Michael Gilson

Michael Gilson is a business executive who is the Chief Executive Officer of Conversica. They founded Revient, Inc. (2021–2023) and partnered with Salesforce.com and Vlocity founders to conceptualize Salesforce Project Cloud, negotiating a $190M purchase option with Salesforce. They were the Director of Finance at Wiser Solutions, Inc. (2013–2019), where they led global FP&A, accounting, M&A, and operations, and managed five acquisitions while helping raise $125 million in venture financing. They also held Finance & Operations responsibilities at InsideView, Inc. (2011–2013), managing FP&A, sales operations, and capital raising. They are pursuing a Master of Science in Accounting at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and they earned a BA from Princeton University in 2010.