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James J. West is a computer scientist, software entrepreneur and the founder of Boost Fintech, a provider of AI solutions, consulting and software engineering services for small and large firms in the legal and financial industries.

James has built and distributed several world-class software platforms in the United States and in Europe and has been praised by his peers for his professionalism and his strong work ethic. He has also demonstrated a keen intuition for investing in talent and technologies with lasting impact. James has written 1,000,000+ lines of code in C, C++, C#, SQL and served in many leadership positions such as Co-Founder, CEO, Vice President of Engineering and Head of E-Commerce where he interviewed, coached or trained 1000+ software engineers.

His passions include technology and finance, coaching and teaching, and the arts - he is a supporter of the San Francisco Opera. James earned a Master's degree in Computer Science and Electronics.

James started his career in software consulting and distribution of leading database management systems. He held positions as Chief Technology Officer and Head of Operations and served on boards of companies such as Fox Software, acquired by Microsoft and Summation Legal Technologies, later acquired by Access Data.

In 2005, James founded lunchtimetrading.com, a financial advisory website that led him to make his early inroads in artificial intelligence for the Financial Services sector. James' experience in the Financial industry includes the creation of the market's first Portfolio Analysis software for Windows, for MSCI/Barra, the world leader in risk analytics for investment portfolios, in London and Berkeley as well as building the Portfolio Management and Data Curation software platform for a Portfolio Manager in Paris.

More recently, James served as head of e-commerce at a leading online retailer where he played a key role in the Company's adoption of best software engineering practices and the modernization and performance of the supply chain management software platform.