Duane Maxwell has been a serial entrepreneur and software developer since the mid 80s, founding, among others, Gryphon Software, developing the multiple award winning hit product “Morph,” and several CD edutainment titles for The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros, IBM, Creative Wonders, Saban, and several other companies. After Gryphon was acquired by CUC/Cendant, Duane moved on to start Launchpad Technologies with idealLab!, which acquired Internet industry pioneer Pointcast and became Entrypoint/Infogate, then acquired by America Online, Inc. Duane also spent some time at Linspire, developing several open source applications. Duane has a BS in Mechanical Engineering and MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.