# Tim Roy

> Tim Roy is the Honolulu-based COO and co-founder of Turno, the vacation-rental operations platform formerly known as TurnoverBnB. Trained as a civil engineer, he met software engineer Assaf Karmon in the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa MBA program, helped turn a third-place business-plan pitch into a working company, and remained an operator as Turno expanded from two founders to a globally distributed team and a marketplace serving short-term-rental hosts and cleaners across more than 70 countries.

- **Role:** COO & Co-founder at Turno
- **Organizations:** Turno, Geolabs, Inc., Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, Inc., University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Kaneohe Yacht Club, Kokokahi Sailing Club
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Master of Business Administration, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Shidler College of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Turno in Honolulu in 2016 and helped grow it from a student business-plan project into an international SaaS marketplace., Helped secure a $4.5 million Series A round in 2021 led by RET Ventures, with participation from Blue Startups., Named Tech Entrepreneur of the Year with Assaf Karmon by the Hawaii Venture Capital Association.

## Career timeline

- **2006-2008** — Worked as a project engineering intern at Layne Christensen while completing his civil-engineering degree at Notre Dame.
- **2008-2010** — Worked as a research assistant at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa while earning a master’s degree in civil engineering.
- **2010-2013** — Worked as a staff engineer at Pacific Geotechnical Engineers, overseeing field work, analyzing data, and preparing recommendations.
- **2013-2019** — Worked at Geolabs, first as a staff engineer and later as a senior staff engineer on geotechnical projects.
- **2016** — Met software engineer Assaf Karmon in the Shidler MBA program and co-developed the TurnoverBnB business plan; their third-place competition winnings funded the first developer.
- **2017** — Publicly recruited early users for free turnover-scheduling software and personally fielded their first troubleshooting and feature questions.
- **2021** — TurnoverBnB raised a $4.5 million Series A led by RET Ventures with Blue Startups participating.
- **2022** — Roy and Karmon received the Hawaii Venture Capital Association’s Tech Entrepreneur of the Year award; their funding round was also named Deal of the Year.
- **2023** — Helped rebrand TurnoverBnB as Turno to reflect a simpler name and the company’s broader international reach.
- **2026** — As COO, continued shaping Turno’s operating platform and described the company’s hiring of CTO Darrell Pratt as an investment in its next generation of technology.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Turno in Honolulu in 2016 and helped grow it from a student business-plan project into an international SaaS marketplace.
- Helped secure a $4.5 million Series A round in 2021 led by RET Ventures, with participation from Blue Startups.
- Named Tech Entrepreneur of the Year with Assaf Karmon by the Hawaii Venture Capital Association.
- Won the Hawaii Venture Capital Association’s 2022 Deal of the Year recognition with Karmon for TurnoverBnB’s Series A.
- Helped expand the platform to serve vacation-rental hosts in more than 70 countries while keeping its headquarters in Hawaii.
- Earned a Hawaii Professional Engineer credential in 2013 before moving full-time into technology entrepreneurship.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Welcomed Darrell Pratt as Turno’s CTO and said Pratt’s experience scaling marketplace platforms and AI products would support the company’s next-generation technology roadmap.
- **2026-02** — Authored an updated Turno help-center guide explaining how payment processors handle tax forms for cleaners.
- **2023-02** — Announced the company’s rebrand from TurnoverBnB to Turno, emphasizing simplicity, speed, and a broader identity.

## Links

- Website: https://turno.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-roy
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4GuifoGB5E

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Last updated: 2026-09-28