Rich Vincent is a CEO coach and a leadership development expert. During his 30-year career, he’s coached more than 2,500 leaders through 1:1 and group programs, including the top-level executives at several Fortune 50 companies and pre-IPO startups, and oversaw the professional development for over 500,000 employees.

Highlights of his career include:

• Building a self-sustaining leadership pipeline to support Amazon’s annual growth rate of 40%. He created an ethic of leadership development as a key part of executives’ responsibilities to help drive Amazon’s exponential growth. Rich served as Vice President, Talent and Leader Development and Amazon’s Culture Czar.
• Serving as Chief Learning Officer for Nestlé and as the Director of Leadership and Executive Development, Rich was charged with reinvigorating the culture at Nestlé. He created an Innovation Pitching Camp, training 20+ cohorts to launch new products, and he founded an internal Venture Capital Board chaired by the CEO to provide real capital and resources to fast-track innovation projects.
• Systemizing the innovation process and creating the Leadership Pipeline at DigitalOcean, transforming its management from a small venture-backed private company to IPO-ready.

At the start of his career, Rich spent seven years in the U.S. Air Force as a combat training officer, teaching leadership and strategy in a combat environment. Rich left the service with the rank of Captain.

Rich has been a guest lecturer on innovation, culture, and leadership at Stanford University, the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Washington, and the University of Southern California. Rich holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership, a M.Sc in Human Resources Development, and a B.S. in Psychology.