S11 E1: The 7-Year Revenue Drought: Surviving Near-Zero Growth to Build a $1.5B Cloud Analytics Juggernaut with Rob Woollen, Co-Founder & CTO of Sigma Computing

Code Story | Startup Podcast for CTOs, CEOs and Technical Founders · May 27, 2025 · 21m

Rob Woollen lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He grew up with a Father in IT and management, and his Mother as an English teacher. He has been programming for a long time, since the early days on his Apple 2E (yes, the green screen one). Outside of tech, he is married with 3 boys, all teenagers. He also has a 1 year old golden retriever, and spends a lot of time ensuring he lives his best life. In addition to this, he and his wife enjoy hiking around the Marin area, as they have the best hiking trials.

Rob spent many years at Salesforce, and it struck him that many of the company…