iTTU Mentor

Gary West

Functional Expertise

• Startup/Early Stage Business Tactics and Strategy

• Accounting/Finance/Financial Modeling

Industry Expertise

• Software/IT

• FinTech

• Healthcare

Gary is a dedicated husband, father, and an outdoor enthusiast who thrives on active challenges. His hobbies include riding dual-sport motorcycles, snow skiing, and doing dirt work and landscaping using heavy equipment. He brings that same grounded energy and grit to the startup world, where he has spent most of his career.

With a diverse background spanning financial and healthcare technology, product development and management, and consulting, Gary specializes in helping growth-stage ventures build the operational capacity and infrastructure needed for rapid growth. Most recently, he served as a SaaS CEO, leading the organization through a 5x increase in recurring revenue and a successful exit. Beyond that milestone, he has helped companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises quickly bring high-revenue business lines to market while navigating rigorous regulatory and governance frameworks including SOC, HIPAA, and HITECH.

Passionate about business growth and technology commercialization, Gary partners with the entrepreneurial community to help founders remove friction, build scalable systems, and achieve high-value outcomes.