RickPither.com
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Profile
With extensive sales experience and a proven track record of overachievement, I am a goal-oriented sales and channel executive who excels at delivering year-over-year business growth. I have a talent for translating complex technical subject matter into digestible use-case storytelling and quickly establishing trust with prospects, customers, partners, and internal stakeholders. I catalyze strong, sustainable revenue advancement driven by the seamless execution of pioneering sales and cross-functional marketing strategies.
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My areas of expertise include enterprise and major account selling, whitespace account, customized C-level prospecting, territory planning and development, coaching and mentoring, accurate forecasting and reporting, tactical execution, strong technical and market acumen, an ability to tell customer stories around the benefits of GEN AI, cybersecurity, cloud, and Zero Trust Digital Transformations.
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I have had numerous leadership and individual contributor positions at hyper-growth companies like Network General, McAfee (now Trellix), VMware, Secureworks, Sparkcogniton, Zscaler, and most recently Stream.Security.
Short Biography
I am entrepreneurial at heart as demonstrated at an early age by building my own landscaping business in multiple suburbs around Chicago. The business grew to over 75 weekly customers and was large enough to disrupt professional landscaping companies and drove one of our competitors to acquire my company as I graduated from high school and attended Purdue University.
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I have always been competitive and both work and sports are a perfect outlet for me. Throughout high school and college, I played almost all of the major sports and have been part of hundreds of teams, where hard work and dedication were expected. Winning and doing things the right way is important to me, and I tirelessly work to exceed expectations of my coach and my peers. My friends would describe me as optimistic, humorous, and maniacal about follow-up and accountability.
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In my personal life, I live in Austin with my wife, and enjoy golf, platform tennis, pickleball, creating landscaping plans, following Chicago and Purdue University sports teams, and traveling. We have two kids attending college in New York and Austin, studying film and political science, respectively. Last but not least, we love spending time with our 14-year-old maltipoo, Coconut.
Contact
As of August 5th, I'm looking for new and exciting opportunities. I am based in Austin, Texas but am open to any worldwide travel to close business and support clients/partners.
m: 512-688-7328