Darin Gilson

Darin Gilson is a founding partner and Managing Director of Banyan Ventures. He currently oversees Banyan's investments in RCA Holdings, Terra Flame Home, Palo Verde, and Savvi. Darin also works closely with the Banyan team and the firm’s investment board to identify and structure new investments. Prior to founding Banyan, Darin served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of Campus Pipeline, Inc. Darin helped grow Campus Pipeline from a backyard startup to the market leader in portal technology and services in the international higher education market. In late 2002 Darin helped execute a successful merger between Campus Pipeline and SCT Corporation. Darin joined Campus Pipeline from McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm where his work focused on strategy and new business development. He has also previously been an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Darin has a Master's of Business Administration in strategic and entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated a Palmer Scholar, and he holds bachelor's degrees in economics and political science from the University of Utah.