Jonathan Levin
Co-Founder and CEO

Trained as an economist, Jonathan began studying cryptocurrencies over a decade ago, and co-founded Chainalysis in 2014. He is a thought leader in the industry, regularly speaking at events worldwide, and has testified multiple times before the U.S. Congress on the subjects of national security and blockchain technology. He is a trusted advisor to the largest companies and governments globally on the opportunities and risks of cryptocurrencies.

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Sarah Ward
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer

Sarah is Chief Legal and Administrative Officer at Chainalysis where she oversees a range of functions including Communications, Compliance, Legal, People, Policy, Privacy and Security. Sarah is passionate about helping companies navigate novel business challenges and execute on innovative growth strategies. Prior to joining Chainalysis, Sarah was General Counsel at Sisense, where she advised on all aspects of their growing business. Before Sisense, Sarah was the Assistant General Counsel at MongoDB where she guided the company through hyper-growth and their successful IPO. Sarah started her legal career at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

Omesh Agam
Chief Information Security Officer

As the Chief Information Security Officer, Omesh leads the company’s global security team, including security engineering, operations and compliance. Omesh has more than 20 years of experience in information security, having served as CISO at high-growth technology companies Celonis and Appian.

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Sebastien Giroux
Chief Financial Officer

Sebastien is Chief Financial Officer at Chainalysis, where he oversees finance, accounting, business systems and corporate development. He brings more than 20 years of experience building financial foundations and executing enterprise strategy in close alignment with go-to-market, product, and operations across leading enterprise software, data, and AI-driven companies.

Prior to joining Chainalysis, Sebastien was CFO at Productboard, a leading product management and customer insights platform used by enterprise software teams, where he led the company’s Finance, IT, and Operations organizations, strengthening strategic and financial rigor. He previously served as CFO at Collibra, supporting a period of strong growth and global expansion as the company scaled its enterprise data and AI governance platform. Earlier in his career, Sebastien was Chief Accounting Officer at Atlassian, where he played a key role in the company’s successful IPO and its evolution into a large-scale, publicly traded global organization. He has also held senior finance and strategic leadership roles at RingCentral, IBM, and Taleo Corporation (acquired by Oracle).

Sebastien is based in New York and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Université Laval in Quebec, Canada, and is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, Canada).

Shemer Schwarz
Chief Product Officer

Shemer Schwarz is a product and technology executive, serial entrepreneur, and R&D leader with over 20 years of experience building companies, products, and high-performing teams. Most recently, he was CTO and co-founder of Gen Labs, where he helped build an innovative, scalable blockchain platform addressing the challenges of the AI economy; Gen Labs was acquired by Chainalysis. Previously, he was a Senior Director at VMware, leading cloud workload and container security initiatives.

He has co-founded companies through successful acquisitions, including Octarine (acquired by VMware) and XIV (acquired by IBM), and brings deep expertise in cloud security, storage, product strategy, and scaling technology organizations. Shemer holds a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, as well as an MBA and an MSc in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.

Dan Yadlin
Chief Technology Officer

Dan Yadlin is Chief Technology Officer at Chainalysis. He joined Chainalysis through its acquisition of Gen Labs, which he co-founded and where he served as VP of R&D. Previously, Dan was Senior Director of Engineering at PayPal, where he helped lead the company’s shift into on-chain crypto infrastructure and the launch of the PYUSD stablecoin. Before that, he co-founded and was CTO of Curv, a digital asset security company that secured over $10 billion in assets for enterprise clients before its acquisition by PayPal in 2021. Dan holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Eric Trexler
Chief Operating Officer

Eric Trexler is Chief Operating Officer at Chainalysis, where he leads the company’s global go-to-market operations, including sales, marketing, customer outcomes, and partnerships.

Eric brings more than 30 years of experience building and scaling enterprise technology businesses across the public and private sectors. Before joining Chainalysis, he served as Senior Vice President at Palo Alto Networks, where he led all go-to-market efforts for a $1.8 billion business across federal, defense, intelligence, and state and local government. Previously, Eric held senior leadership roles at Forcepoint, where he ran the Global Governments and Critical Infrastructure business, and at McAfee, where he led sales across civilian, national security, and intelligence agencies. Earlier in his career, he held commercial sales and engineering roles at EMC, Salesforce, and Sybase.

Eric began his career as an Airborne Ranger in the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division, and he holds MBA and BS degrees from the University of Maryland.