Brian McCarthy Joins Cursor as President of Global Revenue and Field Operations

Accomplished enterprise software executive to help scale Cursor's global business as demand for AI-powered software development accelerates.

Published on Feb. 9, 2026

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Brian McCarthy is joining Cursor, a leading AI-powered software development platform, as the new President of Global Revenue and Field Operations. McCarthy brings over 20 years of experience building and scaling global go-to-market organizations for high-growth enterprise software companies. His appointment comes as Cursor sees accelerated adoption among the world's largest companies rethinking how they build software in the age of AI.

Why it matters

Cursor's rapid growth underscores the increasing demand from enterprises to leverage AI and automation in their software development processes. McCarthy's leadership will be crucial in helping Cursor scale its global operations to better serve this surging market demand.

The details

Most recently, McCarthy served as President and Chief Revenue Officer at Rubrik, where he played a key role in taking the company public and driving strong business results. Prior to that, he held senior leadership positions at other prominent enterprise software firms like ThoughtSpot, AppDynamics, and Qlik. In his new role at Cursor, McCarthy will oversee the company's global go-to-market strategy, worldwide sales, operations, field execution, and partner ecosystem.

  • On February 9, 2026, Cursor announced that Brian McCarthy is joining the company as President of Global Revenue and Field Operations.

The players

Brian McCarthy

An accomplished enterprise software executive with more than 20 years of experience building and scaling global go-to-market organizations in high-growth environments.

Jordan Topoleski

The Chief Operating Officer of Cursor, who stated that the company is scaling rapidly to support its growing global customer base.

Cursor

A leading AI-powered software development platform that is seeing accelerated enterprise adoption, with over 50,000 engineering teams globally and nearly 70% of the Fortune 1000 represented in its customer base.

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What they’re saying

“Enterprise demand for Cursor has grown at an extraordinary pace. As the world's largest companies rethink how they build software, we are scaling rapidly to support our customers globally. Brian's experience building and operating world-class go-to-market organizations will help us meet that demand and better serve enterprises shipping software at scale.”

— Jordan Topoleski, Chief Operating Officer of Cursor (businesswire.com)

“Cursor is redefining what it means to build software. The pace of enterprise adoption is extraordinary, and I'm excited to join the team to help scale the business globally and support engineering organizations in their AI adoption journey.”

— Brian McCarthy (businesswire.com)

The takeaway

Cursor's ability to attract an experienced enterprise software executive like Brian McCarthy underscores the company's strong growth trajectory and the increasing demand from large organizations for AI-powered software development tools and platforms.