Mr. Bianchi started working with fluorescents as an undergraduate student in chemistry. During his studies, he worked at Nalco Chemical, when it was the parent company to DayGlo. During this period, he worked on the development, scale-up and analysis of fluorescent emulsions. After finishing his undergraduate degree in chemistry, he joined Radiant Color in California in 1990. Starting as a chemist, he quickly progressed through roles of Environmental Manager, Technical Director, VP-Technology, Sr. VP and later became President of Radiant. During this period, he oversaw numerous successful product launches, from initial experimental design through manufacturing and on to commercialization. Following the sale of Radiant, Mr. Bianchi joined the Dane Group UK (SWADA, Sterling, Novaglo, Glowbug brands) in 2005 and ran sales in North America. Following the sale of Dane's color business, he founded Brilliant in early 2007. Darren has a BS in Chemistry from Illinois State University, an MS in Environmental Management from the University of San Francisco, and has completed the Advanced Management Program at the University of California-Berkeley, Haas School of Business.