DeTuno, previously Senior Vice President of Product at Move, Inc., will lead FunnelBrain’s company-wide operations, including product development, user experience, marketing and sales. Whitley, previously Senior Director of Technology at Move, Inc., will oversee the architecture, functionality, performance, scalability and reliability of the company’s platforms and operations.

FunnelBrain.com, an academic question and answer site founded by a team of seasoned Internet executives and education experts, is currently in a private beta phase.  Jack Dennison, Founder of FunnelBrain and former COO of Move, Inc., said, “We are incredibly fortunate to bring Joe and Sean’s talent, enthusiasm and experience to FunnelBrain.  I’m confident their leadership will make FunnelBrain a leader in online student collaboration.”

At Move, DeTuno led Product activities including user experience, online advertising and product R&D for the world’s largest network of real estate websites. DeTuno introduced innovative social and web 2.0 solutions, mobile applications, and next generation search experiences for online real estate.

DeTuno has served as a senior level management consultant at Cap Gemini, and as a strategy executive at Countrywide Financial.  He has also held product management and marketing roles at CollegeClub.com and Microsoft.  DeTuno is the co-inventor of two pending patents in the areas of real estate search and information security.

At Move, Whitley was responsible for advanced search solutions, artificial intelligence, and research and development.  Whitley designed and implemented patented systems for search, user experience and IP harvesting for the world’s largest network of real estate sites including REALTOR.com. Prior to Move, Whitley was a Distinguished Engineer for Electronic Data Systems (EDS), and held senior technical leadership positions at both Countrywide and American Express.

Whitley is the inventor of several patents in the areas of search, classification and information security.