# Mike Palmer

> Mike Palmer is the CEO of Sigma Computing, a San Francisco cloud analytics company that lets business users query data warehouses through a spreadsheet interface. He took the seat in May 2020 from co-founder Rob Woollen and has since scaled Sigma past $100M ARR, through a $200M Series D and a Series E that valued the company at roughly $3B.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Sigma Computing
- **Organizations:** Sigma Computing, Druva, Veritas Technologies, Symantec
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.A. in Developmental Biology, minor in Spanish Literature, University of Rochester
- **Known for:** Took Sigma Computing from pre-revenue to $100M+ ARR, Closed Series C, D, and E rounds since taking over as CEO, Named to GrowthCap's Top 25 Cloud Computing Executives of 2024

## Career timeline

- **pre-2016** — Held GM, CMO, and product roles across enterprise technology, including at Symantec/Veritas
- **2016-2019** — EVP and Chief Product Officer at Veritas Technologies, leading data-protection portfolio modernization after the Symantec spinout
- **2019-2020** — Chief Product Officer at Druva, scaling its cloud data-management platform
- **2020-05-12** — Named CEO of Sigma Computing; co-founder Rob Woollen moves to CTO
- **2021** — Closes $300M Series C at $1.1B valuation; Sigma becomes a unicorn
- **2022** — Closes $200M Series D
- **2024** — Sigma announces $100M ARR; JPMorgan joins the cap table
- **2024** — Named to Top 25 Cloud Computing Executives of 2024
- **2025** — Sigma named on Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and BI
- **2026-05** — Closes Series E at roughly $3B valuation

## Achievements

- Took Sigma Computing from pre-revenue to $100M+ ARR
- Closed Series C, D, and E rounds since taking over as CEO
- Named to GrowthCap's Top 25 Cloud Computing Executives of 2024
- Led Veritas's product transformation after its $8B separation from Symantec

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Sigma closes $80M Series E, doubling its valuation to roughly $3B
- **2025** — Sigma included on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence
- **2024** — Palmer named to Top 25 Cloud Computing Executives by GrowthCap

## Links

- Website: https://www.sigmacomputing.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-palmer-51a154/

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Last updated: 2026-05-30