Westley Stringfellow

Who Is West Stringfellow?

West Stringfellow is a renowned executive in innovation and product management with over 20 years of experience at corporate giants and startups. He has held leadership roles at companies like Amazon, PayPal, Target, Rosetta Stone, BigCommerce, and Visa, where he launched award-winning products and managed over $300 million in innovation. Stringfellow is also the founder of Techstars Retail Accelerator and has patented five innovations, demonstrating his deep expertise in driving growth through disruptive innovation.

What is his Background?

West Stringfellow’s career spans senior r
oles at companies like Amazon, PayPal, and Visa, where he excelled at launching innovative products and leading global teams. At Amazon, he founded the company’s first fraud office in Bangalore, India, and spearheaded the development of its digital video platform. At PayPal, he launched the company’s first point-of-sale product, which won the “Most Innovative” award at the PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards at Harvard.

As Chief Product Officer at Rosetta Stone, Stringfellow transformed the company by launching six new products in one year, including its first product for kids, which became a top educational app on the App Store. At Target, he proposed and led the creation of the Internal Innovation and Operations team, and founded the Techstars Retail Accelerator, which scaled innovative growth opportunities across the company.