Management Team
John McWeeny
Chief Executive Officer
John has held key leadership positions with Internet-based businesses for the last 10 years. John came to TurnHere after most recently serving as chief operating officer of MetroRent, an Internet-based real estate service, which he later sold to Cendant Corporation. Prior to MetroRent, John served as managing director for a Denver-based venture fund. John received his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School and his BS from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
Tim Villanueva
Chief Technology Officer
Tim Villanueva brings over 20 years of technology and product strategy expertise to TurnHere. Most recently Tim was the CTO of Ustream.TV, where he took the company from its launch to the leading live interactive broadcasting platform on the Internet. Previously, Tim was GM of the PayPal Platform and Developer Network at eBay/PayPal. Following a nine-year tenure with Intuit where he served as Chief Architect and Director of Business Development & Product Management, he held CTO and VP/GM positions at Yahoo! HotJobs. Tim was also one of the original engineers of the best-selling Quicken personal accounting software. He holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Science from the University of New Mexico.
Jon Johnson
SVP, Operations
Jon Johnson brings 20 years of proven expertise in building strong teams and solutions to meet growing organizational needs. Before joining TurnHere, he held senior operational roles at Netflix as director of operations and Gymboree, in addition to more than 10 years of operations experience at UPS. Most recently Johnson owned a consulting firm specializing in services for distribution, manufacturing, supply chain operations, and leadership development. Johnson has a degree in Finance from Western Michigan University.
Jared Simon
VP, Corporate Development
Jared has been creating and executing successful strategic partnerships and transactions online and offline for over ten years. Prior to TurnHere, Jared helped launch the hotel business at travel site Orbitz.com, most recently serving as General Manager of the company’s Lodging.com brand. Jared’s previous experience was in corporate finance and investment banking at Credit Suisse First Boston and Budget Group, Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Stan Taigen
VP, Sales
Stan has served as VP/Head of Sales for leading media companies for the last 12 years. Most recently, he led the Advertising Sales Division at Limbo™, the world’s largest mobile entertainment community. Prior to that he served as Managing Director of Mobile Sales for the Americas at Sybase 365 where he was responsible for all mobile ad sales in the US, Canada and Latin America. Stan was also Group Associate Publisher at Ziff Davis in charge of all print and online sales for five industry-leading game publications and their respective websites. Before Ziff Davis, he was VP of Sales at Red Herring Inc., as well as Worldwide VP of Sales for On2.com. He graduated from the University of California with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and Business.