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 named 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. 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 is currently Chairman of SideStep, Inc., the leading travel search engine, 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 BS, MBA and J.D. from Stanford University. |