Rick Mechanic

Sr. Sales Engineer @ Firsthand.ai

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Sr. Sales Engineer at Firsthand
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    Firsthand is the AI agent platform purpose-built for brands and publishers. We’re building the AI platform that allows brands and publishers to protect, control, and deploy their data and content across direct conversational campaigns that are powered by custom AI agents, and distributed anywhere a consumer is seeking information online. Founded by digital advertising veterans and funded by AI pioneers, Firsthand is focused on building the data and agent infrastructure that will power consumer interactions in the AI era.

  • Criteo (New York, United States)
    • Sr. Solutions Architect
      Oct 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Manager, Large Customer & New Business Team
      Apr 2024 - Oct 2024 · 7 mos

    • Lead Pre-Sales Technical Solutions Engineer
      Apr 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • Data Analyst at Swift Shift
    Jan 2019 - Sep 2019 · 9 mos

  • Student - Python Full Stack Web Development at Byte Academy
    Oct 2018 - Dec 2018 · 3 mos

  • New York Mets (New York City Metropolitan Area)
    • Group Sales Account Executive
      Jan 2018 - Sep 2018 · 9 mos

    • Inside Sales Representative
      Jun 2017 - Jan 2018 · 8 mos