experience in the software development industry and is skilled in PHP, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Their manager is Igor Pikovets, CTO, Bug Breeder. They are on a team with Rusty Key - Frontend Developer, Ruslan Hryhoriev - Frontend Developer, and Bryan Chen - Developer.

Pavel Antoshkin

Oleksiy Golovko was the Director of Platform Engineering at Prometheus Research LLC from November 2006 to August 2019. Oleksiy is currently a backend developer at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs).

Oleksiy Golovko has an engineer's degree in computer science from [Donetsk National Technical University](/org/donetsk-national-technical-university).

Their manager is Igor Pikovets, CTO, Bug Breeder. Some of their coworkers include Elliott Cable - Frontend Developer, Bryan Chen - Developer, and Mauricio Fernandez - Backend Developer.

Oleksiy Golovko

Anton Zhukov

Daria Samokish is a PR & Communications Specialist at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Daria has also worked at [Uploadcare](/org/uploadcare), where they were responsible for PR & Enterprise Marketing, and at Competera Pricing Platform, where they were Brand Manager & Team Lead.

Daria has extensive experience in developing and executing communication strategies that have resulted in media coverage in global media outlets such as [TechCrunch](/org/techcrunch) and The Entrepreneur. Daria has also created industry-relevant media bases from scratch and secured the company's presence at global events.

In their current role at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs), Daria is responsible for managing the company's communications and marketing efforts.

Daria Samokish has a Master's degree in Political Science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. Daria is also certified in Enterprise Growth Hacking from Growth Hacking University and Brand Manager from Kyiv Academy of Media Arts.

They are on a team with Loveme Felicilda - Data Science, Sergey Deykin - Designer, and Denis Strelkov - Frontend Developer. Daria Samokish reports to Dmitry Gerasimenko, CEO, Founder.

Daria Samokish

Travel and food enthusiast. Erik is somewhere around the world all the time. A retired DJ by profession, he now focuses on being an experienced SEO specialist by helping people deal with their daily struggles in the SEO world.

Erik Sarissky

Vasilis is a member of the backend team. He enjoys applying advanced programming techniques to real-world problems. He currently lives in Paris.

Vasilis Papavasileiou

Liubomyr is a frontend developer focusing in developing rich web applications. He enjoys the challenges of solving uncommon problems and does things that matter.

Liubomyr Mykhalchenko

Develops data mining tools and machine learning algorithms from Ahrefs' big data. Always on the lookout for new data science techniques. Loves to travel and seek new adventures.

Loveme Felicilda

Author of idea and founder of [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Dmitry performs deep intuitive control on all aspects of [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) innovations and developments. He is the one driving the team, and keeping constant motivation running alive through each and every team member.

Dmitry Gerasimenko

Igor is a marketer on a mission to gain first-hand experience in all types of marketing. Currently running the partnership program at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs), mastering communication, influencer marketing, brand management, and loving it.



Igor Gorbenko

Passionate about writing clean, readable, and reusable codes. Ruslan is interested in building web applications with any technology.



Ruslan Hryhoriev

Efim cares about Ahrefs’ data centers, servers and network. He likes to find other people’s mistakes and doesn’t like to make his own ones.



Efim Mirochnik

Hairus Jaffar

After stumbling into marketing and picking up a few skills along the way, Vinnie joined Ahrefs on a mission to prove good marketing shouldn't have to be sleazy. Loves investing in people and getting distracted by the next shiny object.



Vinnie Wong

A product marketer with roots in the start-up world, Andrei is passionate about word smithing and how businesses convey ideas into words. Outside work, he films food videos for his YouTube channel and reads mangas.



Andrei Marcel Țiț

The 𝑛th OCamleer at Ahrefs, Elliott’s passionate about programming-language design, tooling, and usability/ developer-experience (with any luck, he’s here to make everyone else on this page calmer, happier, and healthier!).

After work, he’s usually walking his dog(s), working on open-source OCaml-universe tooling, or neck-deep in Civilization, Rimworld, or Oxygen Not Included.



Elliott Cable

He loves programming and his wife. Nothing else matters.



Sergey Svetlichnyy

Fedor is a frontend developer, who likes to build apps and work with UI, inspired by functional programming, static types, and ReasonML.



Fedor Semenov

Gerwyn is trying to build a model to generate his own bio.



Gerwyn Ng

Xibeijia likes to explore the unknown world and make a difference.



Xibeijia Guan

Natasha loves people and communicating with them, finding solutions, helping find answers to their questions.



Natasha Pechena

Content housekeeper @ Ahrefs blog. Spruces up articles to make them easier to read and learn from.



En Ci Yap

Caio Wakamatsu

Develops software tools, both internal and external. Enjoys skiing but realizes he should acquire hobbies better suited for the tropics. Currently learning to scuba dive.



Yasunari Watanabe

Sam is a tactical all-in-one marketer and digital strategist. He helps Ahrefs create educational videos and develop creative marketing strategies. Sam has a lot of crazy ideas. Occasionally, they work.

Sam Oh

Ksenia is the author of the Ahrefs font and looks after the company’s visual identity. She loves vector graphics, letters, and illustration.

Ksenia Erulevich

ohong loves steamboats and enjoys spending time with her family. She hopes to get a PhD in the near future if there's an opportunity… or will probably get it together with her son, 20 years from now.

Xiaohong Li

Mateusz has been acquiring his marketing experience from many sources, from agencies to SaaS and hardware businesses. Now, he contributes to helping the [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) community excel at SEO and marketing. Constantly busy reading, writing and making music. 

Mateusz Makosiewicz

Rebecca is a bit of a daydreamer, and enjoys fussing needlessly over sentence structures. Content marketing is her jam — but she also loves stationery, illustrating, and problem-solving.

Rebecca Liew

Leila Nazari enjoys helping companies ideate, stand out, and grow. She has an affinity for organized chaos and off the wall, big ideas. Leila is convinced she was in the circus in her past life.

Leila Nazari

He's a Software Engineer from Barcelona. Passionate about functional programming, design, scalability, people and start-ups. Aside from the computer, he loves endurance sports, mostly triathlon.

David Sancho

Constance is devoted to improving the value that users of software can experience. She enjoys trying new things, and learning about the many ways software eats the world.

Constance Tan

Mauricio actually rode camels in his early teens, which might explain why years later he felt so comfortable with the Bactrian kind. His beverage of choice was Sencha tea, but he quit caffeine long ago and now runs on oatmeal.

Mauricio Fernandez

Nikita Sych

Denis Strelkov

Frontend Developer

Xinyu Luo

Joshua is a small man (5'3") with a big heart. A heart for content, that is. He spends most of his days writing for the Ahrefs blog. His nights are spent drinking craft beer while watching Columbo. One more thing: his wife loves him (not really—he doesn't have a wife).

Joshua Hardwick

Sergey Mezhuev is currently a video editor and production worker at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). Prior to this, they worked as a freelancer and at CamoIT as a designer. Mezhuev has been working in the design industry for over 8 years.

Sergey Mezhuev has a bachelor's degree in Security of Information from Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding.

Their manager is Dmitry Gerasimenko, CEO, Founder. Sergey Mezhuev works with Efim Mirochnik - DC Operations Lead, Hairus Jaffar - DC Technician, and Sergey Deykin - Designer.

Sergey Mezhuev

Max loves the web and builds websites for both the eyes and fingers. He is excited about new technologies on the web that make our life easier and our environment better. Max couldn't imagine what he would do if he weren't a front-end developer. A travel buff, he will pack and go whenever he can.

Max Li Bin

Dmytro tries to make [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) tools faster and more user-friendly by applying modern technologies. Believes that teamwork is the foundation of any successful project. Likes seafood, original Vietnamese coffee, computer games and high speed driving.

Dmytro Babin

Egor Chemokhonenko

Helps to create fast and intuitive web interfaces. He has recently become a ReasonML enthusiast which made his life quite typed.


Rusty Key

Digital designer with a psychological background interested in art, philosophy, and science. He likes to analyze and synthesize, explore new and dive into familiar, and 42.

Fedor Fokin

All he does is determine what is important and make it exciting. His passion is useful, honest and informative products that make people more productive, smart and happy.

Yura Yeromenko

Steven is passionate about customer success and building long term beneficial relationships with key customers. He is into various food options and traveling. Food exploration is always in his mind, so much so that he finds it as a good excuse to stay in Singapore for a long time.

Steven Zheng

Yuliya Pass

Handy's mission is to develop, maintain and enhance Ahrefs website. He is a beach lover. If he weren't a developer, Handy would like to become a time traveller. He completed his first half-marathon for the very first time in December 2013.

Handy

Jerry ensures that Ahrefs products are fit for use and have a high standard of quality.

Jerry Maala

Helen is a dedicated Customer Support team member. She gladly provides assistance to users and enjoys helping them stay abreast of the latest [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) improvements.

Helen Datsenko

Yet another chief programmer in our small group of high-class devs responsible for system's core. Raman invariably takes and solves problems that require in-depth and attentive approach. Our API development is completely his terrain.

Raman Varabets

Andrii breathes life into all visual shapes created by Andrey & Max and is in charge of user-friendliness of [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs)' interface. He is our tireless worker who makes sure that [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs)' services work harmoniously.

Andrii Antiukhov

Andrey makes complicated things simple and beautiful. He is also interested in everything that happens around.


Andrey Kirillov

Tim's job is to do everything possible to make more SEOs learn about awesome Ahrefs tools and persuade them to become paid subscribers. His best idea so far was to tattoo an Ahrefs logo on his forehead and submit his selfie to Reddit, but luckily the guys have talked him out of that.

Tim Soulo

Devout of the Great Compiler, believer of Types, evangeliser of OCaml. Free Software advocate. Landed in Singapore by accident. Now busy eating.

Louis Roché

Passionate about software development from a very young age. Enjoys keeping up with technology trends, but finds there are just too many. Loves volunteering at the local church.

Bryan Chen

A real heavy lifter of our team and one of the first members to join Dmitry in building Ahrefs. He architects the core of storage and crawler systems and guides all backend development, ensuring that all bugs have equal rights. He is passionate about (Meta)OCaml and is constantly looking for top developers to strengthen our team (HINT: drop him a note!). PS: he also suspects Rust is the new C++.

Igor Pikovets

The introvert responsible for marketing communications. As an engineer by nature, he’s obsessed with technical marketing. Amateur sailor and guitar player.

Nick Churick

Dania genuinely loves Customer Support, which comes naturally to her; and so has a great time assisting and calming users of [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) with any concerns that arise.

Dania Elcock

Sergey is our video wizard. All the amazing videos you see on our YouTube channel would be impossible without him. Likes to play his PS4 when he isn't busy being the best husband and father in the Universe.


Sergey Deykin

Comes from the world of Python and JS, now discovering the power of statically-typed functional programming in OCaml. Likes to create software that solves specific problems.

Feihong Hsu

Having spent many years providing support to users at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) with all her love and attention, Anna is now sharing her knowledge and experience with new and existing support team members to make sure all customers' queries & concerns are well-received and taken care of.

Anna Ignatenko

Everything marketing @ Ahrefs. When SQ isn't writing, he can be found reading, breakdancing or trying random life experiments. He also has a dream to visit at least 100 countries in his lifetime.

Si Quan

Lucy is a caring customer support specialist. She likes talking to [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs) customers about their user experience but doesn't really like to speak about herself.

Lucy Nagorna

Javier believes that software engineering is as much as about humans (or more) than it is about computers. Passionate about software architecture, user interfaces, digital art and foreign languages.

Javier Chavarri

The Tech Minimalist who brings order to chaos.

Maychelle Ramos

A "truly technical SEO", Patrick creates content to help people understand how things work and dreams of building tools to make everyone's lives easier.

Patrick Stox

Szabolcs likes professional challenges, puzzle-solving and learning something new every day. Hence, becoming a DevOps engineer was only natural.

Szabolcs Fazekas

George is lucky enough to transform his hobbies into professions. Marketer and SEO geek on workdays, photographer on weekends and a dad 24/7, he is most happy when he is pedalling through a forest with headphones on.

George Dolgikh

Helen is a content marketer and outreach specialist at [Ahrefs](/org/ahrefs). One day, she gave up academe for all-things marketing. Coffee drinker, rock-n-roll listener, heavy book reader, truth-seeker, and avid traveller. Extremely self-demanding in every aspect of her life.

Helen Stark

A marketing generalist with a great passion for SEO. Michal also used to be a tour guide in China and he loves going off the beaten path, both when traveling and doing marketing. His life achievements include stopping an A330 from taking off in Beijing.

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