Robin Wadsworth is a technology executive and operating leader with more than 30 years of experience building, scaling, and transforming growth-oriented software companies. Throughout her career, Robin has led revenue acceleration, operational transformation, and enterprise value creation initiatives that contributed to four successful exits, including three IPOs and one acquisition.

Prior to joining Spotlight, Robin served as Chief Executive Officer of Thought Industries, the leading customer education and external training platform. During her tenure, she grew revenue by more than 230%, reduced operating expenses as a percentage of revenue by 25%, and improved EBITDA margins by more than 32%, while leading product-led growth, AI innovation, and company-wide operational transformation initiatives. Earlier in her career, Robin held senior leadership positions at BlackLine and PROS. At BlackLine, she helped scale annual recurring revenue from $40 million to more than $250 million and grew install-base revenue from $3 million to $93 million in less than four years, contributing to the company’s successful IPO and valuation exceeding $2.5 billion.

At Spotlight, Robin partners with portfolio company CEOs and leadership teams to accelerate ARR growth, optimize go-to-market execution, build repeatable revenue architecture, and drive measurable value creation across the portfolio. She is passionate about helping management teams unlock growth and scale enduring businesses through commercial excellence, disciplined execution, and operational rigor.

Robin serves as an Executive Board Director for the Van Noy Valor Foundation and is passionate about supporting children and families through initiatives focused on foster care, literacy, autism research, and youth development. In 2008, she co-founded TriplePlay Sports Group and led the acquisition and transformation of the New Bedford Bay Sox of the New England Collegiate Baseball League. While the investment generated a 17x return, Robin is most proud of the organization’s impact beyond the field, using sports as a vehicle to support charitable initiatives and improve the lives of children and families in the communities it served.

Outside of work, Robin enjoys traveling with family and friends, golfing, skiing, pickleball, and cooking. A lifelong Boston sports fan, she remains passionate about leadership, teamwork, and competition. Robin earned a B.S. in Computer Science and Business Administration from Western New England University and holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business.