Alex Shevchenko

Alex Shevchenko holds a highly strategic, intensely operational background in educational software development and aggressive SaaS commercialization. Having successfully built and rapidly scaled the MyDropBox anti-plagiarism platform alongside Max Lytvyn, this deep background navigating complex institutional software sales provided the precise executive leverage required to effectively launch and aggressively scale the Grammarly empire.

Alex Shevchenko is the co-founder of Grammarly. A notable product and software entrepreneur, Shevchenko recognized early that digital communication was breaking down across globalized workforces. At Grammarly, Shevchenko championed the company's product-led growth strategy, guiding the creation of the ubiquitous Chrome browser extension that transformed Grammarly from an academic writing tool into an indispensable daily assistant for tens of millions of professionals worldwide. Alongside Lytvyn, Shevchenko helped scale Grammarly to over $300M ARR while remaining a passionate philanthropist for Ukrainian humanitarian causes. At Grammarly, Shevchenko's commercial skill and product instincts were the driving force behind the company's well-known product-led growth motion. Envisioning the omnipresent Chrome extension and guiding global consumer marketing campaigns, Shevchenko transformed Grammarly into an essential daily assistant for over 30 million users while championing global initiatives for Ukrainian economic and civil defense.