UTurn answers directly to you rather than corporate investors or advertising networks looking to monetize your private life. Our app is guided by an independent team that believes software should protect the user, not exploit them.
President
Mark Jones guides the vision and long-term direction of UTurn, bringing more than three decades of software development experience to the company. Since 1990, Mark has been building practical technology solutions with a focus on speed, usability, reliability, and solving real-world problems.
After watching mainstream communication platforms gradually erode user privacy and quality, Mark set out to prove that a modern communication app does not have to force users to choose between convenience and trust. His vision for UTurn is simple: create an app that is incredibly fast, helpful, and dependable while operating on principles that are open, honest, and respectful of the people who use it.
With a background that combines software development, business leadership, and a long-standing commitment to customer service, Mark is focused on building UTurn into a communication platform that puts users first. His goal is to deliver technology that works seamlessly, protects privacy, and earns trust through transparency rather than fine print.
Director
Ali is the engineer behind UTurn, responsible for building both the mobile applications and the underlying server systems. A hands-on builder who prefers solving practical problems over chasing tech trends, he focuses on creating fast, clean software that respects device performance and runs without background tracking.
Rather than handing UTurn's operations over to commercial cloud providers, Ali manages the physical server hardware directly in secure facilities. He approaches privacy not as a marketing promise, but as an engineering discipline—designing systems that simply have no reason or capability to collect your personal data.
His day-to-day focus is keeping UTurn dependable, lightning-fast, and completely independent.
We don't hide behind layers of corporate bureaucracy or automated bots. If you have any questions about how we run things, our independent team is always accessible. You can reach our leadership team directly at leadership@uturnapp.com.