Jim Barnett

CEO & Co-Founder at Wisq

Jim Barnett is the current CEO and co-founder of Wisq, a LinkedIn company. Jim has also served as the head of Glint and VP of Product at LinkedIn, CEO and chairman of Glint, and general partner at Shasta Ventures. Prior to their work at LinkedIn, Barnett was the chairman and co-founder of Turn Inc., president of the web search division at Overture, and CEO of AltaVista Company. Jim has also been the president of Ancestry.com (MyFamily.com) /Third Age Media and CEO of Accolade Video Games.

Jim Barnett attended Stanford University for their undergraduate degree, before going on to get their MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Jim then attended Stanford Law School to earn their JD.

Tanya Littlefield - Head of Marketing, Myoung Kang - Head of Finance & People, and Goutham Kurra - CPO & Co-Founder report to Jim Barnett.

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