Summary
C Rycroft is a seasoned technical leader with 11 years of experience building and scaling field engineering and sales engineering teams across developer-focused platforms. Currently RVP of Field Engineering, East at Cursor, they previously led east-coast sales engineering at Vercel and drove strategic solutions at Segment, Stripe, Persona, and Mixpanel. They specialize in turning complex data and identity problems into clear technical motions, shipping demo-driven processes, and mentoring peers to elevate pre-sales craft. Known for blending product advocacy with hands-on technical evaluations and POCs, they help customers move faster while reducing duplicated engineering effort. Based in New York, C brings a background in psychology and international relations to customer-centric technical leadership, and quietly excels at designing reproducible demo frameworks that scale across teams.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts Psychology / International Relations Dual, Bachelor of Arts Psychology / International Relations Dual at Claremont McKenna College
International School of Beijing