Nationality American Occupation CEO | Website RobertMaynard.me Name Robert Jr. | |
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Born 1962 Phoenix, Arizona Known for Co-Founder of LifeLock & Founder of Internet America Similar Todd Davis, LifeLock, Internet America | ||
Robert Maynard (born 1962) is an American businessman, who was the co-founder of LifeLock and the founder of Internet America. Maynard was diagnosed with a Bipolar disorder in 2001 and regularly speaks and writes about the subject and the condition. Maynard started his career as the founder of Internet America, which went public in 1998.
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He resigned amid controversy from his position at LifeLock in 2007 due to problems related to his condition. He also served as the CEO of the Hawaiian water sports company, Kandoo.
Early life
Maynard was born in 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona and enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1981 and served until 1985. He then took a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve. He served as an officer in the Army’s 12th Special Forces Group for nine years.
Maynard attended Northern Arizona University from 1985 until 1987 where he graduated with honors. This included the Wall Street Journal Award, Distinguished Military Scholar, was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma and was nominated for the Truman Scholarship for excellence in leadership and academics.
Career
In the late 1990s Maynard had success as the founder of Internet America. The company was established in early 1995, as an Internet Service Provider (ISP) from his home. Within 4 years, the company had grown to over 145,000 subscribers and the company was sold by Maynard for stock worth $32 million.
Shortly after selling Internet America, Maynard founded Dotsafe. It became a provider of Internet filtering for education and uncovered multiple online predators. The company eventually folded in 2001 when Maynard became ill.
Following his illness, Maynard was the co-founder of LifeLock in 2005 along with Todd Davis. LifeLock specialized in identity theft protection. The system that was created by Maynard and Davis was intended to detect fraudulent actions for a variety of financial services. Over the next couple of years, the company expanded quickly and was recognized by many as an upcoming company. Two years after the company was founded in 2007 it was reported by the Phoenix New Times that Maynard had lied regarding his past.
Following the allegations, Maynard resigned from his position at LifeLock a week later. Following his resignation, it was reported that Electronic Convulsive Therapy (ECT) had affected his memory of the incident in his past that led to his resignation and claimed he had to memory of the incident. He moved with his family to Oahu, Hawaii following his resignation, where he started a water sports business called Kandoo. The company folded a number of years later following financial problems.
Maynard more recently registered the website iValidate.me, which will become an online consumer-direct credit bureau when fully launched according to Maynard's LinkedIn profile.
Personal life
In the late 1990s and as the CEO of Dotsafe, Maynard began to suffer with an unknown illness. The illness affected his work and led to Dotsafe failing as a company. Maynard has quoted on his website that the condition affected all aspects of his life and led him to becoming divorced. After Dotsafe folded in 2001, Maynard sought further medical advice on his condition and was eventually diagnosed with Bipolar disorder.
Maynard has suffered with the condition since then and was a major factor in him leaving LifeLock. While suffering with the condition he underwent Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). This therapy was said to be the main reason for many of his confusing statements about his past, as the treatment affected his memory.
Maynard is now a speaker and writer about Bipolar disorder.