Chuck Troe is the founder and Senior Managing Director of West Ridge Associates. With over 35 years of experience as a senior officer and principal in investment banking firms and as a partner in large law firms, he brings to growth stage and middle market companies a level of maturity, expertise and practical experience not generally available to such companies.

Industry Experience. Mr. Troe has executed transactions for clients in many industries, including technology, telecommunications, basic industry, manufacturing, distribution, banking and finance, insurance, real estate, lodging, and oil and gas.

He is widely recognized for his expertise in the medical products industry. He is active in industry organizations, is a frequent speaker and has published articles on mergers and acquisitions and financing alternatives for the medical device and diagnostics industry. He currently is Program Chair of the Life Science Industry Council and Chaired the Southern California Biomedical Council’s first annual Investment and Strategic Partnering Opportunities Conference. He is a member of the Board or Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Investment Committee of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

Mr. Troe currently serves on the Boards of the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, Creatable Media, Inc., Avalon Oil Company, and Hermosa Oil Company.

Prior Firms: Mosaic Capital, LLC, Managing Director; Taurus Capital Group, LLC, Managing Director and Principal; Barrington Associates, Managing Director; Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Partner, Chair of Business Department; Andrews & Kurth, Partner; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Associate, Partner.

Mr. Troe has a BBA from the University of Iowa and received his JD from the University of Chicago. Mr. Troe is admitted to practice law (inactive) in California, Colorado and Illinois and is a FINRA Registered Representative (Series 7).