Leader at high growth technology organizations ranging from startups to public companies to global non-profits. Built high-performing teams across international, operations, strategy/M&A, marketing, business development, HR, legal, and finance in complex, rapidly-changing environments. Talented fundraiser with track record of success with U.S. public market, venture, private equity investors. Passion for open source technology, global impact, recurring revenue models, coding.

SVP of Operations and CFO @ Business lead responsible for international, marketing (including first advertising campaigns), HR (scaled from 100 to 300 staff in 35 countries), legal (created global structure to support sales in 210 countries), finance (first audit, first major secondary transactions, $160 million of financing, eight acquisitions), and operations including hands-on development of Hadoop/PHP/JS analytics system. From April 2012 to Present (3 years 7 months) Board member @ Long-term board member of the international non-profit behind Wikipedia, which through a 100,000-person global community provides online educational resources in 285 languages to over 500 million people worldwide each month. Served in various board roles including Treasurer, Audit Committee Chair, Vice-Chair. From April 2008 to Present (7 years 7 months) Executive in Residence @ Advisor to venture capital firm that provides seed, venture and growth-stage funding to top technology companies. From 2011 to 2012 (1 year) Chief Financial Officer @ Drove finance and business for digital textbook startup with $75 million of venture capital funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. Raised $40 million strategic round from Intel Capital to fund major strategic shift. From 2010 to 2011 (1 year) Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Corporate Development/M&A @ Led corporate strategy at publicly-traded internet search distribution company with $200 million revenue. From 2008 to 2009 (1 year) Vice President @ Led business operations and finance for products including Mail, Messenger, and the Yahoo home page at global internet leader. From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Acting Chief Financial Officer / VP Finance @ Progressively increasing leadership roles at publicly-traded leader in digital video recorders during team growth from 85 to 500 people, paid subscriber growth from 73,000 to 4.4 million, and revenue growth from $4 to $260 million. Raised over $250 million in five public equity offerings and three debt transactions. From 2000 to 2006 (6 years) VP of Business Development @ Led strategic partnerships and revenue generation at online invitations startup backed by VCs Mayfield Fund and Institutional Venture Partners. From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Vice President @ Investment banker advising U.S., Asian and European clients on over $10 billion of M&A, debt, and initial public offerings in the software, information technology services, semiconductor and computer systems sectors. From 1992 to 1999 (7 years)

Bachelor's Degree @ Yale University From 1988 to 1992 Deerfield Academy Stu West is skilled in: WordPress, Leadership, Start-ups, Open Source, Strategic Partnerships, IPO, Financial Reporting, Finance, Venture Capital, Investments, Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Development, CFOs, Software Development, Product Management, Team Leadership, Mergers, Financial Accounting, Online Marketing, Investment Banking, Nonprofits, Financial & Operational..., Financial Transactions, Financial Modeling, Corporate Development, Acquisitions, Human Resources, Mobile Applications, User Experience