Salvador O. Gutierrez

Mr. Salvador O. Gutierrez is a Co-founder and Managing Director at Retro Venture Partners. He is a Partner Emeritus at Western Technology Investment. Mr. Gutierrez joined the firm in 1987 as a Senior Vice President and was the Manager of all WTI Funds. There, he helped pioneer the concept of venture lending. Mr. Gutierrez also served as an Investment Partner at WTI. Previously he founded Westech Investment Advisors, Inc. and served as its President from 1994. Before that, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Venture Lending & Leasing III Inc. since March 18, 2005 and also served as the President at Venture Lending Leasing II Inc. Earlier, he worked in commercial lending, including 10 years at Wells Fargo Bank, where he started the IRA department and managed all of Latin America for Wells Fargo Leasing. Mr. Gutierrez has also held management positions in finance and marketing at Wells Fargo Bank and Imperial Bank. He has been a Director of Venture Lending & Leasing III Inc. since 2000, Venture Lending Leasing II Inc., and VLLI Holdings II, LLC. Mr. Gutierrez was also a Director of Westech Investment Advisors, Inc. and Venture Lending & Leasing V, Inc. He is a Trustee of Santa Clara University and the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and has served several Bay Area charitable organizations, including founding the San Mateo County Food Bank. Mr. Gutierrez has successfully completed the Graduate School of Credit and Managerial Finance at Stanford. He earned an M.B.A. from Golden Gate University and a B.A. degree from St. Mary's College.