Management

Management Team

John James, M.D. CEO - John is a family practice physician who gave up medicine to pursue his love of entrepreneurship. John paid for medical school with his first ecommerce company, a quiz bowl question business he founded in 1995.

He is a serial entrepreneur who has built and sold multiple businesses centered around search engine marketing. Previous ventures included a keyword arbitrage business, a multichannel niche retailer, and a hyperlocal online media company.

Terry Turpin, J.D. COO - Terry is a former attorney turned entrepreneur.

Before co-founding Acumen Brands, Terry was a partner in ThompsonMurray, a shopper marketing agency. He oversaw the growth of the company from three people until its sale to Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi in 2004. Turpin continued as COO of Saatchi & Saatchi X, the retail marketing division of Publicis, until 2007.

Alan Taetle, Noro Moseley Partners - Board Member

Alan Taetle joined Noro Moseley Partners in 1998 and has focused his investment activities on software and information technology companies. He currently represents NMP on the boards of Acumen Brands, Clearleap, Half Off Depot, Movero, Virtustream and Vocalocity.

Alan was previously a director or observer for several prior NMP investments, including SecureWorks (sold to Dell), Adjoined Consulting (sold to Capgemini), OpenSite Technologies (sold to Siebel Systems), CipherTrust (sold to Secure Computing), and PRE Holdings (sold to InComm).