Rick Pechous

Revenue Enablement Leader | Sales, Partner & Customer Enablement | GTM Productivity, Certifications & Ecosystem Skilling

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Strategic sales enablement leader with a decade of experience in high-performance SaaS sales environments. Proven success managing global programs, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving impactful learning solutions. Skilled in developing data-driven enablement and establishing KPIs for measurable success.

Experience

  • Director, Revenue Enablement at Claroty
    Mar 2026 - Present · 5 mos

    Drive revenue enablement strategies in support of internal sales teams, partners, and end-users. Lead a team to design and implement onboarding, everboarding, and certification programs.

  • Global Partner Skilling & Enablement Lead at GitHub
    Jan 2024 - Mar 2026 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Designed and scaled global pre-sales Partner Enablement programs that equip GitHub and Microsoft Partners to position, pitch, and demo GitHub solutions to prospective customers. The strategy focused on programmatic enablement at scale to drive consistent top-of-funnel readiness across the partner ecosystem. Supported Global System Integrators (GSIs) and Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) as an enablement lead, helping upskill 15,000+ partner practitioners and contributing to 25,000+ GitHub certifications achieved across the ecosystem.

  • Head of GTM Enablement at Orca Security
    Apr 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Head of sales enablement for Orca Go-to-Market (GTM) function, including: onboarding, operations, sales methodology, technical enablement, partner enablement, and product enablement.

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) (4 yrs 4 mos)
    • Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Field Enablement
      Jun 2022 - Apr 2023 · 11 mos

      Design and deliver field enablement that helps sellers articulate the end-to-end data strategy across Database, Analytics, and Machine Learning for AWS.

    • Manager, Field Enablement
      Apr 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Led a team of program managers and technical trainers to drive learning strategy and content development for AWS Public Sector Enablement. Support all customer-facing WWPS account teams, including Sales and Tech individuals, with emphasis on Sales Excellence, Operations, and AWS Product Enablement.

    • Program Manager & Design Lead
      Jan 2019 - Apr 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Specialized in microlearning and proactive learning programs in support of AWS Product Enablement. Led Multimedia Experience Design team to drive solutions for all WW commercial field members in AWS, including live-action video, motion graphics, and visual design.

  • Instructional Designer, AMZL WW Learning & Leader Development at Amazon
    Apr 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Implemented worldwide learning solutions for the Amazon Logistics Last Mile learning team. Created web-based, instructor-led, and on-the-job activities for leadership audiences in the EU, UK, NA, and Japan. Specialized in: curriculum design, leadership learning solutions, video-based learning, microlearning, eLearning, visual design elements, and more.