Robert Maynard Jr.

Following his illness, Maynard became the co-founder of LifeLock in 2005, along with Todd Davis. LifeLock specialized in identity theft protection. The system 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.

Maynard was not diagnosed with Bipolar disorder until 2001, by which time he had already been the founder of Internet America, which went public in 1998. He then went on to co-found Lifelock with Todd Davis in 2005, resigning amid controversy from his position at LifeLock in 2007 due to problems related to his condition. He relocated to Hawaii in 2008 and started a water sports company, Kandoo.

Shortly after departing 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 after the dot com bubble burst. Maynard became ill with what was later diagnosed as bipolar disorder. According to news reports in the Phoenix New Times, lawsuits from a "slew of creditors" followed both Dotsafe and Maynard.

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. In March, 1997, after the company defaulted on a promissory note made to a shareholder, Maynard was replaced as CEO by Michael Maples. Within 4 years the company had grown to over 145,000 subscribers.

In the late 1990s while the CEO of Dotsafe, Maynard began to suffer from an as yet undiagnosed illness that affected his work. Maynard has said on his website that the condition affected all aspects of his life and even led him to a divorce. After Dotsafe folded during the dotcom bust in 2001, Maynard sought further medical advice on his condition and was eventually diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

He attended Northern Arizona University from 1985 until 1987 where he graduated in five semesters with honors that included the Wall Street Journal Award, Distinguished Military Scholar, induction into Beta Gamma Sigma and nomination for the Truman Scholarship for excellence in leadership and academics.

Robert Maynard (born 1962) is an American businessman. Maynard is the co-founder of LifeLock and the founder of Internet America, as well as of several smaller companies that did not succeed.

Maynard was born in 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona, 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.