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West is the president and CEO of Vertical Cold Storage and leads a team of cold storage veterans focused on growing a North American network focused on embracing the complex needs of the temperature-controlled supply chain. Vertical is backed by Platform Ventures and together they have grown to 10 sites in three years through M&A, in-house greenfield development and expansion of existing facilities.
West started his career at Americold, where he spent 21 years in warehouse and transportation operations, business development, customer service and IT. After Americold’s successful IPO, West joined Emergent Cold as partner and COO, where the team purchased eight companies with 46 sites in six countries before selling to Lineage after just two years. After the sale, West worked with Lineage and Bay Grove on 75 acquisitions in two-and-a-half years.
