He is the chief executive officer of FreshAir Sensor LLC, a new venture co-founded by Dartmouth chemistry professor Joe BelBruno and Tuck graduate Jack O'Toole T'14. Trip previously served as the executive director of the OETT at Dartmouth. Prior to joining Dartmouth's staff in 2013, he served as senior associate dean for external relations and president of the Darden School Foundation at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He also served as co-faculty director of the Galant Center for Entrepreneurship there. Prior to his appointments at Dartmouth and Virginia, Trip was an entrepreneur in travel technology who was named one of the top 25 most influential executives in the travel industry in 2002 and 2007.