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Building Cursor: A Fireside Chat with VP Solutions Ricky Doar

27 November 2025 26:44 Demetrios

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Ricky Doar is the VP of Solutions at Cursor, where he leads forward-deployed engineers. A seasoned product and technical leader with over a decade of experience in developer tools and data platforms, Ricky previously served as VP of Field Engineering at Vercel, where he led global technical solutions for the company's next-generation frontend platform.


Prior to Vercel, Ricky held multiple leadership roles at Segment (acquired by Twilio), including Director of Product Management for Twilio Engage, Group Product Manager for Personas, and RVP of Solutions Engineering for the West and APAC regions. He also worked as a Product Engineer and Senior Sales Engineer at Mixpanel, bringing deep technical expertise to customer-facing roles.


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In this session, Ricky Doar, VP of Solutions at Cursor, shares actionable insights from leading large-scale AI developer tool implementations at the world’s top enterprises. Drawing on field experience with organizations at the forefront of transformation, Ricky highlights key best practices, observed power-user patterns, and deployment strategies that maximize value and ensure smooth rollout. Learn what distinguishes high-performing teams, how tailored onboarding accelerates adoption, and which support resources matter most for driving enterprise-wide success.


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