Brian West

Co-founder & CTO at Prism Analytics · Supply chain software · logistics, enterprise sales

Prism Analytics

San Jose, CA · PT (UTC-8)

15+ years experience

Northwestern University

English

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Overview

Founder of Prism Analytics (supply chain software). 18 years of building before that. Took Prism Analytics from zero to $5 million ARR. Raised $7 million across 2 rounds. Most at home with operations and logistics. Weekend cricket, weekday chai.

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Skills

logisticsenterprise salesSaaSoperations

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closes in 3 months

Looking for founding engineers to join Prism Analytics early - supply chain software

Role: Founding engineer
Level: Senior
Type: Contract
Work mode: Hybrid
Compensation: $143k-$189k + equity
Team: Founding team, 9 people
Start: Within a month
Must have: Production experience with logistics Production experience with SaaS Ownership of something end to end
Process: Decision within 10 days

Comp $173k-$301k. We decide within ten days. Message me with one thing you shipped that you're proud of.

San Jose, CA · remote OKoperationssaaslogistics

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Experience

Co-founder & CTO
Feb 2024 - Present
Prism Analytics · 2 yr 8 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
- Grew the team to 62 people across 3 countries.
- Previously built and sold a small supply chain software company.
- Raised $3 million across 3 rounds.
Finance Director
Apr 2020 - Feb 2024
Booking Holdings · 3 yr 10 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
- Built the operating model the board used for a $232 million raise.
- Saved $2 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
Finance Director
Jun 2017 - Apr 2020
Ford · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
- Took forecast accuracy to within 1% for 4 straight quarters.
Finance Director
Oct 2015 - Mar 2017
Nvidia · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
- Built the operating model the board used for a $145 million raise.
Finance Director
Feb 2012 - Oct 2015
Pinterest · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · San Jose, CA
- Saved $4 million a year renegotiating vendor contracts.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 10 straight quarters.

Projects

Supply chain software benchmark

2026

Reproducible benchmarks comparing SaaS and enterprise sales on real workloads.

Write-up: supply chain software in practice

2022

A long-form guide to supply chain software for people starting out.

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Education

Northwestern University
BA, Computer Science
2004 - 2008

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