Steven West

Steven M.
West is the founder of Emerging Co. Partners LLC, holding the title of Partner since 2011, with the company founded in 2004.
Current jobs include Chairman at D-Wave Quantum, Inc. since 2022, Director at D-Wave Systems, Inc., Director at Delta-Q Technologies Corp., Director at D-Wave Government, Inc., Member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers, Inc., Member of The Audit Committee Leadership Network in North America, and Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer at CreekPath Systems, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer at Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp.
from 1996 to 1999, President & Chief Executive Officer at Entera, Inc. from 1999 to 2001, Independent Director at Autodesk, Inc. from 2011 to 2016, Independent Director at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 1996 to 2019, Director at Gadzoox Networks, Inc., Director at The Driven Data Networks, Inc., Director at Corvigo, Inc., Director at Florida A&M University, Director at Bycast, Inc., Director at LogLogic, Inc., Director at JDRF International, President-Infotainment Business at Electronic Data Systems Corp.
from 1984 to 1996, and Chief Operating Officer at nCUBE Corp.
from 2001 to 2003.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Siena Heights University, conferred in 1979.