# Rob Whiteley

CEO at Coder

Rob Whiteley serves as CEO of Coder. Previously he was GM of NGINX. He has led marketing, product, and analyst teams for companies like Hedvig, Riverbed, and Forrester. Rob uses his experience working with enterprise IT and DevOps customers to deliver thought leadership and drive demand for modern IT infrastructure solutions.

## Explore the latest from Rob

**Coder’s Customers Led Our Series C: What That Tells Me About AI**  
Company Apr 1 2026 7 min read

**Is the IDE Dead? The Rise of Agentic AI in Software Development**  
AI Jul 16 2025 7 min read

**Coder is Open To Build: The Infrastructure for Autonomous Coding**  
Company Jun 25 2025 4 min read

**The AI-Native Developer Stack: Rethinking Code From Ideation To Production In Minutes**  
Engineering Mar 28 2025 6 min read

**Why CDEs Should Be on IT Leaders' Agendas: Insights from the New Gartner Market Guide**  
Company Feb 25 2025 4 min read

**What happened in Vegas**  
Company Dec 20 2024 4 min read

**Coder Raises $35M to Accelerate the Cloud Development Environment Market with Extended Open Source, Enhanced CDE Capabilities, and Expanded Global Reach**  
Company Jun 25 2024 5 min read

**Why CDEs are One of the trends included in Gartner® report, Top 5 Strategic Technology Trends in Software Engineering for 2024**  
Company Jun 18 2024 5 min read