Irsal Mcginnis
Director Of Engineering at Chainalysis Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolIrsal Mcginnis is a fintech and crypto engineering leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling teams and products across startups and enterprise environments. Currently Director of Engineering at Chainalysis and formerly a Greylock- and Electric Capital-backed co-founder/CTO, he blends hands-on technical judgment with operator experience in high-growth, regulated spaces. He has led large engineering organizations at Blend and Nova Credit, shipping mortgage and credit infrastructure used by banks and lenders. Comfortable in both product and platform roles, he has a track record of turning complex regulatory and data problems into production-ready systems. Known for stepping into fractional leadership roles when needed, he pairs startup founder grit with structured engineering management. Based in the Chicago area and trained at Northwestern, he brings a pragmatic view of product risk, compliance, and scalable crypto infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) McCormick School of Engineering Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BSc) McCormick School of Engineering Computer Science at Northwestern University
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substrate10
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chain9
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Github contributions (5)
OAK-Foundation/parachain-projects-info
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 2 branches in 6 months
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