Darren Gacicia has an impressive career history in scaling businesses and achieving profitability. With a proven track record as a C-Suite executive, he has successfully led multiple cannabis companies towards capital efficiency, growth, and optimization. Darren is noted for his effective capital-raising skills and his ability to orchestrate turn-around management and restructuring of companies. He has honed his expertise as a finance and accounting leader, growing and mentoring teams, managing capital market relationships, and fostering "best practices" across cross-functional operations. Additionally, he has had extensive experience consulting multinational corporations on capital raising, mergers & acquisitions, corporate development, and investor relations.

With an MBA in Finance & Management from the University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, and a Bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, Darren has been involved in cross-functional leadership in organizations such as Chief Financial Officer at 3Fifteen Cannabis, Venture Fellow at Explorations Ventures, Director at Guggenheim Partners, and Associate at TUDOR INVESTMENT CORPORATION.