How we
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Darrell measures his company's success by the success of its students. He believes strongly in experiential learning and is wildly driven to explore things that make him curious.

Prior to founding Thinkful, Darrell founded Perpetually.com, the web archiving service that sold to Dell in 2012. He started his career in quantitative trading at The Clinton Group, where he honed his leadership skills and built the company's first automated stock trading algorithms.

Darrell graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Art History and a minor in Computer Science. He is a New York native who believes jargon should be outlawed, enjoys skiing, amateur photography and was married in October 2017.

Dan started Thinkful with the belief that great education is built on strong relationships between students and teachers and between peers.

Prior to starting Thinkful, Dan was a product manager at Elm City Labs, where he helped entrepreneurs turn their ideas into products and find their first customers. He first started as an analyst at RRE Ventures, a venture capital firm in NYC (and now a Thinkful investor).

Dan attended Yale University, but dropped out after two years to join the Thiel Fellowship, a program that pays 20 people each year to leave college and start a company.

Creating growth and directing change are at the center of David’s work in education. Over his 20+ year career, he’s helped hundreds of thousands of students access education by expanding online opportunities. David drives collaboration across teams to meet the needs and goals of both learners, educators, and employers.

He joined Thinkful because he believes in the concept of education to employment. Our students deserve a meaningful return on their educational investment and Thinkful stands by their students throughout that journey.

David started his career in education at the Apollo Education Group as Director of Student Services at the College for Financial Planning. Later in his career, he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Southern New Hampshire University where he helped the university grow to over 70K students. He now lives in Kansas City, MO where you can often find him golfing or spending time with his wife and three children.