For more than 20 years, Jim Marggraff has dedicated his energy, vision and inventiveness to developing standards, tools, applications and services for companies committed to creating innovative technologies, improving communication, and advancing human thought. Prior to his current tenure with Livescribe, Jim held a number of executive positions at LeapFrog Enterprises. Under his leadership and vision, Jim helped propel the company from $31 million to $680 million annual sales in five years. As the inventor of the LeapFrog FLY Pentop computer and creator of the globally renowned LeapPad Learning System, Jim’s foresight into innovation and resounding dedication to learning and paper-based multi-media helped sell over $1 billion of LeapPads and educational content worldwide. Jim served as the company’s executive vice president of worldwide content and was the founding president of its Internet division. For many years, Jim focused his career on building companies from the ground up. He co-founded Explore Technologies (acquired by LeapFrog), StrataCom (acquired by Cisco), and now has founded Livescribe. Jim holds both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2004, he was recognized by the American Diabetes Association and Father’s Day Council of San Francisco as “Father of the Year.â€
