Board of Directors
Jim Barnett
CEO and Chairman
Jim co-founded Turn in 2005, bringing his extensive experience in online advertising and search to create a next-generation online advertising network. Jim was most recently President of Overture Search, a division of Overture Services, Inc. Jim joined Overture via its acquisition of AltaVista Company, where he was President and CEO. In this role, he led the company's highly successful turnaround and sale to Overture.
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Jim was also President of MyFamily.com, the parent company of Ancestry.com, and President and CEO of ThirdAge Media, which was acquired by MyFamily.com. Prior to that, Jim was President and CEO of Infogrammes North America, a leading global publisher of video games and entertainment software. For five years, he was also Chairman, President and CEO of Accolade Inc, Infogrammes' predecessor company.
Jim has served on the boards of several public and private companies and was most recently Chairman of SideStep, Inc., the leading travel search engine. He is currently on the board of ValueVision Media Inc. (NASDAQ VVTV), on the advisory boards of Trusted ID and Cellfire, and on the management board of Stanford Graduate School of Business. Jim received a bachelor's degree, MBA and J.D. from Stanford University.
Jeffery M. Crowe
Jeff is a General Partner at Norwest Venture Partners where he focuses on seed and mid-stage investments in software, Internet and consumer arenas. In addition to Turn, he currently serves on the board of 5square Systems, deCarta, Jigsaw, Nano-Tex, Tuvox and Wallop. Jeff is also actively involved with Cast Iron Systems. Prior to Norwest, Jeff served as President, COO and board member of DoveBid, Inc., a privately held business auction firm. During his tenure, the company expanded through internal growth and acquisition, increasing its run rate from $10 million to $120 million and growing the company to over 400 employees.
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From 1990 to 1999, Jeff was co-founder, President, CEO and Board member of Edify Corporation, a venture-backed enterprise software company focused on voice and Internet e-commerce platforms and applications. Jeff was responsible for all strategic and operational activities at Edify as the company went from startup in 1990 to $80 million in revenue and 400 employees. Edify held its IPO in 1996 and was sold to S1 Corporation in 1999. Previously, Jeff worked at ROLM Corporation, IBM and Siemens in marketing and general management. Jeff led the marketing for the voice messaging division within ROLM, which grew from startup to $50 million in revenue.
Jeff currently serves on the boards of non-profit organizations TheatreWorks and Parents Leadership Institute. Jeff received a bachelor's degree in history, summa cum laude, from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Bill Demas
Bill is President and CEO of Moka5. Previously, he was SVP and GM of the Yahoo Publisher Network Group. At Yahoo, Bill led the company's multi-billion dollar distribution network for search marketing, algorithmic and social search, and social media to Internet-based businesses and publishers of all sizes. As head of the Yahoo Publisher Network Group, Bill oversaw business development, product development, marketing, and professional services, building hundreds of exclusive distribution relationships with major Internet sites and publishers. In his four and a half years at Overture and Yahoo, Bill initiated and developed Yahoo's Domain Match, Content Match and Yahoo Publisher Network product and business lines.
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Previously, Bill served as Executive Vice President, Product Development and Marketing for Vividence Corporation (since sold to Keynote) and during his six years with Microsoft, he held a variety of prominent consumer product and enterprise business roles spanning from Encarta Encyclopedia to SQL Server. Prior to that, Bill spent four years in sales with IBM.
Bill earned an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business and bachelor degrees in Computer Science and Organizational Behavior & Management from Brown University.
Tod Francis
Tod is a co-founder and Managing Director at Shasta Ventures, focusing on consumer and business services. He has more than 20 years of experience working with marketing-driven companies. Prior to co-founding Shasta Ventures, Tod was a General Partner at Trinity Ventures for 10 years where he was involved with 16 technology-enabled companies serving the consumer and small business.
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Previously, Tod spent 10 years in marketing and management positions including serving as a partner at Ram Group Marketing Management, and as a product manager at Johnson & Johnson on the Tylenol brand.
Tod received a bachelor's degree in economics from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
John H. Moragne
John is a co-founder of Trident Capital and has been a Managing Director since 1993. From 1989 to 1993, John was a Principal with Bain Capital, a leveraged buyout firm affiliated with Bain & Company. He was also a Principal of Information Partners Capital Fund, a private equity firm associated with Dun & Bradstreet Enterprises and Bain Capital. Earlier in his career, John was a management consultant with Bain & Company.
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In addition to Turn, John's current directorships include AirTight Technologies, BenefitPoint, Chamberlin Edmonds Associates, Datatel, ECMI Holdings, Ltd., Infopia, Inc., Intagio Group, and Resolution Health. His past directorships include MapQuest.com, Inc. (MQST) (acquired by AOL), Newgen Results Corporation (NWGN) (acquired by Teletech Corporation (TTEC)), bamboo.com (acquired by Internet Pictures (IPIX)), Daou Systems, Inc. (DAOU), Frisco Holdings, Inc., Internet Profiles Corporation (acquired by CMGI), Medicode, Inc.(acquired by United Healthcare (UNH)), Vality Technology, Inc. (acquired by Ascential Software (ASCL)), Boats.com. (acquired by Trader Publishing Company), Claim IQ (acquired by Mitchell International), and UltraLink, Inc. (acquired by Secova eServices, Inc.). He was also a Board observer to Webify Solutions, Inc. (acquired by IBM).
John holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, a master's degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.